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made I have reason to think that this is a season of the year 

 when the species is propagated. — Frederick Righy; Runcorn^ 

 Cheshire. 



[The insects sent are Sitones of two species, which the 

 late Mr. Walton, so universally known for his knowledge of 

 the Curculionidae, named for the collection of the Entomo- 

 logical Club, S. lineata of Linneus and S. flavescens of 

 Marsham : the damage they have this year done to the peas 

 cultivated in London gardens is excessive, and is certainly 

 partly attributable to the excessive drought which has pre- 

 vailed here. — E, Newman.^ 



Captures in North Staffordshire, — My friends and myself 

 have been fairly successful this season in North Stafford- 

 shire. Amongst insects new to us in this district are 

 Lithorhiza (several), ^scularia, Impluviata (several), Ridens 

 (two). On May 25th I had the satisfaction of taking a fine 

 male Bicuspis, just emerged from its pupa-case, on an alder 

 tree at Whitmore, three and a half miles from here : this 

 insect has not been taken before in this district, so far as 

 I know. Mr. Smith, the gentleman who took a pair of 

 T. Sphegiforme two years ago at the Burnt Woods, has 

 again taken a fine male hovering over a low birch-bush at 

 Craddock's Moss. Other good takes have been Dolobraria 

 (three), M. Bombyliformis (abundant at Craddock's Moss), 

 A. Menyanthidis (three), Camelina (two), A, luteata, E. He- 

 parata, A. tincta and k. herbida. I have also had out in the 

 breeding-cage a male black Betularia, the first 1 have seen 

 in this neighbourhood. This district has been pretty well 

 worked for the last three or four years, and has well repaid 

 our exertions. On the whole it is turning out a very fair 

 locality. 1 should be glad if any of your correspondents 

 who have been succesful in rearing B. Rubi would tell me 

 how they managed it. — {Rev.) Thos. W. Daltry ; Madeley 

 Vicarage, Newcastle, Staffordshire. 



Gall on Ground Ivy. — I enclose a curious-looking gall on 

 ground ivy : it may be common, but I never before saw it. 

 It is rather plentiful in one spot where I obtained these. 

 Should you like to have any more I will send you some with 

 pleasure. — James Prisio ; Alverstone, June 7, 1870. 



[I have some similar galls in my own garden: they are 

 made by a Cynips, which Mr. Miiller informs me is Aulax 

 sadaudi. — E. Newman.] 



