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been lost; those I have seen were swept by Mr. Collin in the paddock 

 behind Mr. Verrall's house at Newmarket in August, 1897. 



Umbrimarqo, Beck. — This iusect may be recoguised at once by 

 the peculiar lie of the supra-antennal bristles. Apparently a common 

 and widely distributed species. My earliest date for it is May 4th, 

 and from thence it continues on to the end of the summer. 



Sexspinosa, Coll. MS. — A fine and uumistakeable species, known 

 from any of our other species by the six large bristles on the scutellum. 

 Very local. Most of my specimens come from Stoke Wood, where 1 

 find it in the damper parts. I also have it from Dorstoue and Wapley 

 Hill in the west and north of the county respectively. The only other 

 British locality I know of is Nethy Bridge, where it has been taken 

 both by Colonel Yerbury and Mr. King. Mr. Collin writes that the 

 female is represented in Kowarz's collection, now in the possession of 

 Mr. Verrall. It seems to be double brooded, being on the wing in 

 June and again in August, September and October. 



Pieta, Lehin. — Scarce, and always to be considered a prize when 

 one is included in the day's bag. The dates and localities for my one 

 male and three females are — <^, Stoke Wood, June 26th, 1903, ? $, 

 Haughwood, May 20th, 1902, Stoke Wood, June 21st, 1900, and July 

 31st, 1907. Another in Mr. Verrall's collection was taken by Mr. 

 Jenkiuson at Logie, July 8th, 1902. These are the only British ex- 

 amples I know of. 



Giraudi, Egg. — Here again I have but four representatives, two 

 males and two females. The males were taken at Woolhope, August 

 16th, 1902, and June 5th, 1905, the females at Westhide, May 17th, 

 1905, and Coldborough Park, June 12th, 1906. All belong to the 

 black form, in which the whitish genitalia stand out as the most 

 obvious character. The yellow form is represented by a single speci- 

 men in Mr. Verrall's collection, taken by Dr. Sharp in the New Forest 

 in June, 1906. This sums up all I know of it as a British insect. 



Meiqeni, Beck.— Of this 1 have met with one male from Stoke 

 Wood, June 10th, 1907, and seven females, their dates ranging from 

 July 20th to September 17th in the years 1905, 6 and 7. The females 

 also are all from Stoke Wood, with the exception of two, which were 

 swept in a small boggy pool in what is known as Middle Park, part 

 of an old deer park just outside the wood. The pool is supplied by 

 a strong perennial spring, and has a small alder bed at its head. It 

 is a singularly rich bit of ground, and one never comes away from it 

 empty handed. All my specimens have a red or yellow thorax, and I 

 have not seen the dark form which is met with abroad. 



