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uauiilly abundant, most of my s|K'ciincns of Numada wure J cJ • Passing to the 

 ants, I noticed I'onera cuntracia, Latr., on Cliaring Hill on June "ilst. In one case 

 there was a little colony, but I only noticed workers which soon disappeared into 

 the earth. Amongst the saiidwasps I found one Pompilm unicolor on August 3rd, 

 a large female with an unusual amount of red at base of abdomen, a pair of 

 Calicurgus ht/alinatus, the S on Septemlier Htli,the ? in my garden on September 

 26th. The latter has a very sharj) sting. The only previous record from Kent 

 appears to be a solitary '^ from here in lOUl, it is evidently inclined to be a late 

 insect, but my previous capture was on August ttli. Ceropales macti/a/us was fairly 

 abundant during August, and continued as late as the 7th of September, while I 

 took a single $ Agenia variegata, Linn., on October 7th, the black insect was 

 running about on a tarred gate i)ost. Crabro gonager, Lep., lituratus, Panz., $, 

 puhescen.t. Shuck., one (J from Charing, 2lst.ruiie may also be mentioned. — Abthub 

 J. CiUTTV, Hunting-field, Ji'aversham : Februarg \Uh, 1903. 



Meloe rugo.iits, Marsh., at Broadsfairs. -Another example of this rare insect 

 has recently been sent to me from Broailstairs, where it was found crawling upon 

 the load on December 13th. There can be very little doubt that the insect hiber- 

 nates, and that a warmer day tiian usual brings it out from its I'ctreat. The Isle of 

 Thanet is highly favoured by Meloidre, as I have taken four species, M. prosaara- 

 bceus, M. variegaliis (3), M. cicatricostts (about 20), and M. rugosus (4) within a 

 couple of miles from Broadstairs. — Thkudoke Wood, The Vicarage, Lyford Road, 

 Wandsworlli Common : January 4^th, 1903. 



MisceUar.euus Notes on British lleteroptera. — During the past few years I 

 have ))icked up such Heteroptera as have come in my way while collecting 

 Coleoptera, and the following notes I have made may perhaps be of sufficient 

 interest for publication : — 



Eremocoris podagricus, Fabr. : additional British localities. — Since the clearing 

 up of the confusion which formerly existed in the synonymy of our species of the 

 Lygseid genus, Eremocoris, E. podagricus has rested as British solely upon the 

 specimens (about thirty) taken by the late Dr. Power in April, 1864, at Littlington, 

 Cambridgeshire, under dead leaves at the bottom of a hedge. Since 1899, however, 

 I have met with several examples of this pretty species in Surrey, on the downs 

 near Dorking and Croydon, and the specimens now in my collection agree with the 

 insects standing under the name podagricus in the Power Collection. In the 

 Croydon locality it occurs in company with E.fe nest rat its, from which it is easily 

 distinguishable by its brighter colouring and different pattern of markings; 

 fenestratus, even in life, lias a faded, " greasy '' appearance, while podagricus has a 

 " velvety " facies, rather like that of a Scolojio.itethus. I find these insects princi- 

 pally amongst stones and dead leaves under bushes, especially junipers, on chalky 

 slopes, but I once took a pair of E. podagricus running in the sun on a road.* 



Drymus pi/ipes, Fieb. — I found two specimens of this apparently scarce species 

 amongst dead leaves, near Croydon, on September 10th, 1901, for the determination 

 of which I am indebted to Mr, Saunders. Although Douglas and Scott in their 

 " British Heniiptera" record two specimens as having been taken by Dr. Power at 



* The sijecimen.s recorded by Mr. Saunders, on My authority, from Caterham and Chatham, 

 ■ are referable to £. podagricus, and not to E. jcneslratus. — G. 0. C. 



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