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Ephyra omicronaria, and Pyrausta piirpuralis were seen on the wing; 

 Rhodophcca suavella was common on ragwort Howers ; and tlie larva? of 

 EucUdia mi and Psyche villoseLla were swept from grass at Matley Bog. 



Much closer attention was paid to the Hymenoi'TEBa, and in 

 collecting the Aculeates I had the advantage of two or three excursions 

 with the Kev. F. D. Morice. Again the Aiu/elica at Matley was pro- 

 lific of some nice species of the latter, including Blutilla europcea ^ ^ 

 and Myrntosa melanocephala, large ^ ^ , Pompilus viaticus (which 

 often hides beneath the flower when disturbed), a (^ of the very rare 

 P. unicolor, Mimesa bloolor, Crabro vayus and C. pubescens, and one ? 

 Prosopis paluslris (not, 1 believe, known to occur outside of the 

 eastern counties before) ; at the same favoured spot Eumenes coarctata 

 was taken flying swiftly over heather, Llalictus zonulus at Scabiosa 

 flower, and three or four Macropis labiatu, flying early in the month 

 to the yellow flowers of Lysimachia ; one of these gave me a sharp 

 sting, but the pain was very evanescent. In a sand pit hard by 

 Pompilus rufipes, Ceropales viae id at us, Andrena urgeiUata with its 

 parasite the rare Nomada albor/uttata put in asi appearance in some 

 force. About Lyndhurst Pseudar/enia punctum, a very great rarity, 

 was taken in Mr. Adams' garden ; iStiymus Solskyi, Nysson dimidiatus, 

 Andrena fuscipes, and Dasypoda hirtipes were attracted to Heracleum 

 flowers, while Halictus minutissimiis and ColUtes succincta affected 

 those of Erica ; sandy banks produced Halictus punctatissimus, JVo- 

 mada obtusifrons and Epeolus rujipjes. 



The year was too far advanced to find many of the fine local 

 Teiithredinidfe, which Miss Chawner kindly showed me in her col- 

 lection, in the imago state ; nevertheless, the striking Croesus varus 

 and C septentrionalis, Nematus betulce, Abia fasciata, A. sericea, 

 Hylotoma gracilicornis, H. ccBruleipermis, and H. ustulata all occurred 

 more or leas freely on flowers among alders in Matley Bog ; Emphytus 

 tibialis was found at Brockeuhurst, and in Denny Wood, and Athalia 

 spinarum on Angelica, Nematus myosotidis on black poplar, N. lucidus 

 and N. caprece y/'iih. Pachyprotasis rapes turned up at Lyndhurst. The 

 BraconidcG included Opius nitidulator, Nees, several in Mr. Adams' 

 garden with both sexes of the common Chelonus inanifus, L. ; Hetero- 

 gamus dispar, Curt., was swept from heather ; Chcenon anceps and 

 Meteorus abdominalis, Nees, var. swept in Queen's Bower ; Apanteles 

 obscurus, Nees, was on Angelica at Lymington, and Braconfulvipes 

 on the same flowers at Matley Bog. The only Proctotrypids noticed 

 were Codrus apferogynus swept at Ilursthill ; Parmesius elongatiis, 

 Thorns., on heather in Butt's Lawn ; Diapria verticillata, Latr. on 



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