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Fab.), Hydioporus ohscurus, Sturm, Agabus femoralit, Payk., Rhantus pttlveroxus, 

 Stepli. (last seen alive by me in New Zealand), hixlrialu.t, Berg., and exoletus, Forst., 

 Paracymus .vneits, Germ., and BerosK.s signaticollis, Ohnrp., all more or less com- 

 monly. Bklessus geminu/t, Fab., and Ifydroporusjlavipes, 01., were both abundant, 

 the former preferring the shallow sun-warmed water among short grass at the edge 

 of the pond, whence also Parnua algiricux, Luc. (xtria/eUus, Fairm.), came up in 

 the water-net in considerable numbers, and Stenus longitarsis, Thorns., was found 

 on one occasion. Single examples of Helophorus latieollis, Thorns., and Ochthehius 

 leneux, Steph., also occurred, and are interesting as being recorded from here for the 

 first time since the days of Dr. Power (cf. Fntom. Annual, 1872, p. 47). 



Another small pond among the pines on the Common produced, besides several 

 of the above-mentioned species, a few examples of Ilydroporus /rw^w, Payk., usually 

 a northern species in its distribution. — James J. Walker, " Aorangi," Lonsdale 

 Road, Sumniertown, Oxford : June 13//*, 1904. 



Metaecus paradoxux, L., in the Derwent Valley.— On September 12th, 1902, I 

 took a fine example of Metacu.i paradoxus, L., from a common dock flower growing 

 by the river side at Lockhaugh, near Rowlands Gill, whilst again, on October 16th 

 of the same year, I met with another specimen, this time clinging to bracken, 

 scarcely fifty yards distant from the locality of my first capture. That which I took 

 in September was a male, and in comparison with other examples of M. paradoxus 

 I have seen, was, I think, an unusually fine insect. The other (also a large example) 

 proved to be a female, which T believe is not represented in Bold's collection. 

 Though I searched the district high and low for a wasps' nest I met with no success 

 in the immediate neighbourhood, but later in the year I came across a nest, of Vespa 

 rufa I think, in Gibside, at a spot fully a mile from Lockhaugh. As both the 

 Metaecus took readily to wing and seemed to possess strong flying powers, they 

 could easily have crossed the river from Gibside, a place where various wasps 

 abound. — Richard S. Bagnall, The Groves, Winlaton-on-Tyne : June 13<A, 1904-. 



Beilephila lineata, F., = livornica, Esp. — On Wednesday, May 18tli, a living 

 imago of the above was brought to me, having been just taken by a fisherman, who 

 found it settled on the beach, presumably blown over by the strong S.S.W. wind 

 then prevailing. — H. L. F. Gueemonprez, Dalkeith, Bognor, Sussex : May 23rd, 

 1904. 



Andrena niveata, Friese, at J/ar^a^e. — This little species hitherto rare in this 

 country was very abundant at Margate in May this year on the flowers of Lepidium 

 draba, which plant is quite a feature of the coast. Occasionally it seems to visit 

 daisies, and occasionally dandelions, as well as umbelliferous plants, but Lepidium 

 seems to be its favourite. I was very pleased to meet with it in numbers as it is 

 such a close ally of A. nana, K., that hitherto I have had doubt as to whether it 

 might not be an extra pubescent form of that species ; all the specimens however, 

 which I have taken keep the characters of niveata very clearly defined, viz , the 

 very broad white pubescent apical bands and the punctured apices of the 

 abdominal segments, and I can find no intermediate forms. I captured as many as 

 I could from localities further from the coast where it is far less abundant but they 



