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_ 13.—'Towards the middle and end of September, when the ordinary 
autumnal sugaring is generally considered finished, //punda Cutiulenta, 
Aporophyla anstinallha, and other local species often occur freely in coast 
districts. 
14.—Through September the larvee of Heteroyenca cruciata (asella) 
should be searched for on beech in the New Forest, &e. 
N.B.—Hundreds of similar ‘‘ Practical Hints”’ for each month of 
the year are to be found in the preceding volumes. 
Resrorarion of GreEN Contour tx Leprmoprers.—It may interest 
some of those lepidopterists who are fond of trying experiments for 
the improvement of their specimens, to learn that Herr G, Lippe, 1 
the “‘ Mitteilungen des Milhauser Entomologen-Vereins”’ for March, 
1898, recommends the fumes of muriatic acid for the restoration of 
the colour of faded green lepidoptera, and states that he has repeatedly 
found it successful with Hylophila prasinana, 11. bicolorana, Jaspided 
celsia, and especially with Geometers. IH this really restores a perfectly 
natural green, it will certainly be a boon to collectors; [ have just 
spoiled a couple of beautiful Hf. prasinana by leaving them too lone in 
a rather damp cyanide bottle. —Lours B. Provur. 
Cc) URRENT NOTES. 
We have recently received from M. de Bormans, a new paper on 
Foryicularia, entitled “ Quelques Dermaptéres du Musée Civique de 
Génes”’ from the Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen., (2), xx., (xl.), April 18th, 1900, 
pp. 441-467. Two new species of Forcipula are described, of which 
one is from Bolivia, the first of the genus known from the New World. 
A new and yery distinct labidura is described under the name /.. 
tenuicornis, and two new Psalis, one from the Old and one from the 
New World. The curious genus CGonolabis is enriched by two new 
forms, one from the Caledon river, in South Africa, and the othe: 
from Sumatra. We observe that de Bormans restores the spelline 
Spongiphora, for the more usual Spongophora, A number of other new 
species are described, including three Chelisoches. One of these, ©. 
doriae, Was confused by the author with C. superbus, Dohrn (Ann. Soe. 
Ent. Bely., 1883, p. 373), a mistake which he now corrects. A 
remarkable new Mecomera from Mentawei, in Sumatra, is also included. 
A valuable feature of the paper is that dichotomie tables are established 
for the genera Forcipila and Gonolabis ; this is the first time that 
this has been done for any one entire genus of this group, and greatly 
simplifies their study. 
The first number of the “ Occasional Memoirs of the Chicavo 
Entomological Society ” (vol. 1., no. 1, March, 1900), includes a paper 
ony de JUp Hancoc k, in whieh ie dase vibes six new species of Tettigidac 
from Madagascar, establishing five new genera, to which he eives the 
names Tetticerus, Notocerus, Hybotettic, Oxynotus and Cryptotettia. Che 
article is based on 39 specimens, captured by Mocquerys in the Bay 
of Antongil, in northern Madagascar. Other articles in the volume are 
«A new species of Gomphus,” by J. Tough (G. cornutus, UWlinois), auc 
an interesting paper by J. G. Needham, on the ‘Insect drift on the 
shore of Lake Michigan,” illustrated by photographs. [lis estimate 
