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wood; not common. E. subnotata, Shoebviryness 

 and Benfieet ; larvae common on Atriplex. E. vul- 

 gata, all over the district. E. absynthiata, Benfieet. 

 E. tenuiata, Eastwood ; bred from sallow catkins. 

 E. abbreviata, Eastwood ; not common. E. dodoneata, 

 Southend ; not common. E. pumilata, abundant. 

 E. coronata, one specimen only on a fence at 

 Leigh. I hardly expected to get this insect, as 

 there is very little clematis in the immediate 

 neighbourhood. The plant grows on the Hadleigh 

 Castle slopes, and very freely in some of the 

 lanes between Eastwood and Shoeburjmess. 

 E. rectangulata, Southend ; at light and on fences. 



Lobophora carpinata, Eastwood ; not common. 



Hypsipetes sordidata, Benfieet and Eastwoood ; 

 bred from sallow. 



Melanthia ocellata and M. albicillata, both scarce 

 at Eastwood. 



Melanippehastata. Eastwood; scarce. M.unmi- 

 gulata, Hockley; scarce. M. rivata, Eastwood; 

 not common. M. sociata, Eastwood, Leigh and 



Southend; common. M. montanata, Southend, 

 Prittlewell and Eastwood; abundant. M.fluctuata, 

 everywhere very common. 



Coremia ferrugata and C. unidentaria, both these 

 moths are generally common. 



Camptogramma bilineata, very common. 



Eucosmia undulata. Eastwood ; not common. 



Cidariamiata. Southend ; at light. C.corylata, 

 Eastwood and Hockley; rather common. C. 

 truncata, Southend ; at light. C. testata, East- 

 wood ; not common. C dotata, Beniieet ; not 

 common. 



Pelurga comitata. Southend ; not uncommon. 



Eubolia cervinata. Southend ; common at light. 

 E. Imiitata, common on the river wall and slopes ; 

 larvae on Vicia. E. bipunctaria, common, though 

 far away from the chalk. 



Anaitisplagiata. Sou.thend and Benfieet; common. 



Cliesias spartiata. Eastwood, common ; South- 

 end at light. 



{To be continued.) 



BEITISH FRESHWATER MITES. 



By Chaeles D. Soar, F.E.M.S. 

 GENUS CUBVIPES KOENIKE. 



(Continued fr 

 VI. — Curvipes conglobatus Koch., 1835-41. 

 Female : Body. — Oval in form. Length about 

 0-92 mm. Width about 0-68 mm. Although a 

 smaller mite than any of the preceding species, it 

 has very strongly marked dermal glands on the 

 dorsal surface (fig. 26). I do not know of any 

 other species of Curvipes that shows these glands 



om page 293.) 



Each pair gradually gets longer, the foui-th pair 

 measuring about 0-98 mm. In colour they are 

 generally blue, but I have found some where the 

 legs have been green, inclining to red at the tarsi. 

 The legs in actual structure are about the same 

 as in other members of this genus, but have not 

 quite so many hairs as some of those already 

 mentioned. 



Fig. 26, C. conglobatus. — Female, dorsal surface. 



Fig. 27, C conglohalus. — Female, ventral surface. 



in so conspicuous a manner. Colour varies. Body 

 generally a reddish yellow, with brown markings 

 and a light yellow T-piece (fig . 26) in centre of 

 back. 



Legs. — First pair are about 080 mm. in length 



Epimeea. — This is about same shape as C. 

 uncatus, but larger in proportion to size of the 

 body (fig. 27). The posterior angles are not so 

 pointed as in C. fuscatus. In colour they are the 

 same as the legs. 



