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Aculeate Humenupterd in Norlh IValtn. — On July Jtli, IDOO, I again visited 

 Criccieth, and during my stay thi'i-c was able to add the following insects to my 

 list of captures, published on page 62, vol. xi, 1900 : — PompUus chalybeatus, 

 Schiodte, Ceropales maculaius,Ya.h., Astata sti/jma, Panz., Diodontus minidus, Yfih., 

 tristis, V. de Lind, Mlmesa bicolor. Fab., unicolor, v. de Lind, Gorytes tumidus, 

 Panz., Cerceris arenaria, Linn., Crahro Wesmaeli, v. de Lind, cribrarius, Linn., 

 Oxybelus mucronatus. Fab., Odi/nerus picttis, Curt., .limiaiits, Fab., Andrena 

 nigriceps, Kirb., denticuhita, Kirb., Dasypoda hirtipes, Latr., Epeolus rujipes, 

 Thorns., Ccelioxys riifescens, Lep., elongata, Lep., Stelis aterrima, Panz., Osmla 

 xanthomelana, Kirb., fulviventris, Panz., Psithyrus rupestris, Fab., campestris 

 Panz., quadricolor, Lep., Bombiis Smithianus, White, Jonellus, Kirb., soroensis. 

 Fab., var. ? 



Only ? s were taken of the rare O. xantkomelana, and these were worn, the 

 hairs on the thorax being matted with clay in some cases, showing that they 

 had been busy with their nests. The nests I could not find, though diligent search 

 was made for them. The bees were only noticed on the flowers of Lotus cornicu- 

 latus. Oxybelus mucronatus, and Andrena nigriceps looked very beautiful on the 

 flowers of Eryngium maritimum, though the $ of the former were also taken on 

 Euphorbia paralias. Bombus Smithianus was caught the day before I left, August 

 8th, and was most conspicuous on the flowers of E. maritimum. Most of the 

 Aculentes mentioned in my former list were again seen, Osmia parietina being very 

 scarce. It makes its colls in the small cavities of a stone that is occasionally used 

 in the field walls. Fompilus approiimatus, Sm., occurred again in its old haunts 

 near the sea, and Nomada Roberjeotiana was observed entering the burrows of 

 Halictus rubicnndus, but their stay was short, possibly owing to the presence of the 

 owners. — E. B. Nevimson, 3, Tedw^rth Square, Chelsea, S.W. : January, 1001. 



Aculeate ffymenoptera in the New Forest. — On June 4th, 1900, I went to 

 Lyndhurst for a few days and was pleased to capture some (?s of Andrena proximo, 

 Kirb., on the flowers of the rhododendron, also amongst other Aculeafes, Pompilus 

 spissus, Schiodte, Halictus prasinus, Sm., Andrena varians, Eossi, helvola, Linn., 

 and Melecta lucluosa. Scop. 



I am again indebted to the kindness of Mr. E. Saunders for confirming the 

 identification of several in the above list. — In. 



Observations on Sphecodes. — I was very much interested in the article by the 

 Kev. F. D. Morice upon Sphecodes begun in the January number of this Magazine, 

 as for a long time I have been struck by the apparent connection between Sphecodes 

 and Andrena, suggesting parasitism on the part of the former. I cannot give any- 

 thing more in the nature of proof, and have no definite notes to refer to upon most 

 of my observations ; but one case which came under my notice seems worth 

 quoting, as being an additional instance, and as supporting Mr. Morice's conclusions 

 strongly. In Sutton Park, out on a bare part of the common, is a little colony of 

 Andrena humilis. It is in rather an isolated spot, simply a few bare sandy places 

 on a grassy slope, with no trees or bushes near, and not a bank in which one would 

 naturally look for any Aculeates which might occur in the neighbourhood. On July 



