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&f)c plgmeuoptcra glcttlcata of ^nftgsfjive 



By the Rev. Francis C. R. Joukdain, M.A. 



OT much has been heretofore recorded of these 

 interesting insects, but it is hoped that the pub- 

 lication of an accessible preliminary list will 

 stimulate interest in this branch of the Hymenop- 

 tera and enable us to add largely to our somewhat scanty 

 stock of information on the subject. By far the larger pro- 

 portion of records are from the southern half of the county, 

 for the northern part remains almost unworked. The 

 Heterogyna, too, need more study than they have received up 

 to the present. 



The only local list of any importance is Mr. Edwin Brown's 

 account of the Aculeata in the Natural History of Tutbury, 

 pp. 180-185. Here about eighty-one species are mentioned as 

 occurring within a few miles of Burton, but, as the exact 

 localities are seldom recorded, there always remains a certain 

 amount of doubt as to whether we can make good our claim 

 to the records until they have been confirmed from other sources. 

 Unfortunately, too, Mr. Brown's collections have been dis- 

 persed, so that any critical analysis is impossible, for the 

 original specimens are no longer available for examination. 



Of late years Mr. G. Pullen has collected chiefly in the 

 neighbourhood of Breadsall Moor and Derby, and Messrs. F. 

 Greenwood and J. Hill have contributed a few records from 

 Chesterfield and Little Eaton. In particular I must acknow- 

 ledge with thanks the great assistance rendered by Mr. Edward 



