1914.] 291 



$ and ? [cf. Ent, Mo. Mag., Nov. 1914, p. 270] ; Salius pusillus, two specimens, 

 with abundance of S.parvulus and S. exaltatus ; and Ceropales maculata, singly. 

 Sphegid-s: .- 34 species, including - all three species of Trypoxylon, and all 

 four of Ammophila, though of A. Mrsuta and A. lutaria only one example each 

 were taken ; Mimesa shuckardi, singly with M. birolor ; Gorytes quadrifasciatus, 

 common ; a single specimen of the rare G. bicinctus ; Cerceris arenaria, C. labiata, 

 and C. ornata, all common ; one example of Oxybelus mandibularis, with plenty 

 of the common 0. uniglumis ; Crabro clavipes, common in one locality ; C. 

 gonager and C. palmarius ; C. varius, not rare ; C. panzeri; Astata boops, accom- 

 panied by its parasite, Hedychridium roseum (Chrysididie) seen but not caught. 



Diploptera : 11 species, none of note. 



Colletid^; : 8 species. The rare Prosopis genalis* was taken in thi*ee 

 different localities; /'. brevicornis. 



Andrenid;e : 4G species, including Halictus zonulus, H. decipicns and 

 H, minutus; Andrena argent at a, common ; A. cetii, a few examples; A. analis, 

 A. denticulata, and A varians; Macropis labiata on Lysimachia vulgaris, not 

 rare ; Dasypoda hirtipes, a <j> on the Hog's Back, Sept. 5th, and a $ at Horsell, 

 July 25th ; Cilissa leporina ; both species of Panurgus, not rarely ; Nomada 

 sexfasciata ; N. lineola and N. jacobsem ; N. alboguttata, abundant with its host, 

 Andrena argentata. 



Apid^; : 37 species, including Epeolus rufipes, common ; E. productus, which 

 is recorded from Woking in Saunders' work, btit does not appear in the later 

 Stirrey list ; Ccelioxys elongata, C. rufescens, C. quad rid ent at a, and C. acuminata, 

 only the first being at all frequent ; Megachile maritima, abundant ; M. ligniseca ; 

 M. versicolor, $ $ 011i y ; Anthidium manicatum, locally common; Anthophora 

 furcata and A. retusa ; all the British species of Psithyrus except P. distinctus ; 

 Bombus jonellus, common on the heaths. — H. G. and E. J. Champion, Horsell : 

 October l-Uh, 1914. 



'•' The Genitalia op the British Geometridjs." The Genitalia of The 

 Group Geometridae of the Lepidoptera of the British Islands. An account of 

 the morphology of the male clasping organs, and the corresponding organs of 

 the female. By F. N. Pierce, F.E.S. Illustrated by the Author. Liverpool : 

 F. N. Pierce. 1914. xxix + 84 pp., 48 plates. 



This companion volume to that dealing with the Noctuidx by the same 

 author, published in 1909, embodies the result of several years' patient research, 

 in which he has had — as acknowledged in the preface — the constant co-operation 

 of Rev. C. E. N. Burrows. The modest motto adopted (" even the smallest 

 contribution to our knowledge adds to the common store") does less than 

 justice to the work, which is a mine of exact information on the special 

 branch of morphology of which it treats. 



The introduction (pp. xvii — xxix) gives a systematic account and nomen- 



