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THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
round to you, in a communicative way, 
and, patting himself where his stomach 
ought to be, says, “ Best dinner I ever 
made in my life. I ’m happy ” (another 
little pal) ; “ a child might play with me. 
I feel — I feel j ust like a cricket-ball ! ” 
It certainly is very nice, especially if 
cigars and coffee are just coming in. 
But what are all the little considerations 
enumerated above to the feeling of a man 
who goes out to an old stump of a lime 
tree, and digs a hole in it large enough 
to serve for the last “box order” he will 
ever need, and comes away with some 
fifty or so specimens of Rhyncolus trun- 
corum ; or even that, to a party of four 
setting out in quest of the same insect, 
in the same place, and suddenly laying 
hands upon the blasted stump, — for some- 
body had kindled a fire “ beneath the 
very ribs of death,” — bringing it away 
piecemeal, and after reaching home, 
growing weary of breaking up the old 
wood, and leaving the greater part un- 
broken, they count their gains, and they 
sum them up in figures nearly, if not 
quite, four deep — one thousand slain. — 
Bill Mattock, Liyhtenslump ; April 14. 
Doings hi Devonshire. — Within the 
last few weeks I have taken the following 
Brachelylra in the salt marshes in the 
neighbourhood of lustow: — 
Myrmedonia canaliculata. Amongst 
grass and under stones in the vicinity of 
the nests of Myrmica rubra, 
Homalota lividipennis. 
... gregaria. 
... fungi. 
... analis. 
... plana. 
Ilypocyptus longicornis. 
Tachinus rufipes. 
Tachyporus chrysomelinus. 
... pusilltis. 
Mycetoporus splendidus. 
Quedius fulgidus. 
... tristis. 
... uUcnuatus. 
Quedius rufipes. 
Ocypus cupreus. 
Philonthus splendens. 
... laminatus. 
... carbonarius. 
... varius. 
... nigrilulus. 
Lathrobium fulvipenne. 
Slilicus affiuis. 
Sienus rusticus. 
... Ossium. 
Sunius angustalus. 
Oxytelus rugosus. 
... luteipennis. 
Omalium rivulare. 
Tychus uiger. 
Bryaxis haematica. Under stones, gene- 
rally in company with Formica and 
Myrmica rubra ; I believe, however, that 
this insect is not considered Myrme- 
cophilous. 
In some of the nests of Formica Jlava 
a small bluish green Aphis abounded ; 
they were of all sizes, from a mere speck 
to a mustard-seed ; they appeared to be 
on most fiiendly terms with the ants, 
who seemed to be very gentle with 
them, carrying them off into their bur- 
rows directly they were disturbed. Some 
of the nests I looked at as carefully as 
possible, so as not to frighten the in- 
habitants ; I then saw all the Aphides 
congregated in a heap, and the ants 
running backwards and forwards to them, 
evidently caressing or feeding them: the 
moment I frightened them (the ants) 
they rushed wildly about, and bore the 
Aphides off in their mouths to their 
burrows. — G. F. M x-umw , Raleigh House, 
Barnstaple; Aprils. 
OBSERVATIONS. 
Eupithecia innotala. — Dr. Allchiu’s 
note on E, innotata, in the lust number 
of the ‘ Intelligencer,’ requires a brief ex- 
planation from me. Your readers will 
