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[March, 



C. STENOPTERA, Flor. 



Belphax stenoptera, Y\oY, Ehyn. Liv., ii, p. 40 (1861) ; Ghloriona 

 stenoptera, Fieber, Grundz. Delp., p. 523, pi. viii, fig. 6 (1866), Cicad. 

 d. Eur., pt. iii, p. 28 (1878). 



This species, o£ wtich the type male appears to remain unique, I 

 have not seen. Judging from Fieber's figure the processes on the 

 lower edge of the anal tube form a sort of recumbent X with curved 

 limbs. 



Kudling, Livonia {Flor). 



C. FARINOSA, Bucktou. 



Buekton, Mon. Brit. Cicad., i, p. 75, pi. xxi, figs. 1, la, lb, Ic. 

 This is nothing but Lihurnia lineola, Germ. ; 1 had a specimen 

 from the author. 



EXPLANATION OF THE FIGURES. 



Fig. 1. — Chloriona smaragdula, Stal, male genitalia seen from behind. 



„ 2. — „ dorsata, n. sp., male genital style. 



„ 3. — „ prasinula, Fieb., „ „ „ 



„ 4. — „ unicolor, H.-S., „ genitalia seen from behind. 



„ 5. — „ glaucescens, Fieb., male anal tube seen from behind. 



„ 6.— „ „ „ „ genital style. 



„ 7. — ), prasinula, „ „ anal tube seen from behind. 



(All diagrammatic and much enlarged). 



Aculeates taken at Sutton Coldfield in 1897. — The following Aculeates were 

 taken last season at Sutton Coldfield ; several of them are additions to the district, 

 and as records from the Midlands are few and far between, I thought it would be 

 desirable to publish them. Pompilus spissus (3) ; Diodontus tristis (3 (? , 5 ? ) ; 

 Pse» pallipes (3) ; these three species are all i-ecorded for the first time from this 

 district; Myrmosa melanocephala (8 (J , 3 $) ; Sphecodes pilifrons (3), affinis (1), 

 new to our list. Crahros were fairly represented, but nothing new occurred : tibialis 

 (1), clavipes (4), palmipes (3), elongatulus (very common). Of Odynerus the fol- 

 lowing were found : parietum, trifasciatus, spinipes (2), sinuatus (1). At the end 

 of June Prosopis communis and hyalinata occurred on parsley bloom, the last named 

 commonly. Halictus atricornis (2) ; Anthidium manioatum, 2 c? of this grand bee 

 were captured ; this is the first time I have met with it, and I do not know if there 

 is any other Warwickshire record. Anthophora pilipes a,\\Af areata, of the latter 

 2 S ; Osmia ccerulescens, an addition to our list, one ? taken, July 12th ; Megachile 

 centunoularis (5 c? > 2 ? ), also a first record. The only Nomadas taken were Latli- 

 iuriana and solidaginis, the latter being new. In a small field close to my house, 

 Psithyrus rupestris and campestris were very common, one specimen of the latter is 



