Insects. 



6099 



Ligia oceanica, Lithobius forcipatus, &c. I have given it a name after the great 

 illustrator of the Cornwall Fauna, Jonathan Couch, F.L.S., of Polperro. 



Philongria , n. s.? 



Itea Mengii (Zaddack)?? 



Body scabrous and tuberculated. Eyes very small and black, situated very 

 laterally. Third ring produced into a small lobe on each side of the head, so as to 

 give the eff'ect of a lateral lobe. Internal antennas long, three-jointed, very 

 conspicuous. First to third abdominal rings granulated ; fourth to telson smooth. Tel- 

 son, apex truncate, not ernarginale. Abdominal false feet same as in Philongria celer. 

 Colour rose-red, with white median stripe, or white. Runs with great agiliiy, does 

 not roll. 



Habitat. — Gardens and cellars, Plymouth, where I had the pleasure of first 

 recognising this species in the collection of C. Spence Bate, F.L.S., who kindly 

 pointed out the locality in which he had procured it, and where we found it abundantly. 

 It so closely approaches Itea Mengii, as described by Zaddack, that I have refrained 

 from giving it a name, as I can scarcely persuade myself that there must not 

 be some mistake in his description of the " antennae internse " and rings of the abdo- 

 men : should this surmise prove correct the genus Philongria, as established by me 

 last year, must give place to Itea of Koch, as limited by Zaddack, and Philongria celer 

 will prove identical with either Ilea riparia or Itea Isevis, or perhaps with both. The 

 granulations of the cephalo-thorax at once separate this species from that described by 

 me last year as above. 



Philoscia Couchii is easily known from the only other described species by 

 the form of telson and abdominal appendages. My stay in Cornwall was so short 

 that I am sure there were other species overlooked by me. Should any naturalist 

 wish to follow up the subject, Mr. James Langhorn, of Polperro, would, I am sure, if 

 applied to, willingly point out the locality named, as he was with me when I found 

 the animal ; his collections of preserved fish, Crustacea, &c. would well reward a jour- 

 ney, even to Polperro. — John Robert Kinahan ; Donnybrook, Dublin, April 30, 1858. 



Note on the Paper by Messrs. Boyd and More " On the Geographical Distribulion 

 of Butterjiies in Great Britain.^'' — I was much surprised at observing in Messrs. 

 Boyd and More's paper on the distribution of butterflies that the South Wales area, 

 No. 6, was entirely unrepresented ; and now that Mr. Scott (Zool. 6065) asks, has no 

 one visited this portion of South Wales who can give us information.^ I venture to 

 name the species that I have myself seen and taken. 



Butterflies taken in Area 6, in 1856 — 57. 

 Pontia BrassicsB, Eapae and Napi. 



Pieris Crataegi. In great abundance; I found the larvae feeding a fortnight since 

 by thousands upon insulated shrubs of Prunus spinosa, eating out the centres of the 

 unexpanded buds or basking in the sun upon their winter webs. 



Anlhocharis Cardamines. Common. 



Gonepteryx Rhamni. Common. 



