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result proved that they were; for before many hours had elapsed a fine female 

 emerged, and was found reposing within a few inches of the identical spot from 

 which the male had been removed. I have, moreover, repeatedly observed numbers 

 of males of Hepialus lupulinus hovering about a particular spot, and have often 

 searched in expectation of finding a female concealed among the herbage ; I generally, 

 however, failed in finding one ; and I have now no doubt that these repeated failures 

 arose, as failures generally do arise, from not searching deep enough : had I made 

 deeper search, I am convinced that I should have found the chrysalis of a female 

 lupulinus " about to change her condition," in more senses than one. Talk of love- 

 making in one's cradle ! Here we have a practical illustration of the art. — S. Stone ; 

 May 8, 1856. 



Capture of Elaphrus lapponicus in Glen Almond, Perthshire. — On the 24th of 

 April, 1856, while enjoying the hospitality of the Warden of Trinity College, Glen 

 Almond, Perthshire, I accompanied that gentleman in a delightful ramble upon the 

 hills to the North of the College, and very near to the slate quarries now being worked 

 by Lord Mansfield I found five specimens of Elaphrus lapponicus, one being the 

 variety splendidus, Dej. I observed Saxifraga Aizoides and Lycopodiura Selaginoides, 

 with other subalpine plants, growing in the wet, oozy ground, over which the insect 

 was running. In a drier situation, but at a lower elevation, upon the same mountain, 

 I observed Tarus basalis, Steph. — W. H. Lowe; Balgreen, Edinburgh, May 20, 

 1856. 



Capture of Lebia crux-minor and Bembidium obliquum at Brighton. — Dr. Power 

 has just shown me a beautiful specimen of Lebia crux-minor, being one of thirteen 

 taken by Mr. Hemmings at Holm Bush during the present month ; also a specimen of 

 Bembidium obliquum, of which he took about a dozen under wet stones at Hove, on 

 the 11th. — Edward Newman. Dr. Power has since visited the crux-minor station, 

 and captured eight specimens with his own hand. — E. N. 



Description of the Male of Callimome flavipes:— Ha.\'mg lately bred a male Calli- 

 mome flavipes from an oak-gall, I beg to forward you the description of it: — 



Callimome flavipes. 



Description of the Male. — Brilliant green shot with gold. Head and thorax coarsely 

 punctured, and transversely undulate-striate: these undulating lines, when viewed 

 from the head, looking towards the abdomen, appear like minute imbricated scales, 

 somewhat in the manner of the back of a Chiton (or coat of mail). Abdomen very 

 minutely punctured, with the exception of the basal segment, which is impunctate; 

 green at the extreme base, the rest brilliant purple and gold ; the next two segments 

 brilliant purple above and green beneath, the rest to the apex golden green, with the 

 basal portions purple ; the whole, except the basal segment, minutely undulate, trans- 

 versely striate. Femora, anterior and posterior green ; their base and apex pale yellow, 

 the intermediate pair with a dusky green stain beneath, their tibiae and tarsi pale yellow ; 

 the latter dusky at the apex. Wings beautifully iridescent; the neivures and stigma 

 dark ferruginous ; the base of the former pale yellow. Length 2 lines ; expanse of 

 wings 3 lines. 



These males appear to be very scarce compared to the females ; though I have bred 

 a good many of the latter I have never bred a male before. T have also bred, from 

 some of these galls, two specimens of what appears to be Cynips Quercus-folii ; at least 

 I cannot see any difference between these and some I had reared from galls on the 



