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one spot. The species has only been found in a very few places at present. Col. 

 Yerbury has expressed the opinion, I believe, that it occurs vrherever wild garlic 

 grows freely ; I had not had an opportunity of testing this before until I found it 

 in this one s])ot as soon as I looked for it. The garlic, however, grew in most parts 

 of the district, but I never saw the Cheilofiia anywhere else during the ten days I 

 was there. — Colbban J. Wainwright, Handsworth, Staffs. : June 23rd, 1901. 



Lipara tomentosa, Mcq. (= rufitarsis, Lw.), and tioo rare Tipulidce at Seaton. 

 — On June 24th I was at Seaton and took a specimen of the above rarity. The 

 other specimen I have was taken at the Decoy Pond in the New Forest by my father 

 on June 2nd, 1831. It was named for him by tlie late A. H. Haliday. At the 

 same place I took Orimarga virgo and Thaumastoptera calceata. — C. W. Dale, 

 Glanvilles Wootton : July \st, 1901. 



[Mr. Verrall kindly informs us that Lipara tomentosa, Mcq., is " an absolute 

 synonym " of the common L. lucens, Mg. He adds that Mr. Dale's insect may 

 possibly be L. tomentosa, Perris, iiec Mcq., in which case it might be L. rufitarsis, 

 Lw. Mr. Verrall j ustly adds that it is not unusual to ask for distinguishing characters 

 in critical cases such as this. — Eds.]. 



Two rare Diptera in the New Forest. — During a visit to the New Foi'cst in 

 May I was fortunate enough to take two Pocota apiformii, Schrk. ( ^ ? ), and four 

 Psilota anthracina, Mg. {S S)- Both the former were to some extent chance 

 captures, as the first was taken on the 21st basking in the sun on a leaf of sweet 

 chestiiut, and the second was found on the 25th under the glass coping in my 

 garden, but in each case hawthorn trees were near at hand, although not in bloom 

 at the earlier date. Mr. Verrall describes the ? as " very similar to the male," but 

 this is not the case with my specimens, the bands on both thorax and abdomen being 

 pale golden-yellow instead of " tawny or reddish-orange," which gives them more 

 the appearance of Volucella bomhylans, L., than Criorrhina berberina, F., so much 

 so that I mistook the first to be a very early homhyJans, and only netted it because 

 it seemed a variety, and remained under this impression until setting it the next 

 day. As soon as the trees were well out I mostly turned my attention lo hawthorn 

 blossom, and although I met with no more P. apiformis, secured two P. anthracina 

 on the 25th and two more on the 28th. This is rather a sluggish fly, and in two 

 instances they fell, when taken, to the bottom of the net, apparently feigning death. 

 — Fred. C. Adams, 50, Ashley Gardens, S.W. : June, 1901. 



Odontceus mobilicornis, F., at Tunhridge Wells. — I found a vei-y lively male of 

 this insect in my garden water tank this morning. It is the first time I have seen 

 the species alive.— G. Lewis, 87, Frant Road, Tunbridge Wells : July \2th, 1901. 



Albinic aberration of Bactra lanceolana, Hb. — On August 22nd, 1892, I had 

 the good fortune to capture at Studland,in the Isle of Purbeck, a remarkable albinic 

 aberration of Bactra lanceolana. The fore-wings are pure white, partially tinged 

 with cream, especially towai'ds the base, with some small pale brown spots and marks 



