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condition. M. oxyacanthcR was not far behind in number, and, though 

 some were a bit worn, many were quite fresh, and some nice dark forms 

 were taken. 1 Cerastis spadicea, 5 Xanthia ferruginea, 1 Anchocelis pista- 

 cina, and 1 Amphipyra pyramidea complete the list, and, I regret to say, 

 end up the season of 1892 as far as imagines are concerned. — Russell E. 

 James; Chesterville, Hornsey Lane. 



Chcerocampa celerio at Nottingham. — A specimen of this rare 

 hawk moth was taken at Nottingham on Oct. 13th, 1893, on a shutter, in 

 St. Anne's Well Road, by Mr. A. Pike, President of the Nottingham 

 Amateur Entomological Society, and was exhibited at the Society's rooms 

 during last meeting. — W. Ferris. 



Gerris rufoscutellata in Surrey. — I took this species on a pond 

 at Norbury, April 18th, 1892.— R. M. Leake; 15, AUeyn Park, West 

 Dulwich, S.E. 



Cremastogaster scutellaris. — My wife purchased some apples at a 

 shop in Plymouth, about the 8th of November last, and a few days after 

 was about to make use of one, when she discovered a hole where apparently 

 an apple moth larva, Carpocctpsa pomonella, had escaped ; to her surprise 

 she found the core inhabited by the above-named ant, a female, and a Cicade 

 in the pupa stage ; both were sent to Mr. E. Saunders, who identified the 

 ant, and remarked, " The Homopteron I do not know, but it reminds me of 

 an immature Issus." He also drew my attention to the fact that I am not 

 the first to record its capture in England, by a note in the E. M. M. for 

 July, 1889. Dr. Mason exhibited a number of specimens at the meeting 

 of the Entomological Society of London on the 5th of June ; his speci- 

 mens were all taken in a fernery at Burton-on-Trent, and supposed to have 

 been imported from the South of Europe with cork. — G. C. Bignell; 

 Stonehouse, Plymouth, Dec. 31, 1892. 



Gnopheia eubricollis in June. — A friend took this insect in 

 June last in Somersetshire. Is not this early in the season ? I have never 

 myself taken this moth, but relatives used to take it in Gloucestershire in 

 August. I see Newman gives August as the time of its appearance. — 

 T. B. Jefferys ; Clevedon, Dec. 9, 1892. 



EuGONiA fuscantaeia AND E. EEosARiA AT CHESTER. — Among the 

 numerous E. alniaria [tiliaria) — unusually numerous here last autumn — I 

 took, about the 23rd of last September, two specimens of E.fuscantaria 

 and one of E. erosaria (males) from the gas-lamps in the suburbs. My 

 apparatus, as usual, was a short ladder and a well-charged cyanide bottle. I 

 am not aware that the two species have been taken previously at Chester. 

 Mr. A. 0. Walker, in his District List, quotes E. fuscmitaria in the Upton 

 Valley and at North Birkenhead, but "scarce." E. erosaria he records at 

 Tranmere and Rock Ferry, but also •' scarce." — J. Arkle ; Chester. 



Collecting in Aeean. — The months of August and September, and 

 a few days of October, were spent by me in the South of Arran, where I 

 hoped to make many additions to my collection ; that this was not done is 

 due to many causes. The weather was, on the whole, as unfavourable as 

 it well could be. Little sunshine, a heavy rainfall, and boisterous winds 

 were its prevailing characteristics. " Breezy Bennan "fully maintained its 

 unenviable notoriety. Standing close to the southern shore, but from three 

 to four hundred feet above the sea, it seemed to be the special mark of all 



