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8th, on Hartlebury Common, and the latter—a male—on July 27th, 
when sweeping a field adjoining the same sandy waste. Saunders 
(‘Hymenoptera Aculeata of the British Islands,’ 1896, pp. 88 and 
273) of the first states that, saving Lancashire, he has “no other 
northern or midland localities for it,” and concerning the second that 
“it is recorded from very few inland localities.’”—J. W. WInLIAMs ; 
M.R.C.8., Stourport, Worcestershire. 
Since forwarding the above note I have been fortunate enough to 
find a large colony of D. hirtipes on Hartlebury Common. The bank 
on which this colony is situated faces 23° HE. of S., and slopes at an 
angle of 20°. Itis interesting to notice that Nomada solidaginis, Pz., 
is visiting these burrows. I also saw one N. sexfasciata, Pz., enter 
a burrow on August 14th (a somewhat late date for this ‘‘ cuckoo ’’) 
and extracted the intruder. The common fossor, Cercerts arenaria, 
Linn., inhabits the same site.—J. W. WILLIAMs. 
CHRYSOPHANUS PHLH#AS IN Piccapinuy.—On July 30th last I saw 
a perfectly fresh specimen of Chrysophanus phleas on the window 
sill of the front room of my flat looking out on Piccadilly, near 
Burlington House. The butterfly had apparently only just emerged. 
May it have been bred in the Park near by ?—Haronp Hopes ; 
54, Piccadilly, W., August 16th, 1914. 
Hees or Prionus cortarius (CoLnzoprEeRA).—Recently in the 
New Forest I found a fine female of this Longicorn beetle on a piece 
of fallen beech, where apparently it was ovipositing. After killing 
the beetle I eviscerated it and removed from the abdomen a large 
number of eggs (some two hundred perhaps). Hach egg was about 
4-5 mm. in length, and about 1:6 mm. in greatest width; it was 
eranulated in appearance, but with no definite markings; in shape 
it was a very slightly curved cylinder with rounded ends, one being 
much more pointed than the other. They were creamy white in 
colour, and some put in spirit remained so; but others exposed to 
the air became yellowish. A very large centipede (Lithobius) taken 
from the same tree had a number of the eggs given it, and it fed on 
them readily. The object of this note is to record the fact, for no 
doubt it would eat them in a state of Nature, presuming it could find 
them ; and the centipede has its home in the decaying wood in which 
apparently the eggs are laid.—W. J. Lucas; Kingston-on-Thames. 
WIcKEN F'ren.—So few people have any real knowledge of the Fen 
Lepidoptera and their life-histories that a word of warning is necessary. 
As to Acronycta strigosa, Wicken Fen was never the locality where 
these were beaten, and I should say there were few hawthorn bushes 
in the Fen. I have beaten the larve with the late Mr. Albert 
Haughton (father of the present collector), but it is much scarcer 
now. The Fen itself wants very careful handling, and it is possible 
to do a good deal of mischief in a short time. For instance, we were 
told last June that a piece of the Fen owned by the National Trust, 
which contains particular species of its own, was to be cut. I believe 
Mr. Edelston took steps to prevent this, but if it had been carried out 
much harm would have been done. In parts of the Fen the sallow 
bushes want a great deal of thinning out, but discrimination is 
necessary, and the Fen growth cannot be treated as jungle to be 
