276 THE entomologist's record. 



Sandown, August (Donisthorpe). This adds 82 species and 2 vars. to 

 the hsfc, which brings the total at present known, up to 1516. 



Hymenoptera. — Several nests of Formica exsecta, were discovered 

 in Parkhurst Forest in April. Solowpsis fuyax was abundant, with 

 Lasiiis niijer and ■■'Formica riifibarbis var. fiiscoru0arbifi, at Sandown. 

 Myrmecina latreillei was found sparingly at St. Helens. Myrmosa 

 melanocephala ^ and $ s were taken at Luccombe Chine. Several 

 small, very dark J s of Methoca iclmenmnnoides occurred in the latter 

 locality. The following species new to the hst, were taken. One new 

 bee — '''Xomada alboyuttata. Three sawflies — '■'-Allanttis arctiatits, ■'Athalia 

 glabricullia, and '''-Emplti/tiis rtifocinctus. Two Chrysids — ■'Hedychridium 

 roseiim, B.yde, and ■■'•Notozits panzerii, Sandown. ''Pezomachus agiiis- 

 granensis var. neesi was taken last year in a nest of Myrmica laevinodis 

 at Sandown. '■' Pachylomma biiccata was captured, hovering over a 

 nest of Lasiiis niyer, at St. Helens. '■'■'Layynodes pallidum — two specimens 

 taken in a nest of Formica fiiaca in Parkhurst Forest in April. 



Hemiptera. — The following bugs occurred, kindly named for me 

 by Mr. E. A. Butler — Myrmns viiriforiiiis, Fall., S' and ? . Larva 

 (nymph) of Syromaster marginatns, L., King's Quay. Dolycoris 

 baccarinii, L., Ryde. Piezodoms lituratus, P., Sandown. ^Pllia 

 acuminata, L., Sandown, Ismis colcojdratns, Creoff., Whitefield 

 Woods. Tcttiyonia viridis, L., 3-, Whitefield Woods. liliyparo- 

 chroiutiis chirayra, F., St. Helens. (Tnatltocomis picipes. Fall., St. 

 Helens. Solda Littoralis, L., King's Quay. ■■Corizus subrufus, Gmel., 

 Whitefield Woods. Pies)iia qiiadrata, Fieb., St. Helens. 



DiPTERA. — '''Phora formicarinn — Hovering over a nest of Lasius 

 niycr, at St. Helens. '■'■'Phryxe vulyarin. — Four specimens bred from 

 larvfe which came out of an emaciated Noctuid larva, found in the 

 Whitefield Woods at roots of flea-bane. '■■Musilltis sitbmltans. — 

 Abundant on white sand at Luccombe. ''Saryus iridatiis. — Sandown. 

 '■'■'■ 'The riaplectcs distiuynendiis. — Whitefield Woods [Kindly named for 

 me by Mr. Collin.] .' 



Spiders. — The follow'ing spiders are new to the list. '■Thyreon- 

 theniu.s biovata, Camb. — Taken in nests of Formica riifa, in Parkhurst 

 Forest, in April. '''Fpeira ahine, Wal., J , '''Cereidia prominens, West., 

 (J, ''''PacJii/yitatha listeri, Clk. , <y s, ''-Xyxticus ulmi, Habs., <? , ■■'Cms- 

 tulina yiittata, Wid., 5 , and ''■'PJryllonetliis Z<?/>/c?«, W^alck., in the White- 

 field Woods, August. I captured a young specimen of Myrmaraclme 

 formicarius, Walck., again with Myrmica scabrinodis, this time at 

 Luccombe Chine. 



Depressaria putridella, Schiff. — A species new to Britain 



(^with tiro plates^. 



By ALFRED SICH, F.E.S. 



(Concluded from p. 257). 



Habits of Larva. — Nothing appears to be known of the egglaying, 



ovum, or of the habits of the very young larva. Probably the species 



hybernates as an imago, and lays its eggs on the foodplant in the 



spring. Nolcken mentions finding the larvas near Cannes, in 



various stadia, on May 15th, 1880, and he bred moths from these 



between June 13th and 19th. Here the species is not so early, the 



larvae not being fullgrown till the third or fourth week in June, and 



the moths j^ppearing in the latter half of July and early August. In 



