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Nyssia Zonaria at Wallasey. — I only heard of one person who 

 could find Nyssia zonaria on the Cheshire sand hills last spring. I 

 went for it three different times, but failed in finding any. The star- 

 lings are generally a good guide to it, and I watched them a long time, 

 but never saw them alight on the ground, so I gave up the search. — 

 C. S. Gregson, Liverpool. 



Insects in November in North London. — Oporabia dilulata is 

 still common on the lamps, and Chesias spartiata is found sparingly on 

 marshy places. Early specimens of H. pennaria, C. qrumata, H. 

 defoliaria, and aurantiaria are to be had in fairly good numbers, the 

 weather having been exceedingly mild and open. — John Henderson, 

 Streatham. 



A new Ichneumon from Chelonia Villica. — While rambling 

 along the sea shore at Torcross, South Devon, on the 8th June, 1889, 

 my eye caught sight of a bundle of Apanteles cocoons surrounding C. 

 villica ; observing there was an unusual number, and remembering 

 that I had never bred an Apanteles from that species, I carefully re- 

 moved the lot into a box. The Apanteles obtained proved to be a new 

 species, which the Rev. T. A. Marshall has proposed to name Apanteles 

 ntficoxis. This was not the only good find, for Pezomachus tristis was 

 bred, males and females ; this cleared up a doubtful point. Another 

 hyperparasite was Hemiteles fidvipes, 64 males and one female.— G. C. 

 Bignell, F.E.S., Stonehouse, Plymouth gth Nov., 1890. 



Setting Coleoptera. — I have been at work setting a number of 

 beetles in their natural attitudes, to show how different groups are 

 constructed for different modes of life. I never could bear to see a 

 beetle or a butterfly with a pin stuck anywhere and set anyhow. 

 When properly set, a beetle is not only a beautiful but a very in- 

 structive object. — C. S. Gregson, Liverpool. 



Hybernia brumata — On Sunday, 23rd November, rain fell very 

 heavily all day. I was at South Hetton Station at night — a dingy 

 place, lighted with dirty oil lamps of a very primitive type. I was 

 surprised to see H. brumata on these lamps, notwithstanding the 

 deluge of rain, and I noticed it in greater profusion on the gas lamps 

 of other Stations on the line. — John E. Robson, Hartlepool. 



