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burrowing or haunting the burrows of their hosts. Cilissa and 

 Epeolus were specially abundant. There also manj' of the 

 Fossores occurred, including Astata hoops, Schr., Tachytes pecti- 

 nipes, L., Pompilas viaticus, L., Ainmophila sahidosa, L. ; and 

 several species of Crahro — 4-maculatus, Fab., pahnarius, Schreb., 

 anxlus, Wesm., panzeri, V. der Lind, &c. One or two species 

 occurred down close by the sea, on the flowery meadows at the 

 top of the cliffs, and practically not at all higher up amongst the 

 woods. Andrena himacidata and A. cei/i were onlj^ taken in these 

 meadows ; Tiphia femorata, Fab., I only obtained by sweeping 

 there amongst the flowers ; T. minuta, V. d. Lind, one specimen 

 turned up amongst the femorata there ; Mellinus sabidosiis, F., 

 was common on Angelica down by the shore. Mimesa equestris, 

 F., occurred everywhere, but was in especial abundance on one 

 little clump of the Angelica close by the shore ; and a single 

 specimen of Nysson dimidiatiis, Jur., was obtained by sweeping 

 on the cliffs. The following complete the list of Aculeates taken 

 there : — Myrmosa melanocephala, F., Pompilus niger, F., Try poxy - 

 lonjigidus, L., T. clavicerum, Lep., Diodontus minutus, F., and D. 

 tristis, V. d. Lind, Pemphredon luguhris, F., Crahro cJirysostama, 

 Lep., C. crihrarius, F., Entomognatlms hrevis, V. d. Lind, Oxy- 

 belus unigliimis, L., Odynerus callosus, Thoms., and O.pictits, Curt., 

 and a few species of Sphecodes and TIalictiis still undetermined. 



In the garden of the cottage where we stayed, the little 

 chrysid Cleptes pallipes occurred upon the leaves of raspberry- 

 canes. I obtained about a dozen specimens, only one, however, 

 being a male. 



The Dii)tera were not so numerous as the Hymenoptera, but 

 yet I obtained some nice things amongst them, many of the best 

 being obtained by sweeping, an excellent method for obtaining 

 specimens, but one which gives very little opportunity of ob- 

 serving their habits. Mr. R. C. Bradley has already referred to 

 some of the Trypetidfe we obtained. T. coniuta, F., was a 

 specially striking capture. It is the largest and handsomest of 

 the genus, and in life, before the lovely greens of its abdomen 

 have all faded, it is a strikingly beautiful insect. It occurred in 

 thousands on Centatirea scahiosa, but, alas, although I took many 

 specimens and tried various methods of killing, I failed to pre- 

 serve its colours. T. tassilaginis, F., and Tephritis bardance, 

 Schrk., were equally abundant on burdock ; indeed, the chief 

 requirement in collecting species of this group seems to be to 

 find the food-plant, when the flies will probably be found in 

 attendance. Other species of this group obtained were Spilo- 

 graplia alternata, Fall. — one specimen on the raspberry leaves in 

 the garden; Urophora solstitialis, L., common on Centaurea 

 nigra ; Splienella marginata, Fall., which seems always common 

 on ragwort ; Ensina. sonchi, L. ; Tephritis miliaria, Schrk. ; T. 

 tessellata, Loew., a species not given in Mr. Verrall's list, but of 



