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of these, Chalcis sispes (L.) collected at Cothill Fen, Berks, on 1 .vii. 1976, was shown 

 for comparison. 



Edmunds, H. A. — An unidentified vespid wasp taken at hotel lights on Cyprus 

 on 14.x. 1993. 



Else, G. R. & Roberts, S. P. M. — Twenty-two species of aculeate wasps and bees 

 collected on Salisbury Plain, Wilts., in 1991-93. These included the solitary bees 

 Andrena simillima (F.), A. marginata F. and Nomada argentata H.-S., all recorded 

 during July 1993 at Figheldean Down as new to Wiltshire. Further details of the 

 aculeates recorded during this survey will appear in an article to be published shortly 

 in this journal. 



Godfrey, A. — A specimen of Chalcis sispes (L.) (Chalcididae) taken at Neatscout 

 Marshes, Isle of Sheppey, Kent, on 25.vi.1993. This species parasitizes larvae of 

 Stratiomys spp. (Diptera: Stratiomyidae). 



Halstead, A. J. — Some local sawflies and aculeate wasps taken during 1993. 

 Cimbicidae: male Abia candens Konow collected by M. Howe, lO.vii, at Kenninghall 

 Fen SSSI, Norf. This is the less common of the two British Abia spp. and males of 

 A. candens are extremely scarce. Tenthredinidae: female Dolerus taeniatus Zaddach, 

 swept near a brackish stream, 27. iv, at the north end of Kenfig Burrows, near Port 

 Talbot, Glam.; male & female Empria candidata (Fall.), swept from birch, 15. iv, 

 Wisley Common, Surrey; Allantus truncatus (Klug), male 7.viii, The Sheepleas, near 

 West Horsley, female 26. vi, White Downs, near Westcott, both swept from chalk 

 grassland in Surrey; female Pareophora pruni (L.), on blackthorn flower, 30. iv, river 

 bank at RHS Garden, Wisley, Surrey; Parna tenella (Klug), male 4.v and female 29.v, 

 both swept from Tilia cordata Miller at Therfield Heath, Royston, Herts; female 

 Pristiphora quercus (Hartig) and female Nematinus acuminatus (Thorn.), both swept 

 from birch scrub, 20.vi, Chobham Common, Surrey; female A mauronematus crispus 

 Benson and female A. mundus Konow, both swept from Salix repens L., 17.iv, Horsell 

 Birch, near Woking, Surrey; A. histrio (Lep.) male on Salix catkin, 4.iv, Horsell 

 Common, Surrey; female swept 18. iv, Middle Marsh, Dinton Pastures, near Winnersh, 



Plate II. ANNUAL EXHIBITION 1993 



1: Lomaspi/is marginata, Horton, Northants, vi.1990, P. Sharpe. 

 2: Ligdia adustata ab. plumbea, Brockenhurst, Hants, 29. v. 1 987, 

 B. K. West. 3: Pardasena virgulana, Thorpe-le-Soken, Essex, 

 27.ix.1992, M. J. Sterling. 4: Athetis hospes, St Agnes, Isles of 

 Scilly, 14.ix.1993, J. Hale. 5: A. hospes, Lizard, Cornwall, 

 26/27.viii.1978, J. Porter. 6: Schoenobius gigantella, Stoke 

 Saltings, Kent, 30.vii.1993, R. F. McCormick. 7: Scopula 

 marginepunctata, Ryde, Isle of Wight, 22.V.1993, D. Peach. 8: 

 Chrysodeixis chalcites, Dungeness, Kent, 19.viii.1993, S. Clancy. 

 9: Euproctis similis, Tilshead, Wilts., 29. vii. 1993, S. Clancy. 10: 

 Hadena perplexa, Dungeness, Kent, 30.iv.1993, S. Clancy. 11: 

 Sphinx ligustri ab. albescens, Brockenhurst, Hants., 28.vi.1993, 

 A. Russwurm and H. Middleton. 12: Odontognophos dumetata 

 hibernica, Co. Clare, viii.1991, P. Forder. 13: Agrotis exclamationis, 

 bilateral gynandromorph, Muston, S. E. Yorks., 30.vi.1993, P. Q. 

 Winter. 14: Agriphila geniculea, Kennack Sands, Cornwall, 26.viii, 

 1993, R. J. Heckford. 15: Pseudopanthera macularia, Virginia 

 Water, Surrey, 12.V.1993, P. Baker. 16: Scoparia ambigualis, 

 Hamstreet, Kent, 19.vi.1993, B. Skinner. 



Photo: D. E. Wilson 



