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Polietes hirticura, from a single specimen taken near Bolton 



Abbey. 



Hydrotaa similis, 2 £ from Douglas, Isle of Man, and 

 Homalomyia nigrisquama, £, from near Bicester and Ulverston. 



Mr. Mead also makes some important corrections in Synonymy 



("Ent. Mo. Mag." xxiii. 179, 250). 



Hemiptera — Homoptera : — 



In notes on some British Coccidtz, Mr. J. W. Douglas describes 

 new species as follows : 



Ischnxspis filiformis (" Ent. Mo. Mag." xxiv. 21). 

 Lecanium beaumontice. ("Ent. Mo. Mag." xxiv. 95). 

 Lecanium longulum ("Ent. Mo. Mag." xxiv. 97). 

 Orthezia insignis ("Ent. Mo. Mag." xxiv. 169). 



Having thus noted some of the more important of the 

 additions to our British lists, it may be well to glance briefly 

 at some of our rarer species or occasional visitors. 



Lepidoptera : — 



Aporia cratcegi, L. After its reported complete disappearance 

 from Kent, the record of the capture of seven specimens near Sand- 

 wich on July 13th is interesting ("Ent. Mo. Mag." xxiv. 131). 



Colias Edusa, Fb. A single specimen was observed by Mr. T. H. 

 Briggs at Effingham on June 19th (" Entom." xx. 181), but the 

 only record that I have received of an autumn capture is one near 

 Carnforth, reported by Mr. H. Murray. 



Vanessa antiopa, L. A specimen was seen by Mr. F. W. Frohawk 

 at Balham on 6th August ("Entom." xx. 322), and another by Mr. 

 W. J. H. Newman in Oxfordshire on the 14th of that month (" Entom." 

 xxi. 12). but neither was secured. 



Anosia plexippuS) L. After being taken in increasing numbers for 

 some years, is this year, so far as present records are concerned, 

 conspicuous by its absence — a state of things that suggests a further 

 trial of patience before accepting it as an acclimatized British 

 subject. 



Acherontia atropos, L., has been unusually scarce, whereas, 



Sphinx co?ivolvuli t L., has occurred throughout the length and 

 breadth of the United Kingdom in considerable numbers. 



