1890.] 141 



I took in the Mullinures by beating tlie hedges round about the meadows, and in 

 the lane leading down to them, in the afternoons, from August 31st to September 

 18th. The hedges are composed mostly of hawthorn, with a mixture of blackthorn, 

 hazel, and blackberry. My mode of proceeding was simple enough : I thrashed the 

 hedges with the handle of my water net, and Mrs. Johnson and I caught everything 

 that flew out, when we could, but these little Peronece had a most provoking way of 

 fluttering down to the grass and hiding themselves at the roots, where, in most cases, 

 they managed to successfully elude all search, though neither of us is at all blind. 

 The most plentiful was P. perplexana. It occurred in all parts, but was most 

 numerous where hawthorn predominated. I have 27 in my collection, and could 

 have got many more if I had wished. The least plentiful was P. comariana, of 

 which I only got three specimens. P. Schalleriana was next in paucity, and then 

 P. comparana. P. variegana was plentiful enough, and varied greatly, one was 

 beautifully suffused with white ; I beat it mostly from hazel, and it was out of a 

 great mass of hazels that I beat a beautiful dark blue var. ; I also took this species at 

 sugar in my garden. P. aspersana seemed most attached to blackberry. The Mul- 

 linures, where I got these little moths, lie very low. At one time, I believe, the site 

 was occupied by a lake. There is very little fall from the spot, and, consequently, 

 it is hard to drain. I do not think that it has ever been tilled, and the hay is of a 

 very inferior quality, being much mixed with rushes. It is a capital spot for ento- 

 mology, and has produced no end of good things. 



Many of these species are so common, that I only enumerate them on account 

 of the absence of records from this district.— W. F. Johnson, Winder Terrace, 

 Armagh : February 26ih, 1890. 



Bolerus triplicatus, Klug, at Deal. — I captured a specimen of this rare sawfly 

 on the sandhills at Deal in May, 1881. I sent the specimen last year to Mr. J. E. 

 rietcher, who returned it as D. triplicatus, Klug, at the same remarking that he 

 had not seen the insect before. In Cameron's Monog. Brit. Phyt. Hymen., vol. i, p. 

 163, it is stated, " The only British example of this insect that I have seen was one 

 taken by the Rev. T. A. Marshall in England, but I do not know the exact locality ; 

 those in Stephens' collection were taken in the neighbourhood of London." — C. G. 

 Hall, 14, Granville Street, Dover : April 2nd, 1890. 



Leia elegans, Winn.: a correction. — At p. 109, ante, line 13 from top, for 

 Sciara, read Leia. PJatypeza rufa, Meig. (p. 108), can be easily distinguished from 

 any other British species of the genus by the redness of the abdomen, and the sexes, 

 from each other, by the wings of the ^ being dark, and of the ? light. — C. W. Dale, 

 Glanville's Wootton : April, 1890. 



[The unfortunate substitution of " Sciara " for " Leia " shows how important 

 it is that contributors should endeavour to write as distinctly as they possibly 

 can. — Eds.] 



Tettix hipunctatus hibernating. — Mr. James Eardly Mason, of Alford, has kindly 

 i sent me a fully developed ? of Tettix bipunctatus, Linne, taken by Mr. Edward 



