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September of this year, under the name of Exceretopus 

 formiceticola. Not only is it a new species, but a new genus 

 has been named to receive it. Mr. Newstead says that " so 

 far this is the only Coccid described having a two-jointed 

 tarsus, and it is for this reason alone that I establish a new 

 genus for it." The specimens were taken in ants' nests, 

 under stones, just on the edge of a beach, part of which had 

 been rolled up beyond the action of the tide, near Bordeaux 

 Harbour. They were attached to the roots of Dactylis 

 glo?nerata, not Nardus stricta, as wrongly stated in the 

 Entomologist's Monthly Magazine. Under the same stones 

 were larvae of a beetle Platynapsis luteo-rubra, which 

 were thickly covered, as is usual, with a white fluffy ma- 

 terial, and at a glance scarcely to be distinguished from the 

 Coccids. E. formiceticola is rather larger than JR. Tomlinii. 

 The female, which is the only sex known at present, envelops 

 herself in a white felted sac. 



One addition has been made to the list of Neuroptera, a 

 fine species of Lace-wing Fly, Chrysopaflava. 



The beautiful Blue-winged Grasshopper, CEdipoda cceru- 

 lescens, has been taken in abundance at a spot on the cliffs 

 between Moulin Huet Bay and Petit Port. Hitherto it 

 had only been noticed between the Gouffre and Pleinmont 

 Point. 



On the occasion of the Society's excursion to Lihou 

 Island on August 21st, a very large species of earwig was 

 foimd in some numbers under stones near the shore. These, 

 as far as I can make out, are Forficula forcipata. I have also 

 taken the same species on the little islet of Chapelle Dom 

 Hue, but never on the mainland of Guernsey. 



During the season Mr. Gaudion, of Alderney, kindly 

 sent some fresh specimens of the honey-barrels formed by the 

 leaf-cutter bees in that island, for exhibition to the members 

 of the Society. He also wrote a graphic description of the 

 habits of the perfect insect as observed by himself. Unfortun- 

 ately he did not send specimens of the bee, so its name remains 

 uncertain. It is probably, however, either Megachile maritima 

 or M. ai'gentata, both of which occur in Guernsey. 



A list of the Aculeate Hymenoptera of Guernsey will 

 appear in this year's Transactions, most of the species being 

 captured during the last three seasons. 



A paper on " The Spiders of the Channel Islands " has 

 been communicated to the Society by the Bev. F. O. Pickard 

 Cambridge, and will form a valuable addition to the lists of 

 our fauna already published. 



