138 CJune, 



taken locally. Adimonia sanguinea, F., was common on hawthorn at Orton and 

 Stainton. Timarcha Imoigata, L., I have twice taken on the roadside near Hazel 

 Holme at Cleator Moor. 



Onathocerus cornutus, F., and Trihollum ferrngineum, F., occur in plenty in a 

 warehouse in Carlisle, from which place I also obtained a fjoodly number of Ar:t;o- 

 cerus fascicidatus, De Gecr, last summer. A specimen of Rhinomacer attelahoidex , 

 F., was beaten from fir at Orton. Among Apion, many species were common, as 

 A. nigritarse, Kirb., A. cardiiorum, Kirb., A. ;ethiops, Hbst., A. eheninum, Kirb. , 

 A. striatum, Kirb., A. affine, Kirb., A. assimUe, Kirb., and .4. seniculam, Kirb. 

 Otiorrhi/nchus ovatu.i, h., from Belle Vue, and O. musconim, Bris, from Orton, 

 sparingly. Brachg.iomtts echiiiatus. Bons., occurred at Orton, as well as Polgdrusus 

 cervinus, L. P. uadatus, F., and P. pterggomalis, Seh., were fairly abundant in 

 Wreay woods in June. Orchesles fagi, L., was common at Talkin Tarn. Grgpidius 

 equiseti, F., occurred in flood refuse on the Kden below Carlisle. Orobitix cganeus, 

 L., from moss at Orton, at which place a specimen of Dorytomus tortrix, L., was 

 swept in May last, and Brachi/ tarsus var'ms, F., from moss growing on a tree. 

 Bagous alismatis, Marsh., was plentiful at Monkhill Lough. I may add that 

 Mr. F. H. Day, F.E.S., has seen all these, and my best thanks are due to him for 

 help with the more critical species. — Jas. Murray, 13, Grosvenor Gartlens, Carlisle : 

 April Uh, 1909. 



Ceropalcs variegaiiis, /''., in the New Forest. — Since the publication of Mr. E. 

 Saunders's " British Hymenoptera Aculeata " in 1896, only two records of the 

 capture of this rare species have appeared in the pages of this Magazine, viz., a 

 (J in August, 1896, at llolmwood, Surrey, by Mr. C. H. Mortimer,* and a '^ on 

 August 5th, 1902, at Woking, by Rev. F. D. Morice.f It is, therelbre, perhaps 

 desii-able to record the capture by myself of a cJ and $ on August 14th last near 

 J)enny Bog. They were taken iiying round a small Scotch pine that was very much 

 infested with Aphides. The previous year (1907) my friend, Mr. G. Arnold, and I 

 took many species of Fossores in the same place. I have also found that nettles 

 and other plants similarly infested frequently prove attractive to Aculeates and 

 many other insects. The (J, but for the white labrum, might easily have been mis- 

 taken for the same sex of C. maculatus, as the basal abdominal segment is entirely 

 dark and not red as m normally coloured variegatus. I have to thank Mr. Saunders 

 for kindly confirming my determination. — A. H. Hamm, '12, Southfield Road, 

 Oxford : Mi>.y 12i/i, 1909. 



Societies. 



Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society: Meeting, held at the 

 Royal Institution, Colquitt Street, Liverpool, March 15th, 1909. — Mr. C. E. Stott, 

 Vice-President, in the Chair. 



A paper was read by Mr. H. R. Sweeting entitled " The Value of Variation to 

 a Species." Mr. W. Mansbridge exhibited specimens of Aviphidasys betiilaria, 

 and its variety doubledayaria, which had been bleached by exposure to chlorine ; 



Vol. xxxiii, p. 215. t Vol. xxxviii, p. 223. 



