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Hymenoptera at Ilfracombe. — I liave just returned from a week's staj at Ilfra- 

 combe, during which the weather was very unsettled, but two or three bright sunny 

 mornings enabled me to catch a few species of interest. What was to me particularly 

 noticeable was the fine condition of some of the spring species of Andrena — A. 

 Trimmerana and A. nigrooenea, for instance, being captured in as good condition as 

 one would expect to meet with them early in April, both sexes were common ; in an 

 ordinary year, at the end of May, these species would only occur occasionally and 

 very much worn. I once {i. e., in 1882) took A. nigrooenea at Hayling Island in 

 July, but in such a condition that it would be thought a disgrace to many well- 

 ordered collections. I also took, on June 3rd, two specimens of A. Qwynana 9 , one 

 of quite the earliest spring bees ; indeed, I took the same species at Hastings this 

 spring on March 26th. I was pleased to meet with several specimens of both 

 sexes of Andrena angustior, Kirby ; they frequented daisies, dandelions, Veronica 

 Chamoedrys and Hieracium pilosella. Mr. V. R. Perkins takes this species on 

 Allium ursinutn, but curiously enough, although there was a large patch of Allium 

 on the road along which this bee occurs, I never saw a single specimen on it, although 

 I watched for them constantly. Ilfracombe is not a locality which abounds in 

 Aculeate Hymenoptera. I suppose the rocky nature of the ground is against them ; 

 but I certainly never visited any locality where so few species rewarded one's en- 

 deavours to make a collection. — Edward Saundees, St. Ann's, Mason's Hill, 

 Bromley, Kent : June 10th, 1887. 



Compsochiliis palpalis, 'Er., at Bromley, Kent. — A specimen of this rarity was 

 captured by me on the 13th, about 6.30 p.m., by sweeping. I believe there are oitly 

 four records of its capture in this country, viz., Tonbridge and Sheerness, Kent, 

 Wandsworth Common, and Caterham, Surrey. Mr. Champion enumerates these 

 four localities in this Magazine, vol. xii (1875), p. 39. Near where I was sweeping 

 is a small pond, so that the character of the locality seems to be very similar to that 

 in which Mr. Cliampion found it at Caterham. The Tonbridge specimen also was 

 taken near a damp ditch, so that it would appear probable that this species is to be 

 Bought for in damp situations. — Id. : June \Gth, 1887. 



Tachinus elongatu.i, Gyll., at Lincoln. — A few days ago I took a specimen of 

 this rare beetle running on a pavement in Lincoln. This is, I believe, the first 

 recorded capture of the insect in this district. — W. W. Fowler, The School House, 

 Lincoln : June 12th, 1887. 



The Butterflies of North America, by W. H. Edwards. Third series. 

 Part ii, 1887. Boston and New York : Houghton, Mifflin, and Co. ; London : 

 Triibner and Co. 4to. 



The present part is occupied by the following species : Colias Harfordii, and 

 its var. (or race) barbara, H. Edw., of which there is a complete life-history, illus- 

 trated by 24 figures, of which nine are devoted to the perfect insect, and the 



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