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well known and many Eur()])can nii^ratlons have been 

 recorded. In 1889 Mr. H. (iatke, -writini)- from Heligoljuid, 

 said that on May 21st and 22nd, IJhclliihi (nuidr'nnacnUitd 

 swarmed there by the million and continned to the 26th, 

 when the wind became northerly, and then not a single 

 one was to be seen. Writing on the snbjecjt, Mr. W. .F. 

 Lucas, B.A., F.E.S., i-emarks, "One is lost in conjecture 

 as to the position of the sheets of" water in which so large 

 a number of insects could have been nm-tured, and as to 

 the host of small creatures, many times as numerous as 

 themselves, that they must have destroyed in reaching 

 maturity.*' 



On January 19th I found a number of small insects at 

 the roots of grass, at the top of an old moss-covered wall in 

 my garden. Thinking they Avere Coccich I sent them to Mr. 

 Robert Newstead, F.E.S., who on examining them foimd they 

 were not Coccids but Apkidea^ and were the little known 

 TycJiea setii.losa^ figured in Buckton's Monogi"aph, ])ublished 

 by the Ray Society. 



A specimen of Sj)ii(>(/(fsfcr qnadnnn^ one of the Diptera^ 

 Avas taken on May 28th, and is an addition to the Guernsey 

 list. 



Another species of the same order, Meroniyza pratoriun^ 

 captured on July 9th, has been added to the Herm list. 



A fine saw-fly, Teiitlii'cdo l/r/da, is an addition to the 

 list. It was captured by Mr. E, D. Marquand on June 24th 

 at Petit Bot Bay. 



A very beautiful light green cockroach was captured on 

 August 4tli as it was taking short flights in a yard at the back 

 of Mr. Nicolle's (grocery) shop in Vauvert. It is a South 

 American species, Paiicklora riridis. The Rev. E. N. Bloom- 

 field informs me that several specimens of the same species 

 have been taken in Hastings this season. Two s])ecimens of 

 anothei' species of cockroach, not yet determined, were found 

 alive in a box of bulbs received from Simiatra. These were 

 kindly given to me by Mr. C. Van der Slnys, of the Ramce. 

 An immature but very lively black cricket was found in a 

 basket of apples imported from California. 



None of these foreign species are entitled to a plac^e in 

 our island list, but they are worth recording, as some may 

 eventually succeed in establishing themselves here. A list of 

 the insects of Jersey, as far as known, has been pre[)ared and 

 will be published in the present TraiLsactioiLs. 



