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arcuatus, and set osus J Hylesinus oleiperda (several), Colenis dentipes, Anisotoma 

 dubia &nd parvula, Apion eieninum ; and on the 19th of June I captured in the 

 same way an example of Aphodius villosus, swept off short grass on Albury Heath. 

 Early in June I took one of Molorchus minor, and in the same place the beautiful 

 Eros minutus ; Bruchus cawzw and cisti both occurred on Helianthemum vulgare, 

 and with them I met with Mordellistena humeralis, pumila, and hrevicauda. In 

 September I met with Phloeophihis Edwardsii, and a specimen of Lissodena Heyana, 

 which I have taken here once previously ; and in October the curious and uncommon 

 Pseudopsis sulcatus was at last taken in a haystack, an insect I had long searched 

 for in vain, with it occurred Cryptophagus umhratus, Micropeplus margaritce, and 

 Heterothops dissimilis. The much neglected group of Homoptera yielded several 

 good things. In the last week of February I beat out of some young yew trees many 

 fully developed examples of Tettigometra impressopuyictata, which had evidently i 

 hibernated ; with them I also took a male of Idiocerus elegans, Flor, and during 

 the summer took many females of the latter on sallow. Libtirnia lineata, Ferris, ? 

 was not uncommon in the spring, in one grassy spot, but I could take no J . Among ■ 

 the better species I also took guUula, speciosa, Fieheri, niveimarginata, and mesomela, 

 and the fine L. longipennis, Curtis, was plentiful on Gromshall Marsh in the autumn. 

 Stiroma affinis, pteridis, and alhomarginata all occurred, and one of the much less 

 common nasalis, Athysanus canescens, and Doratura stylata (one developed) were ■ 

 taken on Albury Heath, also one of JEupelex cuspidata, Acoeephalus hifasciatus^ and I 

 histrionicus were also taken, the latter seems very distinct from the common and 1 

 similar looking flavostriatus. Hymenoptera, especially the Aculeate and larger ■ 

 Ichneumonidce, were not at all abundant ; I may, however, mention among the 

 former several Crahro cetratus, the ants Ponera contracta, Tetramorium lippula, and 1 

 the S of Myrmosa melanocephala, and in the latter Excenterus lituratorius, , 

 Onathoxys marginellus, and Phytodietus rufipictus, Brischke, the latter new to ) 

 Britain. The Braconidce were much better represented, as I can include among my ; 

 captures the following species : Spathius clavatus and ruhidus, Phanonesis catenator, 

 P,hypalus clavafor, Hornms moniliatus, Hecaholus sulcatus, Eoryctes imperator' 

 and spathiiformis, Clinonectrus excubitor, Diachasma fulgida and caffer ; Utetes^ 

 testaceus, and Laccophrys cephalotes (new to Britain) with many others. 



It was, however, the Oxyura that gave the prize of the year, for on June 15th i 

 I had the good fortune to beat into my net a fine example of Dryinus Jormicarius, 

 Lat., an insect I believe only once before recorded in England. 



During a short stay at Bournemouth in April, I found Trechiis rubens, 

 Platyderus ruJicoUis, and Cassida oblonga under sea-weed, and on the sand hills 

 Apian sorbi, and Sitones cambricus ; and at Hayling Island in August I met with 

 Heterothops binotata, Homalota vestita and plumbea and on the mud of the 

 eestuary the pretty A\^&id, Idiaster maritima. — Edward Capeon, Shiere : Feb., 1886. 



Anchomenns Sahlbergi, Chaud., a species neto to Europe. — A short time ago, 

 while examining the Anchomeni in Dr. Sharp's collection, I came across three 

 specimens set aside as undetermined near A. parumpunctatus ; as Dr. Sharp kindly 

 allowed me to identify them I tried to do so, but as I could find nothing that agreed 

 with them among the descriptions I had access to, I sent a specimen to M. Bedel, 



