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Bombits lapponicus at Wotton-under-Udge. — I have hatl the satisfaction of 

 adding this fine bee to our local list. I captured a female on the 15th inst. in the 

 garden, on the flowers of one of the Michaelmas daisies ; I thought at first it was 

 a lapidarius, but being rather doubtful I boxed it, and discovered my prize. This 

 particular daisy has a great attraction for bees and flies, and when the sun shines, 

 which is only once now and again, the flowers are full of life. — Id. 



Aculeate ITymenoptera at Lowestoft in August, \d>'d\. — I have been spending 

 the first three weeks of August close to Lowestoft, where, from the accounts given 

 by the late Mr. F. Smith, who visited the place at exactly the same season in 1858, 

 I was hopeful of picking up some of tlio rarer Aculeate Hymenopfera. In this I 

 was not altogether disappointed, though the weather was, on the whole, singularly 

 unfavourable. Halfway between Lowestoft and Pakefield, Tetramorium ccespitum 

 abounded on the grassy slopes leading to the beach. I took all the sexes of this, and 

 also those of other ants, Lasius flainis, n'lger, and alienus — the two latter in close 

 proximity, and, as I believe, in the same nest. Of Myrnn'ca I could only find 

 workers, and all were Icevinodis or scabrinodis. This was a disappointment, as 

 Smith had found lobicornis not uncommon iu the neighbourhood. Mutilla rufipes, 

 $ , was fairly abundant, running by the sandy paths along the slope. Tiphia femo- 

 rata, $ , literally swarmed on the umbelliferous plants, b\it I found no males. Of 

 the Pompilidce by far the most abundant was Priocnemis exaltatus, both sexes. I 

 also took Fompiliis }ilui)ibei<s, mostly in the "Denes" towards Gorton, and females 

 only of Pompilus chalyheatus, unguicularis, nudgibbus. The local species of Mellinns 

 (sabulosics) occurred in both sexes, but not in such abundance as I expected. But 

 most of the fossorial genera seemed afraid to put in an appearance in the gusty and 

 sometimes rainy weather which prevailed, and the few which did appear (such as 

 Tachytes and some common sorts of Crabro) scarcely deserve a record. Wasps 

 were not common, but I came across one or two specimens of Odyiierus trimarginatus. 

 Lastly, as to the Bees ; not many species were to be found, but they included some 

 rather good ones. Andrena nigriceps, $ , was fairly abundant on the ragwort, and 

 I also took a few males. I found, too, four kinds of CoUetes — succincta, fodiens, 

 Daplesana, and piciatigma ; of the latter, unfortunately, only females. On Gorton 

 Common the workers of Bombus Scrimshiranus abounded, revelling on the purple 

 heath (I have since taken some males near Woking on the same flower). Other 

 Bombi occurring frequently were hortornm, the males nearly all of the black variety 

 Harrisellus, while the females and workers were, without exception, light in their 

 colour ; Latreillellus, and (workers only) cognatus. Of my other captures it may 

 be worth while to mention Epeolus productus, Sphecodes puncticeps, CaUoxys 

 elongata, Anthophorafurcata, Andrena bimaculata, and Ha/ictus punctatissimus. — 

 F. D. MoRiCE, Rugby : September \Uh, 1891. 



Myrmosa melanocephala in WarwicJcshire. — On July 27th last I took a male 

 of this species in my garden at Rugby. Never having seen any of the so-called 

 " solitary ants " in this district, I was a good deal surprised at this capture, and I 

 think it may be worth recording, as I am not aware that Myrmosa has been pre- 

 viously found in the Midlands. — Id. 



