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from Twitchen, Mortehoe, N. Devon, May, 1905).—Dr., Gar 
Longstaff, D.M., New College. 
Empis tesscllata 9, with the fly Aporomyia dubia o7 (Pamber 
Forest, near Basingstoke, May 30, 1903); A/zlara sp., 9, with 
the Dipterous insect Chironomus riparius, 9 (Tewkesbury, 
May 19, 1904).—H. St. J. K. Donisthorpe, Esq. F.E.S. 
Empts livida 9, devouring the fly, Borborus nigrtfemoratu 
(near Shotover Hill, Oxford, April 17, 1904), Mr A. H. 
Hamm. 
Empis livida, o7, with the Phryganid (“ Caddis-fly’’), Lype 
phacopa } (probably Somerset, July, 1905). Edward Saunders, 
iésq-) FAR.S: 
Empis livida 7, with the moth, Zortrzx viridana (near 
Oxshott, Surrey, June 29, 1904). W. J. Lucas, Esq., B.A. 
The following Scatophaga (“ Dung-flies””) devouring other 
Diptera were presented by Col. J. W. Yerbury :— 
Scatophaga stercoraria (Porthcawl, S. Wales, June 12, 
1903), eating Macronychia viatica, a fly new to the British 
lise) They captor is in the! Bronomic. series of ithe .Elope 
Department, the prey in the British Museum of Natural 
History. Scatophaga sulla with its prey the fly Dicranomyia 
lutea (Aviemore, Spey Valley, Aug. 17, 1904). 
Hemiptera with their prey, presented by the following 
naturalists :— 
Flarpactor tracundus, devouring the bee Halictus mucoreus 
(Ea -Penalara,, La, Granja, Spain; July 29; 1904). Dr. T. A. 
Chapman. 
Picromerus bidens, eating a dead caterpillar, probably of 
Bombyx rubi (New Forest, 1904). W. J. Lucas, Esq., B.A. 
Larva, probably of Podisus luridius, with the beetle Phyllo- 
decta vitellina (Battle, Sussex, Aug. 6; 1905). H. St. J. K. 
Donisthorpe; Esq., F.E:S, 
Larva of a Capsid, with a Dipterous insect of the genus 
Cricotopus, probably C. sordidellus (Oxford University Parks, 
June 24, 1905). Mr. A. H. Hamm. 
Hymenoptera, with their prey, or the prey of their larvae, 
were presented by the following naturalists :— 
