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Insects. 



It ate nothing since November 1st, but made a sort of nest in the dry mould, where it 

 lay coiled up, only exhibiting signs of life when breathed upon, being quite uncovered 

 at the top : it emerged January 24th a perfect female. — Alexander Wallace ; 23, Bed- 

 ford Place, February 6, 1862. 



Great abundance of Wasps in 1861. — Captain Russell states that in the autumn 

 of 1861 the number of wasps in Chelsworth was enormous, that he himself assisted in 

 taking 117 wasps'-nest in that parish, in order to check their depredations on the 

 meat and sweets in the village. — Id. 



Capture of Cryphalus Abietis and Cryphalus Piccea near Market Harborough. — « 

 In May, 1858, I found some specimens of Cryphalus Abietis in a wood near this 

 place, the only instance of its capture in England until last summer, when I had the 

 good fortune to meet with it again in the same locality. I will also take this oppor- 

 tunity of recording the capture of a fourth species of the same genus, the Cryphalus 

 Picaeae of Ratzeburgh. Of this last I met with a single specimen near Weston- 

 on-the-Green, in Oxfordshire, in the month of October, many years ago, and, sub- 

 sequently a second specimen occurred near the same spot. It is, I fear, my 

 own fault that the Cryphalus Picaeae was not enumerated in Mr. Waterhouse's recently- 

 published List, although I fully believed that he had seen our specimens. C. Picaeae 

 somewhat resembles C. Abietis, but may be known by the acuminate capitulum of the 

 antennae, which in the latter is nearly circular. — A. Matthews; Gumley, Market Har- 

 borough, February, 1862. 



Notes on the Entomology of the Isle of Man. 

 By the Rev. Hugh A. Stowell, M.A. 



(Concluded from p. 7901.) 



* Serica brunnea. A perfect pest at light in July and August, often 

 accompanied by Aphodius rufipes. Is it generally known how 

 thoroughly nocturnal in its habits this species is ? In the neighbour- 

 hood of Faversham I was unaware of its existence till I tried Mr. 

 Stevens' plan of after-dark sweeping, when I found that it swarmed 

 upon ground which I had been in the habit of constantly exploring 

 by daylight, without detecting a trace of it. 



Limonius Lythrodes. Occasional ; by sweeping meadows. May, 

 June. 



Cryptohypnus riparius. Abundant; under stones, often in very 

 dry places and to an elevation of 850 feet. April, May. 



Corymbites tessellatus. One example ; in moss, &c. March. 



Elodes marginata. Occasional ; on sallows, &c, by brook-sides. 

 May, June. 



Malthodes brevicollis. Occasional ; by sweeping meadows. May. 

 Rhynchites germanicus. Local but frequent ; by raking. April, 

 May. 



