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THE BRITISH NATURALIST. 



[October 



Lewcock (Brit. Nat." July p. 150) is mistaken if he supposes that the 

 name Cuspidia acevis was used previously to the time when it appeared 

 above his signature. Indeed reading his article carefully, I do not 

 think he intended to imply that it was so, but merely that Dr. 

 Buckell and the Rev. B. Smith had used Cuspidia in a generic sense 

 earlier. Of course this was this case, as in fact appears in Mr. 

 Butler's article in the "Entomologist," p. iii, but that has nothing 

 to do with the matter. I quoted Mr. Lewcock as one of the 

 authorities, not for Cuspidia, but for the combination Cuspidia aceris. 

 Dr. Chapman is the only author of Cuspidia. — T. D. A. Cockerell, 

 Institute of Jamaica. 2M]i July, 1891. 



We most sincerely hope that our nomenclature will not be further 

 complicated, by requiring sponsors for every combination of generic 

 with specific names, but in any case Mr. Cockerell is not correct in the 

 above note. The combination of aceris, with Cuspidia as a generic 

 term, appeared for the first time in the "Record" for August 15th, 

 i8go, p. 130, over the signature of Dr. Bucknell, and dated June 

 2nd, 1890, as correctly quoted by Mr. Lewcock at p. 150 supr. ; this 

 Mr. Cockerell has evidently overlooked altogether. Dr. Chapman is 

 certainly the author of the term Cuspidia, but he has never used it as a 

 generic term. — Ed. B.N. 



AcRONYCTA ACERIS. — The pretty larva of this species seems rather 

 plentiful this season. I have taken upwards of 30 at this place 

 recently; and also several at Gravesend. — F. Milton, 164, Stamford 

 Hill, London, N. 



Sugar in the North. — We have had a very poor season in this 

 part of the country, at least so far as I am concerned. "Sugar" has 

 been, and is, a complete failure. It worked fairly well on the coast 

 in July and August, but in the woods it was entirely useless. Autumn 

 larvae are abundant, more so than I ever remeimber seeing before, 

 which augurs well for next season. — /Vrthur Horne, Aberdeen. 



Beating for Larvae. — I have been beating for larvae, and the 

 other day I knocked out 4 Fagi, Coryli, Pu-dihunda, Unguicula, 

 Falcatdvia. Dvoinedarius, CaiJielina, Psi, Tciiierata, Defoliaria, and 

 BctuUii'ia, besides an olla podvida of unknown species. At the 

 beginning of August I took 10 Verbasci larvae. Is not this rather a 

 late date for the species? - Hy. J. Turner, 13, Drakefell Road, 

 Hatcham. S.E. 



