~^^ [Febr 
bekannt. Blattw., 1859), who also gives a brief notice of the larva and its ha 
The words in the description of P. melitta " antennje shorter than the thoi 
mnst result from a slip of the pen, as Mr. Healy's specimens have these* or 
longer, if anything, than the head and thorax together, as they should be accor 
to Zaddach. The insect is a true Fenusa and not a Phylhtoma ; the latter g 
has from 11 to 15 antennal joints, whereas in Feiiusa there are only 9 (or excep 
ally 10) ; moreover, the lanceolate cell (" lanzett-formige ZeUe," Hartig) in 
fore-wings is very differently shaped in the two genera-in Phylhtoma it ext 
nearly to the base of tho wing with a notch in its lower edge, and include! 
oblique veinlet; in Fenusa it is of the form of a pointed oval or loop, a long pedi 
connecting it with the base.-R. McLachlan, Lewisham, 18th January, 1870. 
Note on the pairing of Odynerus spinipes, Linn.—Odynerus spinipes take 
specific name from the curious tridentate structure of the femora of the intermei 
legs in the male. As I was unable to learn the use of this development, un 
observed it for myself, my observation is possibly worth recording. 
The structure above referred to is used by the male to imprison the winj 
the female in pairing. By a very rapid movement he places himself on the 1 
of the female, and at the same instant secures her wings, the nervures of wl 
near the base of the wing, fit into the spaces between the teeth of the femur, 
are held there by the tibia being closed on them, and bent almost parallel ■ 
the femur, the tarsi of the opposite sides, crossing close under the body of the m 
the costal nervure might rather be said to occupy the hollow at the has 
the tibia. The " spines " of the femur, in fact, fit between the nervures of 
wing, and are, with merely the membrane of the wing between, in contact wit! 
tibia. The wings are thus held securely in a slightly elevated position, and al 
angle of about 90° with those of the opposite side. The anterior claws of the i 
hold by the anterior angles of the thorax of the female, and his long antenna 
directed straight forwards, their curled extremities seizing the scapes of the ante 
of the female. 
The female, thus securely pinioned, still resists pairing ; which I have m 
seen occur, although I have seen the female so held for several minutes. This 
in insects in confinement. I have only once made the observation on the was 
large, and on that occasion pairing failed to occur. Except in bright sunshine 
malesarevery sluggish.— T.Algernon Chapman, M.D., Abergavenny, Januarj/, 11 
Morayshire Lepidoptera.—I spent six weeks (August 9th— September 2( 
with my friend, Mr. George Nonnan, at Forres, N. B., and had some very pleas 
collecting. This locality, like many in Scotland, only needs well working to prod 
an abundance of good insects. The extensive sandhills (barren as the Autho 
the " Lepidopterist's Guide " could possibly desire), moors, and woods of birch ; 
pine, afi-ord a rich and unusually varied field for the entomologist. Except 
Noctum, but little is known of the Lepidoptera of the district, and I do not th 
even they are yet quite worked out. 
The only butterflies of note which I saw were H. Semele, on the Culbin aai 
(I believe a scarce species in Scotland) and E. Blandina, common throughout : 
district. I succeeded in obtaining a considerable number of eggs of this spec 
