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Notes on some Insects of Italy and of South France^ 

 observed between the middle of May and the middle of 

 Jubjy 1872. By Francis Walker, Esq. 



(Continued from p. 308.) 



Avignon. — Dermaptera : Forficula moesta. Neuroptera: 

 Chloroperla virescens. Hymenoptera : Allantus zona, Bom- 

 bus hortorum. Diptera : Paragus albifrons. Hemiptera : 

 Nabis subapterus. 



Marseilles. — Hymenoptera : Ichneumon faseiatorius. 



Nice. — Diptera : Erapis lepidopus. This fly was frequent 

 in several parts of Italy as far as Rome. 



Genoa. — Hymenoptera : Ichneumon faseiatorius, Vespa 

 Germanica. Diptera : Myopa atra. Hemiptera : Tricophora 

 sanguinolenta. 



Pisa. — Neuroptera: Limnephilus fenestratus. Diptera: 

 Chrysorayia formosa, Baccha tabida. 



Rome. — Coleoptera: Elodes livida, Phytonomus punctatus. 

 Hymenoptera : Dosylheus Eglanteriae, Athalia annulata, 

 Ceropales maculata, Ammophila subulosa, A. viatica, Polistes 

 gallica, Ccelioxys rufescens, Nomada furva, Ceratina albi- 

 labris, Eucera nigrilabris, Anthophora crinipes, Bombus 

 Hortorum, B. Pascuorum. Diptera : Empis pennipes, 

 Merodon clavipes, Paragus testaceus, Eristalis Arbustorum, 

 Syrphus ornalus, S. vitripennis, Platychirus manicatus, 

 P. mellinus, Sphserosphoria scripta, S. Melissae, Myopa atra, 

 Gymnosoma rotundata, G. globosa, Ocyptera brassicaria, 

 O. interrupta. Hemiptera: Pyrrhocoris apterus (winged), 

 Nabis ferus, Tricophora sanguinolenta. Some of the British 

 species of Stenobothrus occurred here, and the Sphaero- 

 sphorise were very numerous. 



Florence. — Coleoptera : Elater nigrinus, Athous hsemor- 

 rhoidalis, Leptura sanguinolenta. Hymenoptera : Nomada 

 furva, Ceratina cserulea, C. albilabris, Bombus Hortorum. 

 Diptera: Usia genia, Empis pennipes, Syrphus balteatus, 

 Platychirus clypeatus, P. mellinus, Sphaerosphoria scripta, 

 S. taeniata, Conops rufipes, Myopa atra, Stomoxys irritans. 

 Hemiptera: Nabis ferus, Tettigonia viridis. 



Lucca. — Coleoptera: Sericosoma brunnea, CEdemera 

 caerulea, (E, lurida, Attelabus curculionoides. Neuroptera: 

 Libellula sanguinea. Hymenoptera : Ichneumon lineator, 



