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in vain in the same places. At Reigate I took two or three 

 specimens in a pond in the Castle Fields in April, 1879. 

 Naiicoris cinilcoides, Linn., used to swarm in this same pond. — 

 E. P. Collett; St. Leonard's-on-Sea, October 10, 1882. 



HoPLisus BiciNCTUS, Rossi. — On the 1st August last, between 

 Bickleigh Bridge and the railway station, I had the pleasure of 

 taking two females of this rare wasp. It differs, however, from 

 Mr. Smith's description in having the fuscous portion of the 

 flagellura extended to and beyond the last apical joint; in having 

 on the scutellum a yellow line, instead of two spots ; on the 1st 

 segment of the abdomen two egg-shaped spots broadly united, 

 and covering the upper surface and nearly the whole of the sides 

 (in fact it would be better described as a band), instead of two 

 triangular spots ; the broad yellow band on the 2nd segment is 

 continued across the venter ; the narrower band on the 3rd is not 

 continued across the venter, but is represented by a dot on each 

 side and two in the centre, in one specimen ; in the other the 

 central dots are wanting. Mr. E. Saunders describes this insect 

 with two spots on the 1st segment, and length 11 mm.; these 

 specimens are respectively 9 and 9^ mm. — G. C. Bignell. 



Entomology of Australia. — I may premise by stating that I 

 am an amateur entomologist, living in the Bush on a cattle- 

 station some 80 miles south-west of Rockhampton, and being 

 desirous of extending my collection of insects, and moreover en- 

 couraged by that felicitous motto on your ' Entomologist,' I take 

 the liberty of asking if you would kindly introduce me to some of 

 your entomological acquaintances who perhaps would be glad to 

 make exchanges, either for the Coleoptera or Lepidoptera of 

 Australia. My desiderata are foreign Lepidoptera or Coleoptera, 

 not European. I could obtain Flies, Hornets, &c., or Bugs, 

 should they be desiderata. I trust you may meet with some who 

 would be inclined to correspond. — Geo. Barnard ; Coomooboo- 

 laroo, Duaringa, via Rockhampton, Queensland. 



OBITUARY. 

 William Hey.^ — The Venerable Archdeacon Hey, born at 

 Ockbrook, in Derbyshire, of which place his father was Vicar for 

 over forty years, died at the Canon's residence within the Cathedral 

 precincts, at York, suddenly, of heart disease, November 22nd, 

 1882, in his 72nd year. To those who, like the writer of this 



