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Ca}->ture of Atomcvria ferntginea and A. fimetarii in Yorkshire. — During the month 

 of May, 1867, I captured a fine series of A. ferrvginea, by shaking moss at the roots 

 of ash-trees, in a very damp part of one of our woods. I had the satisfaction of 

 again finding it the other day in the same place, in some plenty. There are no 

 ants' nests, either in the trees or in the ground, near where I found the Atomaria. 

 In the same neighbourhood, in May, 1867, I had the good fortune to take a fine 

 example of Atomaria fimetarii. — Id. 



Occurrence of Potaminus suhstriatxis near Scarborough. — I have taken this very 

 interesting and local species in Scalby Beck, scantily, from January last up to the 

 present time, amongst moss growing on a timber waterfall, also on submerged 

 pieces of wood, accompanied by Elmis VolTcmari, parallelopipedus, and ceneus, and 

 Hydra^na pulchella. — Robert Lawson, 58, St. Thomas Street, Scarborough, October 

 mil, 1868. 



Query respecting Bedegiuir galls. — There being reasons for supposing that other 

 roses (especially cultivated varieties) besides the dog-rose, sweetbriar, and Rosa 

 spinosissima, are infested with *' Bedeguars " in this country, any information or 

 authenticated specimens, throwing light on this subject, would be very acceptable 

 to me. I particularly wish to ascertain if grafts of the moss-rose have ever been 

 found thus diseased. — Albert Mullee, 2, Camden Villas, Penge, S.E., October 

 iSth, 1868. 



[With reference to this query I may remark, that I believe to have seen the gall 

 on Rosa arvensis, but am not quite certain. In observations on standard " roses, 

 it should be noted whether the galls are on the head of the plant, above the point 

 of "budding," or on shoots or " runners " from the root or base of the stem. — 

 R. McLachlan.] 



Enoicyla pusilla., the terrestrial Trichopterous insect, bred in England. — At page 

 43 of the present volume I noticed the finding by Mr. J. E. Fletcher, of Worcester, 

 of the larvae and cases of a terrestrial caddis-fly, which were probably those of 

 E. pxisilla, Burm. Both sexes of that insect have now been bred bv Mr. Fletcher 

 from these larvae. He found about 200 cases, and remarks that the larva feeds on 

 moss and lichens at the lower part of the trunks of trees growing in damp situa- 

 tions. When it ceases feeding, it stops up both ends of its case and burrows into 

 friable earth, or moss, if the earth is not suitable, but only to a sHght depth. Some 

 images appeared early in October, though at that time some of the larvae had not 

 turned to pupae. This insect is the most important addition to our Trichopterous 

 fauna that has yet been made. Through the kindness of its discoverer I have 

 received a living example of both sexes ; the female (Dromophila montana, Heyden) 

 has the merest rudiments of wings, and a stoutly developed abdomen, looking 

 something like certain Coleopterous larvae (e.g., Crioceris), but with long pon-ected 

 antennae. The larva has no external respiratory filaments. — R. McLachlan, Lewis- 

 ham, lith October, 1868. 



Note on Agrypnia picta, Kolenati. — In noticing my capture of Agrypnia picta 

 (E. M. Mag., Oct., p. 125), Mr. McLachlan has made a slight error. He says I 



