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National Museum, taken by ITaliday long ago. C. dimidiatus — Vei-y dark variety ; 

 I took several near "The Scalp," Co. Dublin, on June 5th last. C. quadri-maculatus 

 — Very dark variety, some nearly entirely black; I took some at Courtown, Co. 

 Wexford, on July 1st last. Vespa austriaca — The females have occasionally been 

 taken in Co. Dublin and Wicklow, and this year I found them not very uncommon 

 near Dublin. Colletes picistigma — Abundant at Courtown, Co. Wexford, both this 

 year and last. Prosopis confusa — I took one near Gorey, Co. Wexford, on July 9th 

 last, and one taken by Haliday is in the Irish National Museum (as punctatissima) . 

 Sphecodes similis — I took a (J at Courtown, Co. Wexford, on July 16th last, and a 

 $ at Glencullen, Co. Dublin, on June 5th last ; these are the only Irish records I 

 know of, though the species is probably not uncommon here. S. variegatus — I took 

 it at Sandyford and at Glencullen, both in Co. Dublin, in June last ; I know of no 

 other Irish record, but the species is probably not uncommon. Halictus leucopus — 

 One I took at Dundrum, Co. Dublin, on June 18th last is the only Irish record. 

 Nomada flavoguttata — This species seems not to be common in Ireland ; I took one 

 this year at Glencullen, Co. Dublin. Psithyrus rupestris — I took a ? this year at 

 Courtown, Co. Wexford, and I know of two others taken in Co. Limerick and Cork. 

 P. vestalis — The commonest species of the genus here ; I took the first Irish speci- 

 mens at Dundrum, Co. Dublin, on May 2nd last, since then I have taken several in 

 Co. Dublin and Wexford, and it has occurred in Co. Cork. P. Barbutellas — The 

 only Irish specimen I know of yet I took at Dundrum, Co. Dublin, May 29th last. 

 Bombus Latreillellus, var. distinguendus —1 know of no Irish specimens but those I 

 took this year near Courtown and Gorey, Co. Wexford, and Arklow, Co. Wicklow 

 where I found it not very uncommon. B. Scrimshiranun — The only Irish speci- 

 mens I know of I took last Api-il near Carrickmines, Co. Dublin. — Peect C. Fkeke, 

 9, Sydenham Koad, Dundrum, Ireland : October \st, 1895. 



Pogonus liiridipennis, Sfc, at Sheerness. — On September 2oth I took a few 

 specimens of Pogonus luridipeiitiis — well known as a Sheppey insect in old times, 

 but one for which I have searched in vain ever since I have paid any attention to 

 Coleoptera — under tidal refuse at the edge of a once productive but now sadly re- 

 duced piece of salt marsh, at the commencement of the Sheppey Cliffs. With it 

 were plenty of P. littoralis, Dichirotrichus ohsoletus, Bembidium ephippium, Tachys 

 scutellaris, &c., one or two of which species I had not seen alive for a good many 

 years. — James J. Walkee, H.M.S. " Northampto'i," Portsmouth : October, 1895. 



Qnathoconus picipes, Fall., at Great Yarmouth. — I found this neat little 

 Hemipteron in some numbers on September 28th at the roots of a species of violet 

 (probably Viola canina) in a very restricted space on the " North Denes" at Great 

 Yarmouth. It was accompanied (commonly) by Orobitis cyaneus,* s\ive\y an unusual 

 habitat for this wood-frequenting weevil. Odontoscelis fuliginosa and C horosoma 

 Schillingi also occurred on the North Denes. — Id. 



Harpalus obscurus, F., at Swaffhatn Prior. — At the end of June Dr. Sharp and 

 I went to look for S. obscurus at the Devil's Dyke, near Swaff ham Prior ; we found 



* Bedel, Faune Col. Bassin de la Seine, vi, p. 350, states that the larva of Orobilis lives in the 

 capsules of Viola canina and V. palustris. — G. C. C. 



