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the authenticity of a single note from this source. Nearly the whole 
of the introductory matter is from our Report published in the 
‘Carlisle Journal,’ Feb. 16th, 1906, and is republished without our 
permission or connivance in any way. We do not think that matter 
collected in this way, from local newspapers, &c., ought to be taken 
seriously by readers of ‘The Zoologist,’ as there is possibility of mis- 
prints, or even worse things, when passing through the hands of one 
who may not be a competent ornithologist, for Mr. Parker does not 
supplement the compilation by any notes of his own save one. He 
says :—I have heard also Peggie Whitethroat.” He may have 
heard that or any other name applied to the Dipper by those who 
know little of the bird, but ‘‘ Peggie Whitethroat ”’ is the well-known 
local name all over the county for the Whitethroat, Sylvia cinerea 
(Bechst.). —D. Losn THorpe and Linnwzus E. Hops (Corporation 
Museum, Tullie House, Carlisle). 
ARACHNIDA. 
Curious Habits of Chelifers——I can supplement the records which 
have recently appeared on this subject in ‘The Zoologist’ (ante pp. 77 
and 159) from my own experience. Three specimens of a Chelifer 
were taken by myself at Mackay, Queensland, under the wing-cases 
of a longicorn heetle (Agrianome gemella, Pascoe).—R. EH. Turner. 
INSECTA. 
Rhynchota and their Parasites in South Africa. — Perhaps the 
enclosed may interest your readers. It was my intention some days 
ago to ask you why this bug, which you will at once recognize as 
common throughout this colony, attracts the little fly enclosed in 
paper. My attention was drawn to some common thistles (Cardwus), 
a large species which often attains a great height before blossoming ; 
the leaves are very spiny and have elongated points and white on the 
under surface. I give this description as I cannot get the plant’s 
name yet. I have noticed this weed is a favourite for many insects, 
including the Homoptera. This bug can always be found in all its 
| stages upon it; the little flies, which may be a Cynips of some kind, 
I found resting upon the bug’s body in a state of excitement, for they 
were running up and down the wing-cases and underneath its body, 
for what reason I could not explain. Certainly there was not the 
usualodour. To this I attribute the possible state of the weather, 
which at the time was misty, or else the pairing had finished. I must 
State there were several others 7m coitw at the time; these I closely 
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