NOTES ON THE CAPTURE OF RARE SPECIES IN 1858. 113 



with it until the present season, when a third was captured 

 near Lowestoft. 



Myrmosa melanocephala. Taken, not uncommon, at 

 Lowestoft. 



Tipltia femorata. In immense profusion at Pakefield, 

 near Lowestoft, also taken near Exeter by Mr. Parfitt. 



Pompilus rujipes. Taken abundantly at Pakefield. 



Pompilus plumbeus. We mention this species, which is 

 so generally distributed on our coasts, for the purpose of 

 recording its appearance in numbers far greater than we ever 

 observed any species of fossorial insect ; this was at Pake- 

 field, thousands upon thousands were seen on the sandy 

 slopes, running on the leaves of plants and assembling on the 

 heads of the Wild-carrot (Daucus carrotd). 



Pompilus pectimpes, found about three miles south of 

 Lowestoft, on the coast. 



Aporus unicolor. This rare insect was captured in Pake- 

 field Gap : it is the fourth example which at present exists 

 in British Collections ; one in the collection at the British 

 Museum, formerly in that of the late J. F. Stephens, two 

 which I captured at Southend, and the above taken this 

 season, in my own. 



Ceropales maculata. Very plentiful to the south of Lowes- 

 toft, settling on the Wild-carrot; we have never been suc- 

 cessful in tracing the history of this supposed parasite. 



A.mmophila lutaria. Not at all scarce on Corton Heath, 

 to the north of Lowestoft, in company with the two other 

 species of the genus. 



Astata hoops. Very abundant on Corton Heath at the 

 verge of the ravine. Mr. Parfitt has taken it near Exeter. 



Gorytes Fargeii. This very local species was taken about 

 five miles south of Lowestoft, near Kessingland. 



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