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“ Notes from Ringwood, 1893. 
“ Vespa crabro was very abundant everywhere around here. 
The females in March were very large, neuters during the 
summer, and males later.—J. HENRY FOWLER.” 
“Collecting at Tunbridge Wells and Ashdown Forest. 
“The hornets coming to sugar on some nights were a great 
nuisance, especially as they carried away insects. ae ‘NG 
Dallas Birching.” 
“ Hornets in Worcestershire. 
“ Hornets have appeared this season in a certain district in 
Worcestershire in unusual numbers, though for several years 
they have been on the decrease.—-W. Harcourt, Bath.” 
1893, 
“On August 6th I went to Brockenhurst, and found every- 
thing over, and a remarkable scarcity of insects of any kind 
save hornets and wasps, which were a perfect nuisance. The 
treacle at night attracted more hornets than moths.— 
F. W. FREI.” 
1881. 
“ Hornets ir Norfolk. 
“My garden here has been full of them all the summer. 
They and the wasps between them devoured certainly one- 
half of a magnificent crop of plums. I find several hornets 
every night on my sugar, and one evening I discovered a 
handsome nest of them in a loft. It hangs suspended from 
a beam, and is about the size of a moderate pumpkin. If 
you or any of your correspondents can tell me how to 
destroy the insects without injuring the nest, I should. be 
greatly obliged.—R. 8. StanpeN, The White House Alley, 
Norwich.” 
1872. 
“ The Common Hornet in Siberia. 
“ Proceedings of Entomological Society, March 18th.—Mr. 
Smith said that the discussion respecting Siberian insects of 
the common hornet type had induced him to examine speci- 
mens of the common hornet from Europe, Siberia, and North 
America, and he found that individuals from these districts 
