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Genus. — Allantus, Leach. 



Sp. 1. Allan, haematopus. Mas. Niger, cingulo abdominis 

 rufo : pro- et niesopedibus stramineis metafemoribus sanguineis 

 plaga nigra metatarsis atris. 



Tenthrido haematopus, — Panzer. 



Head and antennae black, with the clypeus, labrum, and palpi deli- 

 cately straw-coloured : body black, excepting the 7th, 8th, and 

 9th segments, which are bright red : the fore and middle legs are 

 delicately straw-coloured : the hind legs particolours : the coxae 

 are exteriorly straw-coloured, but towards the body jet black : 

 the trochanters are wholly straw-coloured; the femora bright red, 

 with a jet black patch above the tarsi wholly black ; all the claw 

 and pulvilli are blue. This insect is about the size of Allanti 

 neglutus and blandus. 



This splendid insect is not uncommon. I have ob- 

 served it in the collection of the British Museum and else- 

 where, and it has been presented to the Entomological Club 

 from the neighbourhood of Worcester, by Mr. Burlingham, 

 and from the neighbourhood of Ramsgate, by Mr. Foster. I 

 have little doubt that it is the male of Ten. haematopus of 

 Panzer : if it prove otherwise, I would propose calling it 

 Allantus lone. Many other observations might be made on 

 the genus Allantus, both as regards the value of the genus, and 

 of the species it contains ; but a general work is in progress, in 

 which, I trust, the genus will be remodelled. 



Art. XXXVIII. — Some Account of the Birds of Godalminq 

 By Waring Kidd and others. 



The observations contained in this article have been princi- 

 pally made by Mr. Waring Kidd, whose long residence at 

 Godalming, coupled with the nature of his favourite and almost 

 only employment, the preservation of birds, have given oppor- 

 tunities of acquiring local knowledge in Ornithology superior 

 to those which almost any other individual is ever likely to 

 possess. The second person whose authority is adduced is 

 Mr. William Stafford, for many years the assiduous assistant 

 of Mr. Kidd in the exercise of his profession. The third 



