General sweeping in laues, &c., was not particularly productive. The best things 



" ot by this method were Calodera mnbrosa, Stenns plantaris, Cyrtusa pauxilla, 



'ctis pediculariuSfJj. (locally common on Spircca iilmaria), Meligethes distinctus 



mmon on Teucrium), Sitones cambrlcus, Gymnetron beccahiinga', var. veronica}, 



uthorhynchus setosus, Cissophagus hederai, Hylastes ohscurus, Lamprosoma concolor 



Wmon), Cryptocephalus pusillus (fine Tarietics) and morcei, Phratora eavifrons, 



S., &c. By sweeping on the top of the Whitsand Cliffs, Antherophagus silaceus 



d Salpingii.i ater occuiTed singly, among others ; and of the latter insect, I found 



specimen walking on the side of a building in Keyham Dockyard, where Ischiomera 



:lanura was abundant in early summer. 



* Mount Edgecumbe Park yielded (besides the traditional Mesites Tardii) Crypto- 



^'hagtis rujicornis (1) and Cis alni under oak bark. — James J. Walker, E.N., 



"i. M. S. " Swiftsure," Plymouth : August 2\st, 1875. 



Sphindus duhius, Sfc, at Chatham. — Being at home in July on leave of absence, 

 ^ made a day's excursion to one of ray favourite collecting-grounds near Chatham. 

 t^ ■ -st went to the old fallen beech tree I have previously mentioned as being so 

 tiroduetive (E. il. M., vol. x, p. 252), and found it still unexhausted. In about an 

 %our I succeeded in finding, in small mealy fungi growing on the rotten wood, two 

 ^r three Sphindus dubius in company with a few Agathidium rotundatum : and, in 

 pther small fungi, Bolitochara l^cida, Liodes orbicularis, and Aspidophotnts occurred, 

 111 three iu some numbers, with one or two Lathridius testaceus. By sweeping 

 ,indcr oak trees I got Dasytes oculatus (several), Abdera 4-J'asciata (1), Ceutho- 

 rhynchideus versicolor (in abundance), Hylesinus oleiperda, &c., &c. — Id. 



A second contribution to the list of Aculeate Uymenoptera of North Wales. — 

 Two years ago I published a list of -Aculeate Uymenoptera captured by myself in 

 the vicinity of Bangor, and I now give the result of captures made during a month's 

 residence at Barmouth. Some of the species have already been recorded from that 

 locality, captured by the late Mr. Dale, but only two or tliree that I can call to mind. 



According to my observation. North Wales is by no means a locality rich in 

 .iculeata, although the large tract of sand-hills at Barmouth would lead a Ilymen- 

 opterist to expect great results from so apparently promising a field ; I confidently 

 expected a far more valuable collection. One or two rare captures will be observed 

 in the list, but of these only one example, or at most three specimens, rewarded very 

 diligent search ; these were made during the last week in July, being the first of the 

 four I spent at Barmouth. The weather, during my sojourn, was exceptionally fine 

 for North Wales ; every lane, valley, and mountain-side was bright with a great 

 variety of flowers, but insects of all kinds were rare ; similar attractions in Kent, 

 urrey, or Hampshire, would liave proiluced an endless variety of insect life. 



The most important capture made is no doubt Astata stigma; this species 

 was not known as British before 1815, when I captured a female at Weybridge, iu 

 ;he month of August ; ten years elapsed before it was again taken, when I found 

 two females during the first week of September at Deal. Mr. Edward Saunders 

 took one of the same sex last year at Littlehampton, and throe have occurred to me 

 it Barmouth. The male has not been captured, to my knowledge, in Britain ; it is 

 readily distinguished from the other sex, wliieh iu general appearance it closely 



