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Dasytes hiitus was frequent in tliis district, but was not 

 seen elsewhere. 



Pisa. — Coleoptera: Chrysomelacerealis. Hemiptera: Miris 

 ruficornis, Aphis Rosse, Chaitophorus Populi. 



C. cerealis was rather numerous on a rosemary bush, to 

 which plant this beetle seems to be much attached. C. 

 Americana, which I have found in the Forest of Fontainbleau, 

 is much larger, but has like colours, Ch. Populi was also 

 seen at Avignon, and appeared in great profusion at the 

 Baths of Lucca, where it was attended by an ant, which was 

 very different from any English species of that tribe. 



Rome. — Coleoptera : Lebia turcica, Ateuchus laticollis, 

 Gymnopleurus acanlharus, Pentodon punctatus, Valgus 

 hemipterus, Trichodes alvearius, Akis punctata, A. Italica, 

 Scaurus striatus, Blaps gigas, B. similis, Isomira raurina, 

 Dorcadion pedestre, Saperda nigricornis, Stenopterus rufus, 

 S.praiuslus, Leptura livida, Clythra taxicornis, C.meridionalis, 

 Lachnaea tripunctata, Cha^tostomabucephala, Cryptocephalus 

 flavilabris, C. 4-pustulatus, C. Hypochceridis, Chrysomela 

 Banksii, Gastrophysa Polygoni, Adiraonia rustica, Cocci- 

 nella variabilis, C. 22-punctata. Neuroptera: Libellula 

 depressa, Calopteryx Virgo. Hymenoplera : Scolia flavi- 

 frons, S. bidens, Stizus nigricornis, Pelopoeus spirifex. 

 Hemiptera : Miris ruficornis, M. erralicus, M. longicornis, 

 M. dolabratus, Lopus tunicatus, Capsus scriptus, C. 6-punc- 

 tatus, C. bipuuctatus, C. Chenopodii, Pyrrhocoris aplera, 

 Graphosoma lineata. Diptera : Usia aenea, Phthiria minuta. 



Lebia turcica frequents twigs in hedges. Akis Italica, 

 Blaps gigas and Scam-us striatus now inhabit the Coliseum. 

 Akis punctata and Dorcadion pedestre may be found on walls 

 in the outskirts of Rome. Scolia flavifrons is a very conspi- 

 cuous object, on account of its gigantic size. Cynips argentea 

 inhabits a large woody gall, which may be found in the woods 

 about Tusculum and Albano : it is well figured by Dr. Mayr, 

 in his 'Die Mittel-europaischen Eichengallen,' i. 14, pi. 2, 

 f. 15. He remarks that it occurs on Quercus pubescens, very 

 rarely on Q. sessiliflora; that it is scarce about Vienna, more 

 common in South Europe. To this fly may be applied the 

 words, " Sic vos non vobis." It only inhabits a small apart- 

 ment in the middle of the gall, and is there not secure from 

 the long oviduct of Megastigmus giganteus, aluteous Chalcid 



