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this fine Tacliinid were taken. Plaqia curvinervis, Ztt., one, an addition to our 

 list. Miltogramma cowjcrt, Fin., this very rare Tacliinid appeared freely in company 

 with its host {Oxybelus uniglumis) ; its small size, extreme activity, and similarity 

 to its surroundings, made it difficult to capture ; about forty taken during many 

 visits (an addition). QScothea fenestralis. Fin., Blepharoptera inscripta, Mg., Neot- 

 iiophilum prausium, Mg., a single specimen of each taken, the last two are additions 

 to our list. A short stay at Evesham produced tlie following: — Chrysops relictus, 

 Mg., one (J. Syrphus guttatus,¥\n., three. Nyct ia halierata, Vz., mne. Hydro- 

 myza livens, F., five. Of this last many specimens were seen basking and running 

 on leaves of water lilies in the Avon, but I only succeeded in getting five, as they 

 kept well out of reach, the only result of several strokes being a soaked net. 

 One morning in the public park at Droitwich I was fortunate enough to take four 

 species of Pipunculus—fuscipes, Ztt., campestris, Ltr., incognitus and sylvaticus, 

 Mg., all found together within a space of a few yards. In the same park Nemorcea 

 notabilis, Mg., occurred, basking on laurel bushes, twelve specimens were secured ; 

 this species was also confined to a very small space (an addition). A few hours at 

 Wyre Forest late in the season pi'oduced Chilosia soror, Ztt., one, and half a dozen 

 Conops ceriiformis, Mg. The remarkable feature of the season (as it appeared to 

 me) was the almost complete absence of Tabanidce : although the weather was so 

 bright and hot, I only met with two Chrysops ; HcBmatopota and Tahanus being 

 entirely absent. — Ralph C. Beadley, Moseley, Birmingham : February^ 1900. 



Hyperetet guestfalicus, Kolbe, at Dover. — louring the Meeting of the British 

 Association at Dover in September last, I collected from off the trunks of old trees 

 (principally limes) in the College grounds certain apterous Psocidce, which proved 

 to be, as suspected, S. guestfalicus. This was the only occasiou on which I had 

 looked for the insect, and I have no doubt that. although it has at present been 

 noticed only at Lynmouth and Dover, it is spread over the length and breadth of 

 these islands. — R. McLachlan, Lewisham, London : February, 1900. 



Agrion pueUa, L., in Scotland. — In Mr. Lucas' recently published book on 

 British Dragon-flies, this species is said to be apparently absent from Scotland.* It 

 does occur on this side of the Border, however, and I have a specimen I took in 

 June, 1896, near Rosslyn, in the County of Midlothian. — William Evans, 38, 

 Morningside Park, Edinburgh : HJarch 14th, 1900. 



Andrena lapponica, Zett., in Cumberland. — Among some Aculeates kindly 

 named for me by Mr. E. Saunders are both sexes of this species, in all five males 

 and four females ; I captured them in the neighbourhood of Carlisle last year. The 

 males were obtained on August 5th, towards sunset, wliile sweeping low herbage for 

 Coleoptera in a secluded lane bordering a large wood, In this wood are acres of a 

 rank growtli of Vaccinium, at the flowers of which females were taken in Kent in 

 1895 {vide Ent. Mo. Mag., vol. xxxv, p. 263), and it is likely enough that my speci- 

 mens had some connection witli the same plant. The females are from the same 

 locality, though I cannot give the precise date of their capture. When I come to 

 do a little systematic work at this group of insects I expect to find A. lapponica a 

 common species, as the specimens here I'ecorded were only picked up casually wlien . 

 collecting Coleoptera and, to a lesser extent, Lepidoptera. It is not a little curious 



It is indicated as Scottish by De Selys.— E. McL. 



