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near Gloucester. J, Merrin, ''Annual,'' 1869. 

 Also reported from Newnham, &c.] Scarce, 

 and local. 

 Sesia myop^formis. Bork. Glos. In orchards at Gotham. 

 j.H. Stapleton. g h. Bristol. Stainton's 

 "Manual.'' Wotton-u.-e. v.r.p. 

 Somerset. Scarce at Brislington. w.h.g. 

 Bedminster. s.b. Probably occurs in most 

 old orchards. 



,, cuLiciFORMis. L. Somerset. One specimen at 

 Bedminster. r.f. 



„ FORM I go: form IS. Esp. Glos. Recorded by Sir 

 W. V. Guise, from the neighbourhood of 

 Gloucester J and by Mr. Merrin, from the 

 banks of the Severn : both these localities may 

 be beyond my limits, but the species will 

 probably be found nearer Bristol if well looked 

 for. 



Somerset. " One specimen on the Somerset- 

 shire side of the New Cut, Bedminster.'' s.b. 



„ ichneumoniformis. W. V. Glos. Wotton-under-edge. 

 v.R.r. Durdham Down, Bristol. w.h.g., and 

 a.e.h. 

 Somerset. Near Weston s.-m. g.r.c. 



„ CYNipiFORMis. Och. Glos. In the Gully, Durdham Down, 

 scarce, w.h.g. Bristol. Stainton's "Manual.''^ 

 Somerset. " Leigh Woods, singly.'' f.d.w. 



„ TiPULiFORMis. Rather local, but common in gardens 

 among old neglected currant bushes. 



„ andreniformis Lasp. Glos. A single specimen of this 

 very rare ''clear wing" was taken in the 

 Gully, Durdham Down, by the late Mr. T. 

 Wilkinson of Scarborough, many years since. 

 At the time of capture it was mistaken for a 

 variety of S. cynipiformis. Mr. E. G. Meek 



