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When we consider the additions to some other orders of 

 the British Insect Fauna, chronicled in our periodicals during 

 the past year, the task of mentioning each species by name 

 appears overwhelming, and I therefore propose only to men- 

 tion such species as I deem are of special interest to our- 

 selves. 



Coleoptera. — Alcochara crassiuscula, Sahib. In recording 

 this species Mr. G. C. Champion says, " My old friend, Mr. 

 W. West, of Greenwich, has recently sent me specimens of 

 this important addition to our list." Mr. West captured a 

 number on the Denes at Great Yarmouth in May last. He 

 took the species again last autumn, 200 yards from his own 

 house. Mr. Champion lately detected a specimen, taken at 

 Oxford in 1906, in Commander Walker's Collection 

 (" E. M. M.," xliv, pp. 194 and 271). Meligethes viduatus, 

 var. cEstimabilis, Reitt., recorded by Mr. Newbery. Four 

 examples were taken by Mr. F. H. Day in Cumberland. 

 There are about twenty-seven further species which have 

 been added to our Fauna. 



Diptera. — Zenillia (Myxexorista) roscance, Brauer and 

 Bergenstamm, is recorded (" Entom.," xlii, p. 1) by Mr. J. E. 

 Collin, as new to Britain. He received several specimens 

 from Mr. Robert Adkin, who reared them from larvae of 

 Tovtrix pronubana. It seems a scarce species, as hitherto 

 only the female was known. There have been no less than 

 forty-five other additions to the Diptera, several of which 

 are new to science. 



Hemiptera. — This order has not fared so well as some 

 others. It appears that we only have some twenty-two 

 additions, some of which are new to science. Mr. James 

 Edwards is responsible for most of these. He also records 

 (" E. M. M.," xlv, p. 6) the capture by Mr. W. West, of 

 Greenwich, at various times, at Oxshott, one of our favourite 

 hunting grounds, of some fifteen examples of Idiocerus 

 rutilans, Kirschbaum, on sallow. 



Hymenoptera. — At a meeting of the Entomological 

 Society of London, February 5th, 1908, Mr. H. StJ. K. 

 Donisthorpe exhibited six species of ants, not before captured 

 in Britain. These were taken by himself in Kew Gardens. 



While speaking of ants, I think it well to mention the 

 excellent work that Mr. Donisthorpe has done in searching 

 out and recording the various inhabitants of the nests of 

 these intelligent insects, and also our thanks are due to Mr. 

 A. L. Rayward, who has done such good work in studying 

 the relations which exist between ants and some of the 



