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probable that this variety has sometimes been confounded 

 with the corresponding variety of Niobe, called Eris by 

 Meigen. — Henry Douhleday ; Epping^ February 15, 1870. 



Captures near Wanstead. — I took a good many things at 

 sugar during June and July, but no rarities. Dipterygia 

 Pinastri swarmed, and Thyatira Batis and T. derasa put in 

 an occasional appearance. Catocala nupta was very plen- 

 tiful in the autumn. Among butterflies, kirvae of Thecla 

 Betulae swarmed again at Loughton, notwithstanding the war 

 that is waged against them annually by London dealers. — 

 W. J. Argent; Fern Cottage, Wellesley Road, Wanstead, 

 January 24, 1870. 



Eremobia ochrolenca near Bury St. Edmunds. — Near the 

 railway-cutting in this neighbourhood, where I took Mecyna 

 polygonalis, I have captured about a dozen specimens of 

 Eremobia ochrolenca, all without exception on the flowers 

 of Centaurea scabiosa : I never saw one on those of C. nigra. 

 — (Rev.) A. H. Wratislaiv ; School Hall, Bury St. Edmunds, 

 January, 1870. 



Emrnelesia affinitata in Scotland. — I captured a specimen 

 of this species last season at Partick, near Glasgow ; and I 

 observe that it is mentioned in your ' Brilish Moths' as not 

 being known in Scotland. If it is worth notice in your next 

 month's 'Entomologist,' I should like to know of any other 

 known instance of its capture here. — John M. Campbell ; 

 9, Car rick Street, Glasgow, February 2, 1870. 



Philonthus cicatricosus. — 1 should like to record the 

 capture by me of Philonthus cicatricosus, a species new to 

 our lists, and hitherto only recorded from Sicily and France. 

 Mr. Crotch, with his usual kindness, has determined the 

 species for me. I have had it in my collection under the 

 name of Philonthus fucicola since the spring of 1867. It 

 occurs very sparingly under stones on Southsea beach, is 

 solitary in its habits, and appears to prey on the common 

 sand shrimp. Those correspondents to whom I have sent 

 specimens as ''fucicola" will please alter the name to 

 " cicatricosus." The following note by Mr. Crotch will 

 enable them to separate the species from P. fucicola and 

 P. xantholoma : — "Xantholoma: elytra and abdomen very 

 closely punctured, opaque. Fucicola : elytra closely punc- 

 tured, shining. Cicatricosus : elytra sharply punctured ; 



