A HISTORY OF SUSSEX 



on walls, rocks, etc., for the burrows of their hosts. Some species seem 

 very restricted in their choice of a prey, as for instance Cbrysis neglecta 

 and C. viridula which prey on Odynenis spinipes, while others, as Cbrysis 

 ignita, attack a good many species apparently without much preference. 

 This latter species is excessively variable in size ; probably this may be due 

 to the size of the grub which has been its victim. We are indebted to 

 the Rev. F. D. Morice for the following particulars : ' Cbrysis cyanea seems 

 to be chiefly attached to wood-boring Hymenoptera, it is often found 

 on palings, very seldom on sand banks ; C.fulgida seems to have the same 

 habits, as I have always found it on posts or wooden buildings ; whereas 

 C. succincta preys on sand burrowing species. E/ampus auratus is com- 

 mon on bramble stems with small Pemphredons and Trypoxylons. The 

 Hedychrums and Hedycbridiums are I believe mainly parasitic on sand- 

 wasps, they occur in sandy places frequented by Astata, Tachysphex, etc. 

 Notozus panzeri, as I have, I think, made out for certain, infests Mimesa, 

 while Cleptes infests (teste Lepelletier) the Nemati.' 

 The Sussex recorded species are as follows : — 



Cleptes pallipes, Lep. Guestling (E.N.B.) Hedychridium ardens, Coq. Hastings d\sinct, 



Bognor (G.) bred from bramble stems 



Elampus violaceus, Scop, (caeruleus, Dhb.) Chrysis neglecta, Schuck. St. Leonards 



Hastings — cyanea, L. G««///«^(E.N.B.), Bognor (G.) 



— auratus, L. Hastings district, bred from — ignita, L. Common 



bramble stems ; Bognor (G.), bred from 



peach wood 



HYMENOPTERA 



ACULEATA 

 Bees, Wasps, Ants, etc. 



The list of the Aculeata of this county hardly compares well with that 

 of either Surrey or Kent. The reason for this appears to be that although 

 the coast has been visited and worked by numerous entomologists, the 

 centre and north, judging from the paucity of records, have been much 

 neglected. When these latter have had due attention paid to them no 

 doubt the comparison with those of the neighbouring counties will be 

 favourable. Thanks to the energies of the Rev. E. N. Bloomfield of 

 Guestling and his co-workers the neighbourhood of Hastings has been 

 especially well worked, and nearly two-thirds of the British species of 

 this section of the Hymenoptera have been recorded in the local lists 

 published under his supervision. Two species captured by Mr. Bloom- 

 field at Guestling have not been recorded from any other county, viz. 

 Spbecodes niger, v. Hag., and Ropbites t^-spinosus. Spin. The former of these 

 is a very small inconspicuous insect and might easily be overlooked, but 

 the latter could hardly be missed by any one on the look out for it ; only 

 two specimens were taken and these as far back as 1878. It has been 

 repeatedly sought for since without success. Altogether 266 species are 

 recorded. 



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