INSECTS 



BRACONIDA (continutd) 

 Microdus cingulipes, Nces 



mediator, Nces 

 Orgilus, Hal. 



obscurator, Nccs 

 Euphorus, Nces 



pallidipes, Curt. 



similis, Curt. 



- intactus, Hal. 



- apicalis, Curt. 

 Microctonus, Wcsm. 



- cultus, Marshall 

 Meteorus, Hal. 



albiditarsus, Curt. 



chrysophthalmus, Nces 



caligatus, Hal. 



ictericus, Nees 



obfuscatus, Nccs 



- jaculator, Hal. 



BRACONIDX (cntinut<i) 

 Mcteorus atrator, Curt. 



albicornis, Ruthe 



abdominator, Necs 



micropterus, Hal. 



pulchricornis, Wcsm. 



scutellator, Nees 



unicolor, Wcsm. 



censors, Ruthe 



ictericus, Nces 

 Protcrops, Wcsm. 



- nigripennis, Wcsm. 

 Zele, Curt. 



testaceator, Curt. 



M .u i ... rut i us. Curt. 



thoracicus, Nee 

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Foenus, Fabr. 



Msectator, L. 



Colthttttr 



COLEOPTERA 



Beetles 



Though the Colcoptcra of Essex have not received anything like so 

 large a share of attention from entomologists as the Lepidoptera, owing 

 to its proximity to London, the county, and especially its southern por- 

 tion, has at various times attracted many of our best workers, who have 

 found within it a considerable number of the rarer and more interesting 

 British species ; and more recently the north-eastern portion has been 

 extensively investigated with some notable results. 



As the order is such a very large one, and as very many of the 

 species included in it are exceedingly minute, it is impossible at present 

 to supply a complete county list ; but from that which follows anybody 

 competent to form an opinion will sec that much good work has been 

 done, and that the workers have not been without their substantial 

 reward. 



Unfortunately, owing to the curtailment of the ancient forests of 

 Epping and Hainault, the total disappearance of extensive woods and 

 heaths elsewhere, and the sweeping changes that have been going on in 

 all directions, many good insects which probably occurred in the county 

 formerly have not been found in recent years ; and seeing that the 

 accounts which have come down to us concerning them arc now con- 

 sidered to belong rather to the domain of tradition than of history, they 

 cannot be suitably dealt with here. But among the more noteworthy 

 species which ought to be mentioned arc Dyscbirius txttnsus, which has 

 recently been found on the coast near Clacton-on-Sea. The two hand- 

 some species of Panageeui^ crux-major and quadripuitulatm, are also occa- 

 sionally met with, the former at Colchester and the latter on coast sands. 

 The rare Stenolophus elegans^ Harpalus melancholicus and H. servus have 

 occurred at Southend, and the last has also several times been taken at 



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