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uncommon on Wicken Fen ; GlypliotcBlius pellucidiis', Limnophilus rhom- 

 bicus, common but the specimens small ; L. flavicornis, abundant ; L. 

 marmoratus, probably the most abundant species seen ; L. stigma, L. 

 vittatus ; L. aiivicula, Tuddenham ; L. hirstitus, in the fens, and I think 

 also at Tuddenham ; Silo pallipes, Tuddenham ; Molaniia angustata, 

 common ; Leptocerus aterrimus, abundant but the specimens small ; 

 Mystacides longicornis, Erotesis baltica, one specimen ^ only on 

 Wicken Fen; CEcetis lamstris, not uncommon; Holocentropiis picicornis, 

 abundant; Tinodes woeneri, Tuddenham; Lype phceopa, several at 

 Tuddenham. 



ORTHOPTERA. 



Stenohothris viriduhis, common, I believe, though some of the 

 specimens captured as this species were the green var. mollis of 5. 

 bicolor, which unless captured might readily be mistaken for it. 5. 

 elegans, not uncommon at Wicken, and I think also occurred at 

 Tuddenham; vS. bicolor, abundant at Wicken, and equally so at Tud- 

 denham ; it was exceedingly variable in colour, and the var. 

 purparesceus was common at Wicken, and probably the green var. 

 mollis equally so. Gomphocems maculatiis , at Wicken and Tuddenham. 

 Odonticra punctatissima, Mr. McLachlan beat out a nice specimen in 

 ''the lane" at Wicken. Mecaiiema varia, beaten out of the trees in 

 plenty at Chippenham Fen. Xiphidimn dorsale, in abundance and of 

 all sizes in Chippenham Fen; also on Wicken Fen, but less 

 commonly. 



Huddersfield, Nov. .20th, 1891. 



NOTES FOR BEGINNERS.— MICRO LARV^ 



FOR THE MONTH. 



GEO. ELISHA, F.E.S. 



January is the month of all others in which we have the most time 

 on our hands. There is really nothing to do now in the way of larvae 

 collecting but what can be put off" till next month if need be, so it is 

 as well to take advantage of the lull, to look through and arrange the 

 notes we have roughly jotted down during the busy time, examine, 

 and place in our cabinets the captures of the season, and distribute 

 the surplus specimens among our friends and correspondents, never 

 forgetting to act in a liberal spirit in all such matters, for although 

 we may occasionally meet with a poor return for our liberality, we 

 shall find as time gone on, we become acquainted with a circle of 

 correspondents all acting in the same generous spirit. 



