1910.] gg 



Ichneumonidx taken in Sony (Skyc) last Autumn. — Having submitted a 

 few Ichneumonidm to Mr. Claude Morley for examination, and having been 

 advised by him that the list is worthy of publication, considering what he 

 rightly tenns the " outlandish " district in which they occun-ed, as well as the 

 rarity of some of the species, I am glad to give the list as follows : — Earities — 

 Pimpla arctica, Zett. (this was very abundant) ; Mesoleius (Protarchus) rvfus ? ; 

 Banchus volutatorius, Linn., 9 ; Periope auscultator, ? ; a Tryphonid, which 

 Mr. Morley states he does not know, and two Ichneumons ? V , which he thinks 

 are probably new to Britain, and of which I am to hear more presently. 



The otlier insects are: — Amhlyteles palliatorius, Grav., ^ ^. Anomalon 

 cerinops, Grav., <? 9 . Pimpla turionellse, Linn., ? ; P. instigator. Fab., ? . 

 Ichneumon (?) confusorius, Grav., S S ; I. sarcitorius, Linn., J . Cratichneumon 

 dissimilis, Grav., S S ; C. fabricator, Fab., ? . Pezomachus (?) instahilis, 

 Forst., J ; P. zonattis, Forst., ? . Campoplex temiis, Forst. Stilpnus pavonim. 

 Scop., ? . Platylabus pedatorius, Fab., var. iridipennis, Wesm., ^ . Centeterus 

 major, Wesm., $ . Mesoleitis aulicus, Grav., ? . — C. H. Mortimer : No- 

 vember 30th, 1909. 



Aculeate and other Hymenoptera in Soay (Skyc), — During a two months' stay 

 on the above little island last autumn, I only saw seven species of Hymeno- 

 ptera — besides Ichneumonidx, in most cases single specimens only. As the 

 locality is considerably " off the beaten track," the short list which follows may 

 have some interest : — Crabro palmipes, S ■ Pompilus niger, 9 ; P. spissus, ? . 

 Odynerus pictus, $ ; 0. trimarginatus, 9 • Vespa austriaca, ^ ; and a solitary 

 Chrysid, which I failed to capture or identify. — Id. : November 30th, 1909. 



ituarn. 



The Rev. Henry Charles Lang, M.D., Vicar of All Saints, Southend, died 

 under tragic circiimstances at his residence on December 21st of last year. He 

 was originally educated for the medical profession, in which he obtained the 

 Brussels degree of M.D. in 1877 ; in 1885 he entered Holy Orders, and seven 

 years later was presented to the living which he occupied at his decease. Dr. 

 Lang, who was elected a Fellow of the Entomological Society in 1900, was well 

 known as an authority on the Lepidoptera of the Palaearctic Eegion, and as an 

 able delineator of this order of insects. His book " The Bvitterfiies of Eiu-ope," 

 pviblished in parts between 1880 and 1884, and finely illustrated under his 

 direction by Mr. Horace Knight, was noticed at p. 141 of Vol. xx of this 

 Magazine, and is still the most useful, and indeed the only complete work of its 

 kind in our language. The very fine collection of Palaearctic butterflies formed 

 by him was dispersed about three years ago. 



