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soma Schillingii, Sch.; on the sand-hills at Deal; September. Stenocephalus 
agilis, Scop.; Darenth Wood, commonly, by sweeping low plants in May and 
June. Metacanthus puncticeps, Germ. ; commonly, by sweeping Ononis spinosa, at 
Betchworth; September. Berytus Signoreti, Fieb., in moss, Betchworth, April; 
B. crassipes and B. minor, H.S., in sand-pit at Shirley, April; B. commutatus, 
Fieb., in moss, Forest Row, Sussex, September. Neides tipularius, Lin.; of this 
rare species I have taken four specimens, in moss, on Box Hill, in October. 
Plociomerus fracticollis, Sch., in stack refuse, Wicken fen, August. Calyptonotus 
lynceus, D. & S., on the sand-hills at Southend, one specimen, in July. C. pedestris, 
Panz.; in sandy places; Dartford and Southend; June and July. Eremocoris 
erraticus, Fab., in moss on Box Hill; May and September. Tropistethus holo- 
sericeus, Scholtz; three specimens, in moss under junipers, at Mickleham ; April. 
Stygnocoris rusticus, Fall.; in moss, Reigate; September. Acompus luridus, 
Wolff; rather commonly in Wicken fen, in stack refuse; August. Henestaris 
laticeps, Curt.; in sandy places on the coast, at Whitstable, amongst sea-thrift ; 
June. Ischnorhynchus resede, Panz.; by sweeping at Darenth in June. Zosmerus 
 quadratus, Fieb.; commonly on the coast at Southend, amongst grass, &e. ; 
September and May. Monanthia simplex, H. Sch.; by sweeping at Darenth Wood 
in July and August. Pithanus Miirkeli, H. Sch. ; Weybridge, by sweeping in July. 
Dereocoris ticinensis, Mey.; sparingly, by sweeping in Wicken fen; August. 
Macrocoleus solitarius, Mey.; by sweeping at Sevenoaks, Kent; July. Amblytus 
affinis, Doug. & Scott; by sweeping at Weybridge in July. Hoplomachus Thun- 
bergii, Germ., and Conostethus roseus, Fall., by sweeping at Weybridge in July. 
C. griseus, Doug. & Scott, in profusion, in a salt marsh at Whitstable, on and under 
Artemisia maritima, in June. Halticocoris pallicornis, Fab. ; by sweeping at Betch- 
worth in July. Anthocoris sarothamni, Doug. & Scott; on broom at Weybridge ; 
July. Xylocoris ater, L. Duf.; under bark, Croydon. Salda pulchella, Curt., and 
8. littoralis, Lin., commonly, in a salt marsh at Whitstable, in June. Ploiaria 
vagabunda, Lin., in débris of fern, Darenth Wood; October. Coranus subapterus, 
De G.; by sweeping heath at Leith Hill; September. Hydrometra argentata, 
Schum.; Wicken fen, in August. Coriva affinis, Leach, Gravesend, May; C. 
preusta, Fieb., Lee, April; C. limitata, Fieb., Tilgate Forest, May. 
I am indebted to Messrs. Douglas & Scott for assisting me in determining 
most of the above species.—G. C. Cuampron, 274, Walworth Road, S.E. 
Late larve of Pieris brassice.—At the beginning of the present month, the 
cabbages in our garden were covered with broods of the larva of Pieris brassice in 
various stages of growth. The cold nights and frosts that prevailed at that time 
were fatal to a few of them, but the bulk escaped, and the present mild weather 
has greatly favoured them. Should it continue, many will be ready in a few days 
to assume tho chrysalis state. 
Yesterday, the warm genial day had a marked effect upon them, and I noticed 
them feeding voraciously or basking in colonies in the warm rays of the sun. 
It will take yet a few weeks for the whole to attain their full growth; and, 
should the weather continue mild, the unwonted sight of larve of the common 
: white butterfly in a state of nature near Christmas will be observable. 
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