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Mannh., croeata, Mannh., taurica, Mannh., curticollis, Mannh., pallens, Mannh., 

 moravica, Reitter, albipilis, Reitter, sericea, Mannh. This fact will show how 

 variable the species is. 



Our C. carta, first described by Mr. Wollaston (Ins. Madeira, 1851), appears to 

 be the same as C.fnlvipes, Coniolli, described in 1837 ; the latter name, therefore, 

 has priority. — W. W. Fowler, Lincoln : March 9th, 1880. 



Oryctes nasicomis at Wick. — Will any correspondent, who knows of the capture 

 of the continental Oryctes nasicomis in Britain, tell me when and where it occurred ? 

 In May, 1879, between the 18th and 31st, a female O. nasicomis was taken crawling 

 on the South Head Braes, Wick, and brought to Mr. Sinclair, watchmaker, by whom 

 it was given to me. As it is common in gardens, tan pits, &c, in northern and 

 middle Europe, it doubtless came in the ballast of one of the many vessels which 

 trade between the Baltic ports and Wick. Mr. E. C. Rye kindly named the insect 

 for me shortly after it was taken. — L. D. DUNBAE, Wick, N.B. : February 17th, 1882. 



Notes on captures of British Aculeate Hymenopfera. — I should be glad if you 

 would allow me space to record the following captures of some of our rarer British 

 Aculeate Symenoptera. The species mentioned were taken some years ago, before 

 I first left England, and I only call attention to them now because I find that the 

 localities here given for the Fossores, &c, have not been mentioned by Mr. E. 

 Saunders in his Synopsis, and as some are for species of considerable rarity, I thought 

 it was a pity that they should be forgotten ; I have also added localities for several 

 rare wasps and bees, and would especially call attention to the capture of Odynerus 

 basalis on Stowborough Heath, Dorset, for although my kind old friend, the late 

 Mr. F. Smith, described and figured it in the Entomologist's Annual for 1869, he, in 

 some unaccountable way, omitted it from his Catalogue published in 1871. It has, 

 I believe, been subsequently taken by Mr. C. W. Dale, also in Dorsetshire. 



Formica sanguined, Shirley, Croydon, common, one nest in the post of an oak 

 paling sunk in the ground ; aliena, Bournemouth, $ ? , July. Myrmica lobicornis, 

 Leptothorax acervornm and Nylanderi (a few specimens), Shirley, Croydon, in nest 

 of F. sanguinea, common. Tetramorium coespitum, Shirley. Mutilla europaa, 

 Croydon and Bournemouth ; rufipes = ephippium, entirely black var. of the $ , one 

 specimen, Sandown Bay. Aporus bicolor, four £ , three ? , Steephill, Ventnor, July, 

 1871, first recorded capture of the £ in this country.* Agenia variegata, Steep- 

 hill, Ventnor, July. Pompilus agilis, Yentnor. Tachytes unicolor, Yentv.or. Crabro 

 capitosus, Ipswich, bred from bramble-sticks. Eumenes coarctata, Bournemouth and 

 Stowborough Heath. Odynerus basalis, ? , first captured on Stowborough Heath, 

 Dorset, 2 1th July, 1878. Yespa norvegica, Shirley. Andrena Hallorjiana, Yentnor ; 

 spinigera, Shirley; austriaca, = rosce, Shirley; simiUima, Yentnor. Calioxys 

 4-dentata, Ipswich, common. Osmia bicolor, Riddlesdown, near Purley, May ; 

 pilicornis, Shirley, 1 ? . Nomada laccata, Bournemouth ; armata, Yentnor. 

 Stelis phceoptera, Addiscombe, not uncommon. Ceratina cyanea = ccerulea, Croydon, 

 bred from bramble-sticks. Bombus soroensis, J and £ , Croydon and Ipswich. — ■ 

 G. A. James Rothney, 84, Anerley Park, Penge, S.E. : 9th March, 1882. 



* Mr. Rothney has given me an opportunity of examining these specimens, and also very 

 kindly added a pair of this groat rarity to my collection.— E. S. 



