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In the nests of the sand-martins (Hirundo riparia) Saprinus rugifer, numerous 
Haploglossa pulla, Gyll., and H. nidicola, Fairmaire. 
In hens’ nests, in April, a vast number of great fleas, with extraordinarily long 
antenne ; many larve of Tinea pellionella ; several Attagenus pellio, some common 
_ Oorynetes, and numerous Lyctocoris domestica ; also many larve of Tenebrio molitor 
and two of T. obscurus; the latter became papz on the 20th April, and perfect 
insects ten days after. 
In pigeons’ nests, a Homalota, species unknown; Aleochara villosa, Mannerh. ; 
and Saprinus rotundatus. Of Dipterous larvee, Cyrtonewra cesia, Meig., and Homa- 
lomyia canicularis, Meig. 
In old birds’ nests in trees, viz., of Fringilla chloris, a small Scymnus and Coc- 
einella bipunctata ; and of Turdus merula, two examples of Othius melanocephalus 
occurred. 
(I may add that Acanthia pipistrelli, Jenyns, was found in England two or 
three years ago, in a bat’s nest, by Mr. G. R. Crotch. A. columbaria, Jenyns, was 
originally found in pigeons’ nests, and A. hirundinis, Jenyns, abundantly in marting’ 
nests, in Cambridgeshire: all the species are now great desiderata). 
M. Edouard Perris, in the “ Annales de la Société Entomologique de France,’’ 
vol. ix, 1869, p. 468, records his observations on the examination of swallows’ nests 
in the Landes. He notes that the larvee of Lucilia dispar are therein to be found in 
the spring, and in the autumn and winter pupee of Ornithomyia avicularia and 
Stenopteryx hirwndinis, and larves of Attagenus piceus and Anthrenus pimpinelle. 
Dipterous pupz were also found by him in larks’ nests.—J. W. Dovuauas, 15, Bel- 
grave Terrace, Lee, 7th June, 1871. 
War and Entomology.—In the report of the meeting of the French Entomolo- 
gical Society, held on the 26th October, 1870, we read: “M. Lucas exhibited an 
“ Astinomus edilis, 9, found living in the ‘Jardin des Plantes. He caught the 
“insect flying at the end of October, and attributes its presence in that locality 
“to fir-planks, with which a military ambulance was in course of construction in 
“one of the galleries of the Museum of Natural History.”—Ebs. 
Myrmecomorphus rufescens, Westw.—The capture of this remarkable insect by 
Mr. Dale, in Dorsetshire, was followed by that of a second specimen, taken by my- 
self, in Swithland Woods, Leicestershire, at the end of June last.—T. A. MAkSHALL, 
St. Albans, July, 1871. 
Agrion tenellum at Weybridge.—The “Club” excursion on the Ist will be a 
memorable one with me, in consequence of my friend Baron De Selys Longchamps 
having formed one of the party. I had hoped that, on his account, dragon-flies 
would have put in a respectable appearance. Eleven species (one-fourth of the 
British list) were observed, but only singly or in few individuals. The best was 
Agrion tenellum, an exceedingly local species, and one of the instances of South 
European forms extending northwards to the southern portion of this island.— 
B. McLacuzan, Lewisham, 10th July, 1871. 
Sialis fuliginosa at Braemar.—Both species of Sialis (fuliginosa and lutaria) 
occur here.—F. Buchanan Wuirk, Castleton of Braemar, 2nd July, 1871. 
