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scribed two new Microlepidoptera : Gelechia acuminatella (App. lxxi) 

 of which he found two specimens only near Brislington, on the 28th 

 of June ; and Gelechia pulliginella, (App. lxxii) of which he found 

 also two specimens on Durdham Down in July. 



In Coleoptera, Mr. Weaver has made a beautiful addition to our 

 native insects by the capture of Dictyopterus Aurora in Scotland, as 

 recorded by Mr. Stephens (Zool. 2961) : Mr. Dossiter, as I am in- 

 formed by Mr. Stephens, has taken a single specimen of the remark- 

 able Leptinus testaceus under a stone near Mickleham in Surrey. 



In Hemiptera, Mr. Walker has described (App. ciii) four new 

 British Aphides under the names of apposita, lata, diminuta and 

 Jacobeae, all of them found on different species of Senecio. 



In addition to novelties, several species previously esteemed of 

 great rarity appear to have been taken in the utmost profusion. A 

 few instances of this kind may be cited in Lepidoptera : Procris Glo- 

 bularias near Lewes, by Mr. Weir ; Phragmataecia Arundinis, Cceno- 

 phila subrosea, Acronyncta strigosa, Nonagria neurica and N. Cannae, 

 Scheidax sparsaria, Chilo gigantellus, and Disthynmia funerella at 

 Whittlesea Mere, by Messrs. Bond, Bouchard and Weaver; and 

 others too numerous to mention. In Coleoptera, Mr. Weaver's 

 Scotch captures stand pre-eminent : Cetonia aenea, Lamia aedilis, 

 Callidium striatum, Rhagium indagator and Pytho depressus ; all in 

 Perthshire : Mr. S. Stevens has taken Trichius variabilis on Tooting 

 Common, Surrey : and finally, Lymexylon navale and Apate capucina 

 are said to have occurred abundantly in Pembroke Dockyard, but the 

 name of the captor has not transpired. 



I have observed with much satisfaction that exotic entomology is 

 claiming a greater share of attention than at any previous time. Next 

 to the productions of our native country those of our colonies seem to 

 me possessed of the greatest interest, and I have always regretted the 

 small amount of attention bestowed, and of interest exhibited in the en- 

 tomology of the vast island known as New Holland. A favourable re- 

 action appears to be taking place, and we are daily acquiring a better 

 knowledge of Australian insects. 



