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up to the present time ; the locahties for these have been 

 obtained in Hahday's MS. list of Irish Insects. Sa/ius 

 fusciis (taken by the late R. Patterson at Falls Road on 

 14 April, 1831); *Spi/omena troglodytes (taken near Holy- 

 wood by Haliday) ; *fassaio^a/s inomliconns (at Shane's 

 Castle) ; * Gorytes mystaceiis (Holywood, in May and June) ; 

 Mellinus arvetisis ; Crabro tibialis (has occurred in County 

 Down); C. leucostoma (Dundrum sandhills); C. pahnipes 

 (Belfast); Oxybelus uniglumis (Dundrum); Vespa rufa 

 (Shane's Castle) ; Sphecodts dimidiatus (road to Ardglass, 

 August 1829, R. Patterson); Halictus 7-ubicutidus ; H. 

 albipes ; Andrena Trininieraiui ; A. cinetea (this very local 

 bee has been found at Cranmore, Ram's Island, Lough- 

 brickland, and Rostrevor) ; A. nigrocenea (near Belfast) ; 

 Noinada fujicornis ; Bovibus cognatus ; B. sylvarum (Port- 

 ballintrae) ; B. lapidarius ; and B. terrestris. It will be 

 seen that a wide field for discovery awaits local entomolo- 

 gists, and it is to be hoped that satisfactory reports on the 

 Ants, Bees, and ^Vasps will soon be forthcoming. 



Amongst the Sawfiies {Tcfithtedittidce) little work has 

 been done. A few species are recorded, with localities, in 

 Haliday's MS. list, all from the neighbourhood of Holy- 

 wood ; namely, Selandria flavens, Athalia lugefis, Hepta- 

 77ielus ochroleucus (a rare species found on oak near 

 Holywood), Dokrus pratensis, and Xyela julii. In addition 

 to these, three others have been found about Belfast, all of 

 them more or less injurious species. These are Nematus 

 rihesii (causing injury to Gooseberry). Lophyrus pifii (the 

 Pine Sawflyi). This destructive species has been noticed 

 in three separate localities in the immediate neighbourhood 

 of Belfast, where it seems to have confined its attacks to 

 the Austrian Pine ; but, fortunately, the insect has not 

 occurred in sufficient numbers to cause any serious injury. 

 The Giant Sawfly (Sirex gigas"^) has been frequently found 

 during recent years both m Antrim and Down, and seems 



to be on the increase. t xt tt 

 J- N. H. 



1 R. L. Pkakcek.— The Pine Sawfly f Lophyrus pi?! i j in the North of 

 Ireland. Irish Naturalist, ii, 1893, p. 55.'* 



2 R. L. Praf.ger.— 5/;-6'.v- gigas in the North of Ireland. Irish 

 Naturalist, ii, 1893, p. 113. 



