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Hymenoptera : Bomlus Smitkiaiius, fragrans, ierresiris, and pratorum, Odi/- 

 nerus tfimarginatus. 



DiPTEKA: Eristalis sepulchralis, Thereva plebeia, Doliclwpus atraius, nulilus, 

 ani. pwnctum, Melanostoma mellina, Platycheirus manicatus. 



COLEOPTEEA : Helohia hrevicolUs, Calathus fuscus, mollis, and melanocephalus, 

 Amara familiaris, Creophilus maxillosus, var. ciliaris, Philontlius splendens, Meli- 

 gethes ceneus, Elater tesselatus, Hylastes piniperda. 



At St. Kilda I found : Cramhus culmellus, Bactra lanceolana, Glyphipteryx 

 Thrasonella, Tinodes aureola, Polyeentropus irroratus, Limnoj)Mlus auricula, Doli- 

 chopiis atratus and niihilus, Beloiia brevicollis, and Abax siriola. — C. W. Dale, 

 Glanvilles Wootton : December 28th, 1883. 



New and rare British Diptera — Chironomus {Thalassomyia) Frauenfeldi, 

 Schin. — On November 4th, 1868, I captured both sexes of this interesting species in 

 a cave under the fort at Freshwater Q-ate, in the Isle of Wight. The cave is inac- 

 cessible except at low tide, and the gnats sit on the rocks with the spray of tlie sea 

 dashing over them. Schiner, in his Fauna Austriaca, says, that Herr v. Frauenfeld 

 took it at Trieste on the seashore, sitting on rocks, within reach of the spray of the 

 seething waves. 



Clunio inarinus, Hal. — On April 18th, 1872, I met witli this species skimming 

 over pools of water left by the receding tide, amongst the rocks at Hastings. 



Tipula arctica, Curt., in Appendix to second voyage of Sir J. Ross. A pair of 

 this northern species was taken by Mi\ J. C. Dale on the summit of Skiddaw, July 

 5th, 1827. It is somewhat allied to excisa, which is also found in the north of 

 England. 



Diastata nebidosa, Fall. — This pretty species occurs from September to May, 

 but is rare. 



Anomoia permunda, Harris. — A single specimen was taken by myself at Q-lan- 

 villcs Wootton on July 18th, 1870. Although well figured by Moses Han-is, yet his 

 name has been entirely ignored by foreigners, and that of antica substituted. 



Anapheles pictits, Linn., pygniceus, Curt. G(-uide. — Taken at Q-lanvilles Wootton 

 by Mr. J. C. Dale. 



Loxocera nigrifrons, Mg., hortoniensis. Curt. Guide. — Taken by Mr. J. C 

 Dale at Lyndhurst on June 1st, 1831, and July 7th, 1837. 



Sciomyza (Colobcea) bifasciella. Fall. — Taken by Mr. J. C. Dale at Coswell 

 Quay, Dorset, on July 11th, 1855. 



Oxyphora Wester mannii, Meig. — Taken by Mr. J. C. Dale at Charmouth on 

 September 28th, 1837, and in Monks Wood ou August 17th, 1837- — Id. : December 

 28th, 1883. 



Carabus glabratus, Payk., was not uncommon at the entrance to the Horses' 

 G-len at the foot of Mangerton, Killarney. It seems like other Carabi, though 

 properly speaking carnivorous, to have a liking for honey, for one specimen was 

 busily employed in biting holes in the bases of flowers of the common red heath 

 {Erica tetralix) to extract the nectar. Most, indeed, of the flowers of this plant at 

 that spot were thus bitten ; but it is possible that other insects had been at work in 

 the same way. — Henky N. Ridley, Natural History Museum, South Kensington : 

 January 8th, 1884. 



