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journey. It was a lovely bright day, and they appeared to be enjoying the sunshine 

 and tlie flowers, and they sailed about us as these butterflies can sail. I think tliis, 

 the first company that we saw, covered three or four hundred yards of the road side, 

 and were particularly attracted by the flowers of knapweed. This was a little 

 after 12 o'clock noon. About ten minutes later we passed by Chilvers' Gardens. 

 These are about half an acre in extent, partly upon the same road and about half a 

 mile from the sea, and were laid out in flower beds. There were a good many 

 beautiful asters, but bordering all the beds and paths were masses of lavender in 

 full bloom. This lavender was perfectly alive with Painted Ladies ; I could not 

 possibly estimate the numbers, but there must have been thousands. I did not 

 think of migration, as the butterflies were in such splendid condition ! It looked as 

 though the warm sunshine had hatched oiT a big brood. It is rather diflicult to 

 decide whether they were moving in any given direction, for they kept rising as we 

 passed, flying on ahead, and around us ; but the flight was certainly very local, 

 since from the place where I saw the first to Chilvers', which seemed to be the 

 attractive spot, could not be more than half a mile. Roughly, the road is a mile 

 from the sea. — James M. Baekett, Gay wood, King's Lynn : February lOth, 1904. 

 • 

 Laphygma exigua at Chester. — I captured a specimen of L. exigita at one of 

 the Chester electric lamps, September 25th, 1903. This is the second record of the 

 species for the district — the first being that of Dr. Herbert Dobie (also at electric 

 light) in 1900.— J. Abkle, Chester : January 12tTi, 1904. 



Hymenoptera Aculeata at Torcross, Devon. — During last August Colonel 

 Yerbury was good enough to collect some Hymenoptera for me at Torcross, in 

 Devonshire. In looking the contents of the box over casually at the time I 

 received it I did not notice anything special amongst them, but on a more critical 

 examination I find two species of great interest. These are : Pompilus approxi- 

 matus, Smith, 1 ?, and Cilissa melanura, Nyl., 2 (? ; the former has only been 

 recorded in Britain from Scotland and Wales, and the latter only from Kent, so that 

 their occurrence in Devonshire shows that they have a wide distribution in this 

 country. They are both easily mistaken for their nearest allies, and will probably 

 be found in many other places when they are better known. Other species worth 

 noticing from the same locality are : Crabro interruptus, De Geer, C. Uturatun, Pz., 

 Colletes picistigma, Thoms., Andrena pilipes, Fab., and Nomada jacohses;, Pz., 

 — EdwAED Saunders, St. Ann's, Woking : February 6th, 1904. 



Crabro carlonarius at Aviemore. — Some time ago, while looking over some 

 AcuJeates captured by Mr. J. J. F. X. King, at Aviemore, last year, I found two 

 specimens that were not referable to any species I had met with before. On sub- 

 mitting them to Mr. Saunders they were discovered to belong to C. carbonarius, a 

 species introduced to our list on the strength of a <? captured by Col. Yerbury at 

 Aviemore in 1901. Both sexes were taken by Mr. King — the (J on July 9th, and 

 the ? on August 12th. The localities where they were taken are about three or 

 four miles apart. It is interesting to see both sexes from the same neighbourhood, 

 and more so as I find the males of this genus are generally much rarer than the 

 females — J. R. Malloch, Bonhill, Dumbartonshire: February, 1904. 



