189V.] 209 



The insect is not described in this paper, but referring to the 

 figure the writer of the article says, p. 161 : — 



" It will be seen that the form is quite distinct from that of the ordinary house 

 bug, especially in the excavation of the prothorax in front, which is very slight, the 

 lateral angles not projecting forward on the sides of the head." 



Jenyns' descriptions of his three species — columbaria, hirundinis 

 and pipisirelli are copied in full ; A. hirundinis is figured entire, and 

 an antenna of hirundinis, lectularia and inodora are figured side by 

 side to show the different proportions of the joints in each. 

 Prof. C. H. Tyler Townsend writes of A. inodora : — 

 " There exists in Southern New Mexico a Cimicid, known by the Mexican name 

 of "Coruco," which is an unmitigated pest to poultry in this region. When the 

 insect once gains access to the hen-house it soon swarms in great numbers, infesting 

 the inmates and roosts, and covering the eggs with the excrementa, which show as 

 black specks. It is a very difficult pest to exterminate, and has been frequently 

 known to spread from roosts to dwelling houses, where it proves more formidable 

 than the bed-bug. This insect also exists in western Texas." 



These particulars are very much like those quoted by Mr. Theobald 

 (p. 185 ante) ; still the European species may not be the same as the 

 American, nor yet identical with A. columbaria or lectularia, as seems 

 to have been generally assumed, and so the matter is worthy of 

 investigation. 



153, Lewisham Road, S.E. : 

 August, 1897. 



NOTES ON SOME TENTHREDINIDM, WITH ADDITIONS TO THE 



BRITISH LIST. 



BY THE EEV. F. D. MOEICE, M.A., F.E.S. 



Since the beginning of this year 1 have been in correspondence 

 with the well-known authority on TenthredinidcB, &c., Pastor Konow 

 of Teschendorf (Mecklenburgh), who has rendered me the greatest 

 possible assistance in determining British specimens, as to whose 

 identity I was either doubtful or altogether in the dark. Herr Konow 

 finds among my specimens (which were nearly all taken either in 

 Surrey or in Warwickshire) several which are additions to the British 

 list, and a few which may prove to be new species. Of these, 

 however, I shall at present say nothing. They are mostly isolated 

 specimens, and some are (most unfortunately) "carded," so that it is 

 impossible to examine them properly ; nor am I yet in a position to 

 give a complete list even of those, which are certainly species known 



