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Prionocyphon serricomis in Kent.- Last year (in August or September) I took, 
> small orange beetle, which I in vain tried to set properly, and, after 
T f seveial of its legs, I was about to throw it away, but, on second thoughts, 
I carded it as it was. 
A short time ago I took it to the British Museum, where Mr. C. O. Waterhouse 
recognised it as Prionocyphon serricomis, one of our rarest Coleoptera. 
' s I did not know of the insect’s rarity when I captured it, I cannot tell what 
ree it was found on, but it was probably knocked off oak, nut, blackberry, or birch, 
0s >e our trees (especially the two former) are the most numerous in the locality, 
lave never seen it recorded from the south-east of England before, in fact, I be- 
.eve only a very few specimens have been captured in this country.-E. A. Brunetti 
lo, Lower Grosvenor Place : April 18 th, 1881. 
Stigmonota ecopariana Ired.-I have to-day bred three specimens from the 
nrvm mentioned at p. 70 of this volume. What a lovely species this is! but why 
on earth should it come out so early, when not a vestige of its food-plant will bo 
seen or some weeks, in the bleak, cold region where it occurs ? 
That it appears to be known, however, as an April species is shown bv the 
remarks of my riend Mr. C. a. Barrett at p. 36 of this volume.-J. B. Hod OK iLo N , 
lo, 8 pnng Bank, Preston : April 10 th, 1881. 
71 7-T The time is fnst approaching for the capture of this 
species of Peglkda: in all its stages, and I herewith give a short description of the 
77 form of the creature, for the benefit of those who care to collect and breed it 
In June and July these nymphs may be had in great numbers by beating the 
common nettle (Urhca dioica) into a net or, what I consider to be much preferable 
an inverted umbrella. When taken home they should at once be placed upon a 
small plant of nettle set in a flower pot and covered with a glass shade, where they 
will thrive perfectly. The colour is pale green, shining, the entire margin has 'a 
i urge of White hairs, some of which, round the apes of the abdomen, are much 
longer than others. Head rounded in front. Antennse pale, apes dusky. Eyes 
purplish-brown. Elytra-lobes almost white. Abdomen = upper-side sparingly clothed 
w . t ong, flue, white hairs, and having a roundish pale yellow spot on each side near 
the base. Length about 1 line.— John Scott, Lee, S.E. : April 15 th, 1881. 
Rare Hemiptera rear Eastirge.-On April 9th I was fortunate enough to take 
two specimens of Gerrie rufo-scateUata at Guestling, one of our rarest British 
Hemiptera. Mr. E. Saunders has kindly verified them : on looking over my col- 
ection he also picked out four specimens of Katie Uneatm, = Poweri Sound 
which I had taken last September at Camber, and a developed specimen of Siggno’ 
cone rueUcus from .the Hastings district, a species which is very rarely met wfh in 
tlm state.-®. P. Corlett, 12 , Springfield Bond, St. Leonards-on-Sea : lm April, 
