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Nepticula Sericopeza bred, — Dr.Wocke 
has bred this species fi'otn larvae found 
mining the leaves of Populus Iremula, in 
October and November; the mine is 
very similar to that of N. argyropeza . — 
Ibid. 
Elachisla Pullicomella . — I have re- 
ceived from Herr Anton Schmid, of 
Frankfort-on-the-Maine, some larvae of 
this pretty distinct species. It mines 
the leaves of Poa nemoralis, much in the 
style of a Cygnipennellalatva.. The pupa 
is under a silken covering, resembling 
that of Rufocinerea , — H. T. Stainton, 
Mountsjield, Lewisham ; April 25. 
COLEOPTERA. 
Pcederus litloralis . — I saw this morning 
a specimen of this insect running along 
a dried stem of the common fern, when 
it suddenly stopped and appeared very 
busy with something. On close inspec- 
tion I found it bad captured a Chceloc- 
nema dentipes, of which there were several 
settled on the plants around. The little 
jumper was firmly secured under the fore 
legs of the Brachelytron, which, with 
head bent down, was evidently seeking 
to get a good bite at its victim, but the 
polished armour of the Chcetocnema stood 
it in good stead, and the Paderus seemed 
as much perplexed as a toothless old 
gentleman over a tough beefsteak. The 
intended prey meanwhile was not alto- 
gether passive, but made one or two 
attempts to leap away, which jerked the 
frame of its persecutor and made an 
audible click, but did not set it free. 
They moved round to the other side of 
the stem, and were not visible for a few 
moments, when the Brachelytron ap- 
peared alone a short distance off, and 
on turning over the fern-stem, a Chcetoc- 
nema was seen hiding in a crevice, but 
though sluggish it proved uninjured, and 
perhaps was not the one whose life had 
been in such peril. There is indeed 
nothing novel in a Staph, preying on its 
brother Coleops, but it might scarcely be 
thought able to secure such a wary and 
active member of the volligeur family of 
Halticw . — George Guyon, Ventnor, Isle 
of Wight; April 21. 
Hemipteea. 
Ranatra limaris . — Whether this cu- 
rious-looking creature is rare or only 
wants looking for are two points on which 
I should like to be satisfied. I have seen 
no recently-captured specimens, and none 
of my friends can enlighten me as to 
this. It ought to be found in all the 
dykes in the fen district, and also around 
Canterbury, where these dykes serve the 
purpose of hedges, and I should therefore 
feel greatly obliged if any one who is in 
the habit of taking it, or who would try 
and take it, would send me up a few un- 
pinned specimens. I intend to mount 
the whole of the Hemiptera, large and 
small, on cards. To enable those who 
do not know this water-bug to recognise 
it, I believe it best to say it resembles a 
piece of thin reed-stem, about 1^ inch 
long, with six appendages serving as 
legs ; the anterior pair stoutest and bent. 
— John Scott, 13, Torrington Villas^ 
Lee, Lewisham, S.E. ; April 26. 
EXCHANGE. 
Exchange . — Having a limited number 
of the larvae of Melilaa Cinxia, I should 
be glad to exchange them for any of the 
following : — 
Argynnis Adippe, 
... Euphrosyne, 
Nemeobius Lucina, 
