30 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
P. miilleri, Foerst., P. juvenilis, Foerst., P. micrwrus, Foerst., 
P. procursorius, Foerst., P. xylochophilus, Foerst., P. analis, 
Foerst., P. geochares, Foerst., P. brevis, Bridgm., and P. hieracu, 
Bridgm., have since been added (see Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond, 
1881, pp. 155-7; 1882, pp. 147-8; 1883, pp. 161-4). Thirteen 
species are figured on plates 12 and 37 of Vollenhoven’s ‘ Pinaco- 
graphia.’ The interesting economy of the Pezomachi having been 
lately noticed in these pages (Entom. xvi. 49), it does not seem 
necessary to again refer to it; and a list of species, with their 
hosts, can but be to a great extent inaccurate, owing to the 
erroneous determinations and doubtful synonymy of the older 
authors. Pezomachi have been bred from various Lepidoptera, 
especially Psychide and other case-bearers, from a few Coleoptera 
and Tenthredinide, from Microgaster cocoons and the egg-bags of 
spiders; and several species (P. vulpinus, P. pumilus, &c.) appear 
to be connected with various ants, which they so much resemble. 
ENTOMOLOGICAL NOTES, CAPTURKS, é&c. 
Nore on THE SrEAson.—I can fully corroborate the various 
complaints of the scarcity of insect hfe during the past summer. 
Many of the most common species of all orders have been almost 
entirely invisible in this neighbourhood. The aculeate Hymen- 
optera seem to get less and less every year, and even the 
Ichneumonide have this season yielded very little worth record- 
ing.—Epwarp Capron, M.D.; Shere, Surrey. 
INsEcTS IN THE VALLEY OF THE WyxE.—Having been much 
interested in reading the notes on insects from various parts 
of the country which have frequently appeared in the ‘ Ento- 
mologist,’ I have thought that others may like to see a short 
account of insects observed by me in the Valley of the Wye, 
although I have not obtained any rarities. For several years I have 
spent part of the month of July near the village of St. Briavels, 
in the extreme western part of the county of Gloucestershire. 
The species mentioned were observed on the banks of the Wye, 
from Bigsweir to Brockweir, and between the latter village and 
St. Briavels. This part of the country is extremely beautiful and 
abounds in hills and woods, and the vegetation is most luxuriant 
and varied. ‘There was however an unusual scarcity of insects in 
