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leates of the collection are many species of considerable interest, 

 although there is none actually new to our lists. All, however, are 

 interesting, on account of the localities, and some on account of their 

 very unusual coloration. Amongst the latter may be mentioned speci- 

 mens of Crabro dimidiatus which have almost entirely lost their yellow 

 markings ; a small black $ of C. 4s-maculatus belonging to the var. 

 geniculatus which, except for the sharp teeth uuder the cheeks, would 

 have passed as a curious species of the subgenus Coelocrabro, for 

 which I took it at first and tried hard to make a new species of it, 

 but at last discovered what it really was. The melanic variety of 

 MegacMle Willughbiella mentioned in the following list is most 

 striking, and all the examples taken were similarly coloured ; the 

 collection also contains a very dark Bomb us Smithianus £ of quite 

 different coloration to any I have seen before. Perhaps the rarest 

 species taken was Golletes montanus, which hitherto has only been 

 recorded from Irvine, in Scotland. 



Formica fusca, Linn., Parknasilla, nest, 3.8.01 ; Valentia I., nest with winged 

 sexes, 2.8.01. 



Lasius niger, Linn., Waterville, nest witli winged sexes, 2.8.01, Parknasilla, 

 nest under stones with winged sexes, 2.7-01, Kenmare, nest under stones with 

 winged sexes, 5.7.01 ; Jiavus, De G., Waterville, nest with winged sexes, 3.8.01, 

 Parknasilla, nest under stones with winged sexes, 13.7.01. 



Myrmica rubra (race ruginodis), Linn., Waterville, nest under stones with 

 winged sexes, 3.8.01, Parknasilla, nest under stones with winged sexes, 13.7.01. 



Fompilus plumbeus, Fab., <J ? , Waterville, 27.7—2.8.01, Dooks, 25.8.01 ; 

 niger, Fab., $ ? , Kenmare, Cloonee, Loo Bridge, Parknasilla, Glengariff, 14.6 — 

 24.7.01, 3rd submarginal cell petiolated in all the males and in 5 out of the 9 

 females ; unguicularis, Thorns., 1 $ , Waterville, 30.7.01 ; gibbus, Fab., 1 ? , Water- 

 ville, 27.7.01. 



Salius exaltatus, Fab., 3 (J , 11 V , Parknasilla, Glengariff, Waterville, Valentia, 

 Kenmare, 15.6—10.8.01. 



Ceropafes maculata, Fab., $ V > Waterville, Caragh Lake, Glonbeigh, 5.7 — 

 17.8.01. 



Fassalcecus monilicornis, Dhlb., 1 $ ,(var. black labrum), Caragh Lake, 20.8.01* 



Oorytes mystaceus, Linn., 1 <J , 13 $ , Kenmare and Glengariff, 15.6 — 10.7.01. 



Nysson spinosus, Fab., 2 $ , 5 $ , Kenmare and Glengariff, 23.6—10.7.01. 



Mellinus arvensis, Linn., <J £ , Waterville, Caragh Lake, Kenmare, Loo 

 Bridge, Dooks, Valentia, Darrynane. 



Oxybelus unigfumis, Linn., $ ?, Waterville, Dooks, Darrynane, 27.7 — 15.8.01. 



Crabro olavipes, Linn., 1 $ , Kenmare, 30.6.01 ; leucostomus, Linn., 1 J , 2 ? , 

 Kenmare, Caragh Lake, Parknasilla, 27.6 —20.8.01 ; cetratus, Shuck., 2 $ , Ken- 

 mare, 27.6.01, Parknasilla, 15.7-01 ; palmipes, Linn., 3 <J , 2 $ , Loo Bridge, Cloonee, 

 Kenmare, 3—6.7-01; varius, Lep., 4 $ , Kenmare, Loo Bridge, Cloonee, 27.6— 

 3.7.01 j ^maculatus, Fab., 3 <J , Glengariff, Caragh Lake, 26.6.01, 14—20.8.01; 



