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The following is a list of my captures : — Formica fusca, L. ; Lasius niger, L. 

 Havus, De G. ; Myrmica scahrinodis , Nyl. ; L. flavus was most in evidence, but all 

 ants were distinctly scarce, and the nests of even flavus few and far between ; 

 Evagethes bicolor, Smith ; Salius affinis, v. d. L., $ and ? , common in Fistral Bay, 

 S. pusillus, Schiod. ; Pompilus rujipes, L., pectinipes, v. d. L., plumbeus, Fab., niger, 

 Fab., unguicularis, Thoms., chalyleatus, Schiod. ; Ceropales maculata, Fab., common ; 

 TacTiytes pectinipes, L. ; AmmofMla sabulosa, Kirb., Tiirsuta, Scop. ; Cerceris 

 arenaria, L., 5-fasciata, Kossi ; Odynerus parietinus, L., trimarginatus, Zett. ; 

 Vespa sylvestris,^co^.; Sphecodes gibbus,Jj.; Frosopis hyalinata, Smith ; Halictus 

 ruhicundus, Qhv., quadrinotatus, Kirb., tumulorum, L., villosulus, Kirb., cylindricus. 

 Fab. ; Andrena pilipes. Fab. ; Basypoda Mrtipes,'Ltv. ; Megachile argentata, Fab., 

 common, maritima, Kirb., common ; Ccelioxys vectis, Curt., acuminata, Nyl. ; 

 Psithyrus campestris, Panz., rupestris, Fab. — Id. 



Biptera taken in the Neio Forest. — In the December number of this Magazine 

 I recorded some rare Biptera taken in this district during 1897, and now give a 

 more general list of my captures, amongst which will again be found some good and 

 rare species. Flatyura marginata (1), Limnoiia bijasciata (1), L. annulus (2), 

 Tipula flavolineata (1 <?), T. gigantea (2 (?&?), Stratiomys potamida (5), Chry- 

 sonotus hipunctatus (4 ?), Sargus flavipes (1), Beris clavipes (3), B. vallata, B. 

 "halybeata, and Actina tibialis, Hcematopota crassioornis (2), Atylotus fulvus (4), 

 Tabanus bovinus (2 (?), Leptogaster cylindrica (4), Bioctria atricapilla, B. rujipes, 

 and B. linearis (3) ; Thereva nobilitata (1), T. plebeia (1), Empis livida and Argyra 

 diaphana (2) ; Cephalops pilosus (3), and five other species of Fipunculidce, the 

 names of which I have not yet ascertained for certain ; Paragus tibialis, Chilosa 

 Aavicornis, Pyrophcena ocymi (2), Platychirus angustatus (1), Syrphus umhellatarum 

 (2), S. tricinctus, Myiolepta luteola, Baccha elongata, Brachyopa bicolor (2), Vqlu- 

 cella inHata (4), Sericomyia borealis, swarming about the flowering rhododendrons, 

 S. lapponi (3), Arctophila mussitans (2), FristaHs sepulchralis and Criorrhina 

 rujicauda (8). I was fortunate in getting the last named, as I really arrived (second 

 visit) only just in time, it having been on the wing more than a month. I took 

 them all on May 8th in one spot of limited extent, and after this only saw one more 

 on the 9th, which I failed to net. C. berberina (3) and C. floccosa (3), Xylota 

 lenta (3), X. nemorum (1), Fuvierus ornatus (2) and Conops vesicularis. Ceromasia 

 stabulans (1), Futachina rustica (1), Melanota volvulus (1), Degeeria convexifrons 

 and B. spec. ? (1 each), Myobia fenestrata (1), Servillia lurida, S. ursina (5), Plagia 

 ruralis (1), Bigonochceta spinipennis (1), Thryptocera pilipennis, Alophora hemiptera 

 Trixa grisea (2), Cynomyia mortuorum (1). I have not met with the last species 

 in the Forest before, and thought it was confined to coast districts. My specimen is 

 a good deal worn, and was probably transported from Lymington in one of the 

 many covered carts which pass my door, and flew into the garden on being disturbed. 

 Nyctia Jialterata (1), Miltogramona punctata, Metopia campestris (3), M. leucoce- 

 pliala (2), Myiocera carinifrons, Hyetodesia Iceta (1), Spilogaster uliginosa (1), 

 Pegomyia latitarsis, P. flavipes (2), Homalomyia lioserii, and Ccenosia elegantula 

 (2). Cordylura albipes (3), Limnia unguicornis, L. rufijrons (1), Flgiva dorsalis, 

 Sepedon sphegeus (1), Chyliza leptogaster (4), Loxocera albiseta (2), Lissa loxocerina, 

 Bivellia syngenesice (2), Trypeta onotrophes, TJrophora cardui, Sphenella marginata 



