144 MEETINGS. 



In addition to the above the Rev. F. E. Lowe has added 

 four species of Geometrid moths to the list, viz., Eupithecia 

 venosata. 



E. castigata, E. pumilata and Gnophos obscarata. The 

 last named has been taken in Sark and Alderney, but has not 

 hitherto been recorded for Guernsey. 



A curious Hemipteron was captured by myself on the 

 West coast of the island, near Richmond Barracks, which 

 turns out to be unknown in Great Britain or Ireland. It is 

 named Pseudophlceus Waltli. Mr. E. Saunders, F.L.S., in 

 writing about the insect, says : — " I cannot find any localities 

 for P. Waltli so far North as Guernsey. Puton, in his cata- 

 logue, says : ' Eur : Mer : ' so I think it is an interesting 

 capture.' " 



One addition has been made to the Orthoptera, Labia 

 minor, a very small species of earwig. Four species of 

 Hymenoptera have been added and five species of Diptera. 



In the Entomologists' Monthly Magazine for July of this 

 year, a description is given by Mr. R. Newstead, F.L.S., of 

 a Coccid, new to Science, which has only been recorded from 

 Guernsey and near Rheims in Germany. It has been named 

 Ripersia europma. This species was first discovered by my- 

 self on the north and west coasts of this island in 1895. Mr. 

 Brocton Tomlin, B.A., found specimens near Bordeaux 

 Harbour in 1896, and it was taken by Mr. E. Wasmann near 

 Rheims, in Germany, also in 1896. They are plentiful under 

 stones in ants' nests near the shore, and the ants carry them 

 off into their burrows when disturbed. 



It is remarkable that we have three species of insects 

 belonging to this family, all living in ants' nests, two of which 

 are peculiar to the Channel Islands, and the other with only 

 one known habitat on the Continent. 



A first list of the Insects of Alderney has been compiled 

 and will be published in the Transactions. This list is 

 necessarily very incomplete, and I will be grateful for any 

 insects that members may be able to collect when visiting the 

 island. 



ADDITIONS TO THE LIST OF THE MACRO-LEPIDOPTERA 

 OF GUERNSEY. 



Dianthseeia eapsophila. Bred by the Rev. F. E. Lowe from a larva 



feeding on Silene mariiima, June 23rd. 

 D. luteagO. Three specimens bred by the Rev. F. E. Lowe from larvae 



feeding on Silene maritima, June 15th and 16th, 1897. One was bred in 



1890, but was not identified until this summer. 

 Eupithecia venosata. Bred from larva? feeding on Silene, May 1st and 



2nd. Captured specimens June 7th, Rev. F. E. Lowe. 



