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new to science, viz. a fine bee of the parasitic genus Nomada 

 described as N. poitltoni (Saunders), and a new Halictus, 

 H. soror (Saunders). Of the latter 2 females were obtained 

 (Castle I^ellver, Palma, March 26 and 30) ; of the former 

 I male and 3 females (Castle Bellver, 400 ft., on flowers, 

 I female March 25, the others March 30). The common 

 British Humble-bee, Boinhus terrestris^ was very abundant 

 on flowers ; but all the specimens were of the variety ferru- 

 gincus, from SW. France, Spain, and Portugal, which differs 

 from the type in having the hairs of the tibiae fulvous instead 

 of black. Of the Hemiptera 14 species were obtained, and 

 a list has been published by Mr, Saunders (1. c, pp. 239, 240), 

 who points out that all the specimens of Lygacns panduriis^ 

 very abundant in Majorca, are of the variety with milky-white 

 unspotted membrane, like those from Algeria. 



Twenty-eight insects and arachnids from the same localities 

 were captured and presented by E. S. Goodrich, Esq., M.A., 

 Merton College, and 17 Coleoptera by Mr. Goodrich and 

 Professor Poulton. Of the latter, 15 were captured in 

 Menorca, where beetles Vv'ere much more abundant than in 

 the larger island, at the time of our visit. 



A valuable set of Coleoptera and a few other insects from 

 the neighbourhood of Mahon were captured and presented 

 by Scii. Mauricio Hernandez. They include 42 Coleoptera 

 captured about 1885, together with 27 insects of various 

 Orders captured in 1900. The few Plymenoptera Aculeata are 

 included in the Mr. Saunders's published list alluded to above. 



Forty-one Coleoptera and one Hemipteron were captured 

 (April 6, 1900) near Mahon, and presented by Mr. Goodrich, 

 Seii. Hernandez, and Professor Poulton. 



Forty-three insects of various Orders from the neighbour- 

 hood of Barcelona and Montserrat (about 3,000 ft.) were 

 captured in March, 1900, and presented by Professor Poulton, 

 and 6 insects from the same localities by E. S. Goodrich, Esq., 

 while 6 from Barcelona were captured and presented by these 

 two naturalists jointly. Specimens from this part of Spain 

 have hitherto been wanting in the Hope Collection, and are 

 rare in European collections generally. 



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