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comprised Microcryptus labralis, Gr., a (? at Timworth, viii ; Acanthoeryptus 

 ■flagitator, Gr., one ? from Fornliam, 22. ix ; ? ? of Glyphicnemis vagabunda, Oct., 

 at Eastbourne, riii ; a fine ? of the local Arltranii carnifex, Gr., from Tuddenham 

 (where I have taken it sparingly myself), IS.vi.lGOG ; two Cryptus obscurtm, Gr , from 

 Timworth ; one Pimpla scanica, Vill., 17.iv, doubtless after hibernation ; a couple 

 of ? $ P. turionellse, Linn., from Ampton and Timworth in iv ; a c? ^- examinator, 

 Fab., from Timworth ; both sexes of the abundant Collyria calcitrator, Gr., from 

 Ampton, 30. V ; a single ? of the uncommon Mesoleius virgultorum, Holmgr., from 

 Ingham, 9.vi.06 ; a ? FoJyblastus pinguis, Gr., from Tuddenham, 22.Ti.06 ; ? ? of 

 Bassux iKtaforms, Fab., and Promethus sulcatus, Gr., from Timworth ; a 9 Exe- 

 tastes guitatorius, Gr., at Eastbourne, yiii, with Henicospilus merdai-iux, Gr. ; a <J 

 Faniscus testaceus, Gr., at Bury St. Edmunds, vi ; two ? ? Anilasta (TAmneriaJ rufi- 

 cincta, Gr.," from larvae of H. dipsacea from Tuddenham, 2.viii.0fi," and from larvae 

 of D. irregularis from Tuddenham, emerged 3.viii Ofi "; a ? Meloboris CLimneriaJ 

 crassicornis, Holmgr., from Timworth, viii.05. Among the Beaconid.e were Bracon 

 minutator, Fab., from Timworth, viii.05; Microgaiter globatus, Linn., from East- 

 bourne, viii ; M. tibialis, Nees, from Timworth ; four (J c? of Microplitis sordipes, 

 Nees, " from larva of D. zVre^w^a;-/,?, Tuddenham, 8 and 16. viii. 06 " ; two (? ^ of 

 Microdus tumidulus, Nees, from Eastbourne, vii.OO, and Timworth, viii.05 ; one $ 

 Macrocentrus marginator, Nees, from Timworth ; and Alysia manducaior, Panz., 

 from the same locality. Chalcids were represented by the uncommon Chalcis 

 minuta, Linn., from Tuddenham, 26.vii.06; and the Evaniib^ by the curious and 

 common $ $ of Oasteruption jacidator,lArm. 



Reverting to Mr. Saunders' Note {Ic), it is well to put on record that Andrena 

 niveata, Friese, was taken in Suffolk even before it was first recorded as British ; 

 since Mr. R. C. L. Perkins captured it at Brandon in May, 1899, and thought there 

 was little doubt of its local frequency there. All the specimens recorded as Salictus 

 subfasciatus, Nyl., in my " Symenoptera of Suffolk " are referable to H. fulvi- 

 cornis, Kirby.— Claude Moelet, Monks' Soham House, Suffolk : March \st, 1907. 



Diptera in Dumbartonshire in 1906. — The year 1906 proved to be a good one 

 for Diptera here, although other Orders were for the most part conspicuous by their 

 absence. During the eai'lier months some good species were turned up, including 

 Blepharoptera modesta, Mg., and Helomyza flavifrons, Ztt., both of which are new 

 to the Clyde list. Among other additions to our list the following are perhaps the 

 most notable : PuJex goniocephalus, Taschb., seven specimens from dead rabbits ; 

 Trichopsylla gaUinse, Schrk., from starlings' nests ; T. nevisteadi, Rothschild, from 

 nests of grey wagtail ; Typhlopsylla agyrtes, Heller, from nest of field mouse ; 

 Lasioptera rubi, Schrk., two specimens ; Sciara thomse, L., common in Murroch 

 Glen, &c. ; Mycetophila lineola, Mg., common ; Sceptonia nigra, Mg., two speci- 

 mens, in December ; Zygomyia notata, Stan., scarce ; Allocotocera pulchella, Cart., 

 one specimen at Bonhill ; Glaphyroptera J'ascipennis,'M.g., common; Empheria 

 compressa, Wlk., rare ; Tetragoneura sylvatica. Curt., scarce ; Sciophila marginata, 

 Mg., not uncommon ; Platyura atrata, F., one specimen, evidently belonging to 

 this species ; Bolitophila cinerea, Mg., one specimen, at Bonhill, in November ; 

 Scatopse Jlavicollis, Mg., common ; S. albitarsis, Ztt., rare ; S. halterata, Mg., com- 

 mon ; S. brevicornis, Mg., common ; Orphnephila testacea, Euthe., not uncommon 



