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dark, tipped with ochre. I will name this provisionally Agromyza Pistacise. A 

 Pteromalus also issued from the galls, no doubt a parasite of the fly. 



" I once saw, on a lawn at Wilton, the larva of some genus of this family carrying 

 off an earthworm several times its own length ; and last May a gentleman near London 

 caught a similar larva holding fast to a worm by its strong mandibles. 



" After heavy rains I have observed the Carabus glabratus, Fab., on the mountains 

 in Yorkshire, emerge from their hiding-places and seize earthworms in their jaws, 

 running off with them readily enough. 



" The following species have been observed or reared from the larvae by F. J. 

 Graham, Esq., F.L.S. : — 



" Helobia brevicollis, Fab. In turnip-fields, where the larva? form cells about two 

 inches below the surface, communicating with the surface by a vertical shaft. 



" Malachius bipustulatus, Linn. Bred from an ash stump. It has also been 

 reared from the stalks of an Echium by M. Vallot ; and M. aeneus, Linn., has been 

 obtained by M. Penis from stubble, where it undergoes its transformations. The larva? 

 are carnivorous. 



" Elater longicollis, Fab. Reared from a pupa found in his garden at Cranford. 

 The exuvia of the larva exhibits a structure of the tail somewhat like that of E. mu- 

 rinus? viz., with a denticulated margin and two horny processes at the apex. 



" Pezomachus agilis, Fab. Females of this ichneumon and Microgaster annulipes ? 

 were bred from the same bundle of cottony cocoons, and I have more than once ob- 

 served the same fact. It may be inferred that the Pezomachus is the parasite of the 

 Microgaster, yet it is possible their larvae might inhabit the same caterpillar and the 

 whole spin up together, for Ratzeburg has bred P. agilis from the larvae or pupae of 

 Orthotaenia Buoliana, P. hortensis from Tinea lichenella, and a third species, which he 

 names P. terebrator, from the pupae of Bombyx Salicis ; whilst Schonherr has reared 

 P. pedestris from larva? of Hypera plantaginis, and Degeer has bred a species from 

 the larva of a Curculio. Mr. Haliday bred a species of Pezomachus and Hemiteles 

 fulvipes from the mass of cocoons formed by Microgaster intricatus. 



" Scopula prunalis, W. V. End of April, the caterpillars feeding on the leaves of 

 scarlet geraniums, at Cranford. 



" Lophonotus fasciculellus, Steph. The caterpillars feeding on the leaves of An- 

 gelica sylvestris, leaving the entire membrane perfect like lace. Several specimens of 

 this beautiful and curious Tinea were bred from them, together with a Microgaster. 



" Tephritis guttularis, Meig. Bred from galls at the top or collar of roots of 

 Achillea Millefolium. 



" Heteroneura albimana, Meig. Bred from rotten willows. The pupae resemble 

 those of Piophila Casei. 



" The following Staphylinida?, which I have not seen in any other British collec- 

 tion, were captured by myself, and have not I believe been recorded as inhabitants of 

 England : — 



" Myrmedonia funesta, Grav., I found in a fungus in Birch Wood, on the 6lh of 

 May, 1821. 



" Gymnusa brevicollis, Payk. On the 13th of May, 1844, I swept a fine speci- 

 men off rushes by the side of a brook near the sea, at Covehithe, Suffolk ; and Mr. 

 Haliday also captured one on the edge of a pond near Holywood, Belfast. 



