156 THE YOUNG NATURALIST. august 



of H. velleda, darker and smaller than those I take near Glasgow, 

 several examples of T. pronuba, L. comma, X. turea, E. mi, P. plecta, 

 H. adusta, X. polyodon, A. basilinea, and L. alexis, and single specimens 

 of E. nanata, E. fasciaria, E, decolorata, alchemillata, P. iota, D. capsincola , 

 P. meticulosa, H. olevacea, and a very dark specimen of C. bilineata. — 

 A. Adie Dalglish, Glasgow. 



Abundance of White Thorn Flowers. — Did you notice what 

 an extraordinary quantity of flowers were on the Hawthorn this year. 

 Every hedge was completely covered with the white blossoms. There 

 is an old Scotch proverb, " mony haws, mony snaws " which if true 

 should make us look out for a severe winter. - A. Adie Dalglish, 

 Glasgow, 



I not only noticed the abundance of the blossom here, but also 

 the very unusual date at which it appeared, Here it is quite common 

 for June to be well on before the "May" flowers. This year they 

 were well set on Good Friday f ^th April) and but for succeeding cold 

 weather would have bloomed in Easter week. As it was the hedges 

 were covered with flowers by the 20th April. — John E. Robson. 



Donacia affinis. — On July 7th, accompanied by Mr. E. A. 

 Newbery, I went to Wood street, Walthamstow, in search of this 

 beetle. The weather was not favourable for Donacia?, being cold with 

 occasional showers of rain. However I captured one specimen. This 

 species is not common in the so called " London district," Mr. 

 Newberry once took it at Wimbledon, and Mr. Jarvis at Wood street. 

 — G. A. Lewcock, 73, Oxford Road, Islington, N. 



Hypera pollux. — Mr. Newbery and myself captured seven speci- 

 mens of this pretty Hypera, on July 7th, while hunting for Donaciae 

 at Walthamstow. I have likewise captured the same insect at 

 Farnham, Surrey, in former years. On July 14th, accompanied by 

 Mr. Cripps, I again visited the Essex locality, when three more were 

 captured at exactly the same spot. Donacia lemncz, D. typha, and 

 D. comari also turned up. — Id. 



Ptinus lichenum. -During my holidays in June last, I found 

 several specimens of this good beetle on some old fences in the Isle of 

 Sheppy. They were mostly congregated at the bottom, but I obtained 

 some by digging them out of their holes with a penknife. — H. Heasler, 

 Danby Street, Peckham. 



