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3 ? . Agenia hircaiia, ? only. Aslata stigma, $ and ? iilentifuUj- Spilomena 

 troglodytes, 1 ? . Sligmvs sohkyi, 1 ? . Pemphredon morio, 1 ? , nesting in a 

 decayed beech-stump. Passaluecus comiger, 3 9 . Miniesa shuckardi, ? and (J ; 

 M. equestris, 1 c? and 1 9 on wild carrot ; M. dahlbomi, 3 9 , nesting in a decayed 

 and dry beech slump. Cerceris lahiatn, ? and $. Oxybei'tts mandibular 1.1,^ 9- 

 Crabro cetratus, 3 9 ; C". anxius, 1 9 ; C". dimidiatus, 9 and S • C. signalus, 2 9 ; 

 C. ncutellatus, 9 s only ; C. interruptus, 1 9 ; C'- Utnratus, 2 9 and 1 <? ; C. vagus, 

 9 and (? ; C. panzeri, 9 and (? . Eumenes coarctata, 1 9 • Odynerus reniformix, 

 1 9; O. trifasciatus, \ 9, O. trimarginatus, \ '^•, O. gracilis, \ 9 audi ^: /Ta- 

 lictus prasinus, 9 and (J. Andrena dentlculata, 9 and <? . Nomada obtusifrons, 

 1 9 • Ccelioxys acuminata, 1 9 j Stelis phaeoptera, 2 ^ ; S. octomaculata, 1 9 • 

 Osmia leucomelana, 1 9 • — Gr- Arnold, University of Liverpool : October, 1905. 



Pocota apiforviis, Schrank, at Colcltester. — On May 9th I took a fine speci- 

 men of this rare Syrpliid flying round a birch tree ; this is the first example 

 recorded from Essex. — Bernard Smith ITarwood, 9t, Station Road, Colchester: 

 October Uth, 1905. 



Tropideres sepicola, F., at Colchester. — On September 7th I was fortunate in 

 benting an example of this rare beetle from hazel in a wood near here. Subsequent 

 visits failed to produce another. I am indebted to Mr. G-. C. Champion for 

 naming the insect, which had not previously been recorded from P'ssex. — Id. 



Libellula fulva at Colchester. — I captured a fine specimen of this rare dragon- 

 fly on June lUth ; I netted it when it was on the wing, supposing it to be L. 

 depressa ! — Id. 



Macropterous Nabis, Sf'c.,at Colchester. — During the present season I have taken 

 macropterous specimens of three usually brachypterous Hemiptera : Nabis brevi- 

 pennis, N. lativentris, and a 9 Leptoplerna dolobrata ; the macropterous 9 of '^^is 

 last has not I think been previously recorded from Britain. All the specimens 

 were taken within two miles of the town. — Id. 



The late J. W. Douglas as a writer on Coccidse. — I am indebted to Mr. C. W. 

 Dale for pointing out that in the obituary notice of Mr. Douglas in our last Number 

 no mention was made of his connection with the study of Coccidce. This I much 

 regret, especially as the pages of this Magazine have so often contained valuable 

 papers from his pen on the subject ; beyond this, as Mr. Dale suggests, his work 

 has encouraged many others to take up the study of this difiicult group of insects, 

 so that whereas at the time he began writing he was practically alone the Coccidce 

 have since been ably studied by Messrs. Newstead, Comstock, Green, Maskell, and 

 others. — E. Saunders, St. Ann's, Woking: October 12th, 19u5. 



