24)2 ' [October, 



of Mr. Cooper Dean's estate) on the north-east. The locality is on the Heath 

 amongst scattered fir trees close to the uie\tern side of this Wood. There is another 

 Fir Wood due north of this spot, and probably the range of the species extends 

 thereto, and also in a westerly direction to the north of Boscombe. 



If any one who is interested in the re-discovery of this species in the United 

 Kingdom cares to write to me at Surbiton, I shall be happy to furnish him with 

 a copy of the plan before referred to. — H. Gos9, Hinton Admiral, Hants : August 

 2Qth., 1900. 



Two species of Psocus allied to Ps. bifasciatus, Latr., likely to occur in 

 Britain. — These two species are very likely to be overlooked and confused with 

 bifasciatus : — 

 Ps. iNTERMEDius, Tetens, Ent. Nachr., xvii, p. 374 (1891). 



The first dark fascia ordinarily very faint or absent. The middle lobe of the 

 mesonotum shining and polished (opaque in bifasciatus). Discoidal cell of anterior 

 wing rather narrow as in bifasciatus, but the vein forming its outer edge is straight 

 or slightly concave outwardly, hence not convergent at its lower end as in bifasciatus. 

 Taken by Herr Tetens near Berlin, and by myself in the Vosges. Cited for Finland 

 by Reuter with a note of interrogation. 

 Ps. cONTRAEius, Reuter, Act. Soc. Fenn., ix, No. 4, p. 42 (1893). 



Differs mainly from bifasciatus in the form of the discoidal cell of the anterior 

 wings, which is broader, subquadrate, its outer edge regularly concave. Thoracic 

 lobes opaque. Tammerfors and Teisko in Finland. I have a type which I owe to 

 the kindness of Dr. Reuter. 



I have at various times examined large numbers of Ps. bifasciatus in the hope 

 of detecting one or both of these species, but so far without success. There can be 

 little doubt that they occur here. — R. McLachlan, Lewisham, London : September 

 2nd, 1900. 



Astata stigma, Pz., in North Wales. — I recently took a ? of this species near 

 Criccieth, N. Wales, sitting on bare sand in hot sun, close to burrows of Pompi/us 

 plumbeus. I find, on reference to my diary, that my only previous capture of this 

 insect {vide Ent. Mo. Mag., 1891) was also beside the burrows of P. plumbeus. The 

 proximity to the Pompilus on both occasions may be only a coincidence, and no 

 evidence of parasitism ; but, as little is known of the life-history of A. stigma, 

 perhaps the fact may be worth I'ccording. — Willotjghby Gakdnee, Reform Club, 

 Liverpool : August, 1900. 



Sirex gigas in Dumbartonshire. — A $ specimen of Sirex gigas was taken at 

 Bonhill, Dumbartonshire, on August 15th- In " The Handbook of the Flora and 

 Fauna of Clydesdale," published in 1876, Mr. Cameron mentions that this species 

 and also S.juvencus have been taken in the district, but in such situations as to lead 

 their being suspected of foreign origin. In this case, however, the specimen must 

 have emerged from wood grown in the locality, as there is no imported timber used 

 in the district in which the insect was captured. It was on the wing when first seen, 

 and when it rested was boxed. It had apparently but recently emerged, and was in 



