224 [October, 



? . Similar to male, but with marginal black border of fore-wings extending 

 just beyond 3rd median nervule, and black markings of hind-wings more pronounced 

 at apex. 



Hab. : Haiti. In Coll., H. J. Adams, ^ ? . 



IVom the pattern of the markings on the under-side, the best 

 place for this species appears to be near T. Elathea, Cram., but it 

 may easily be distinguished from this and allied species by the absence 

 of the orange and black marking along the inner margin of the fore- 

 wings of the male. 



I have named this species after the collector. 



Lynton Villa, Sydney Eoad, Enfield : 

 August 15th, 1898. 



NEUROTERUS SCHLECHTENDALI BRED. 

 BY G. C. BIGNELL, P.E.S. 



I have the pleasure of recording that I am now breeding 

 Neuroterus Schleclitendali. The first flies appeared on August 6th, 

 two in number ; since then they have been coming out daily ; to this 

 date I have bred sixteen ; they appear to be all females. 



These small galls appeared on the catkins of the Oak, and on 

 May 23rd, 1895, they were mature and falling to the ground. To 

 give the readers of this Magazine some idea of their size and colour, 

 I will relate my experience of them. On the date mentioned I 

 collected some thousands, and, as usual, put them in a flower pot 

 on some earth, covered them with moss, and placed them in the 

 garden ; unfortunately, in September, I was suddenly called away 

 from home, by the death of the late Major Still, the same day was 

 appointed for the removal of my belongings into my present address. 

 In packing, the men, to prevent breakage, removed the glass cylinders 

 which protected my precious collection, and the flower pots got mixed, 

 so that for the life of me I could not say which contained the galls. 

 I searched the different pots daily for a week, but could not get the 

 slightest clue, although I was quite certain they were in one of them ; 

 at last I gave it up in despair, consoling myself that having found the 

 locality I might get another supply the next spring. In the middle 

 of May following we had a frost one night, and only very few catkins 

 escaped destruction ; consequently I only obtained a few galls in 

 1896, the flies from which are now coming out. 



In size and colour these galls are like so many grains of earth.; 

 when on the ground, during the winter, they must be kept moderately 



