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Berks. Sapygidae: male Sapyga quinquepunctata (F.), on sandy ground, 24. iv, Horton, 

 Gower Peninsula, Glam. Sphecidae: female Philanthus triangulum F., at its nest 

 site in a sandy bank, 8.viii, Horsell Common, near Woking, Surrey. This is believed 

 to be the first Surrey record this century for this species. It preys on honeybees and 

 has become more widely distributed in southern and eastern England during the last 

 10 years. 



Hodge, P. J. — A specimen of the local pompilid wasp Aporus unicolor Spin, 

 taken 15.viii. 1993 at Ambersham Common, W. Sussex, SU91 19. This species develops 

 as a parasitoid of the purse-web spider, Atypus a/finis Eichwald, which it locates 

 and paralyses within the spider's characteristic silken burrow. 



Miles, S. R. — Some scarce aculeate Hymenoptera taken in southern England in 

 recent years. Chrysididae: Chrysis fulgida L., 25. vi. 1988, Aldershot, Hants. When 

 taken in 1988 this was the first UK record for 40 years. It was captured beside nest 

 holes of other aculeates, some of which were being visited by sphecid wasps of the 

 genus Trypoxylon, in a young but rotten oak tree on the edge of heathland. Sphecidae: 

 Crossocerus binotatus Lep. & Brulle, 9.viii. 1991 , taken in the eastern, and probably 

 less well recorded, part of Windsor Great Park, Berks. Halictidae: Halictus confusus 

 Smith, 10.vii.1991, north west of Aldershot, Hants; Lasioglossum xanihopum (Kirby), 

 6.vi.l991, taken on Brassica flowers growing on an old rubbish dump about 1 mile 

 inland at St Merryn, Cornwall. Anthophoridae: Nomada argentata H.-S., 9.viii. 1986, 

 on field scabious flowers at Croxton Heath, Norfolk. This species is a nest parasite 

 of the bee Andrena marginata F, which is frequent at this site. Megachilidae: Stelis 

 punctulatissima (Kirby), 4.viii.l990, swept from the herbage along the former railway 

 line in a military training area at Longmoor, near Liss, Hants. This species is a nest 

 parasite of the solitary bee Anthidium manicatum (L.) 



Oram, R. — Some aculeate Hymenoptera collected in a Leatherhead, Surrey, 

 garden during 1993. In addition to some unidentified material these were Vespidae: 

 Vespula germanica (F.), V. vulgaris (L.); Sphecidae: Ectemnius continuus (¥ .), Cerceris 

 rybyensis (L.); Andrenidae: Andrena fulva (Muller), female and larvae, A. scotica 

 Perkins, A. pubescens Ol.; Halictidae: Halictus rubicundus (Christ); Megachilidae: 

 Osmia rufa (L.); Anthophoridae: Nomada f lav a Panz., N. marshamella (Kirby). 



Plant, C. W. — A specimen of Nomada xanthosticta (Kirby) (Anthophoridae) 

 collected by the exhibitor (det. P. Harvey) 17. iv. 1987 at Brandon, Suffolk. This rare 

 bee is a cleptoparasite of the mining bee Andrena praecox (Scop.), a relatively 

 widespread species associated with sallow, Salix spp. on which it is dependent for 

 pollen. The only other recent records for N. xanthosticta are Dungeness, Kent 1988; 

 Swindon, Wilts., 1989 and Burbage, Wilts., 1990. Prior to this it was found in 

 Oxfordshire in 1949. The only previous Suffolk record was a single sighting in the 

 previous century. The only record for the adjacent county of Norfolk was also in 

 the last century. 



Uffen, R. W. J. — Some aculeate bees and wasps collected in Hertfordshire 

 1992-93. Probable first county records collected from sand bunkers on golf courses: 

 male Andrena barbilabris (Kirby), 24. v. 1993, male Sphecodes pellucidus Smith 

 27.vii.1992 at Therfield Heath, Royston; female A. barbilabris (Kirby). worker 

 Lasioglossum malachura (Kirby) and female S. pellucidus Smith, all 5.vii.l993 at 

 Watford; L. malachura (Kirby) was also taken at Letchworth, 28.viii.1993. while a 

 sphecid wasp, female Cerceris arenaria (L.) was taken 4.vii. 1993 at Watford. Probable 

 first county records from other artificial sandy sites are Anoplius concinnus (Dahl.) 

 (Pompilidae), both sexes from a deep sand pit beneath boulder clay. 21-28.viii.1993, 

 Holwell, Hitchin; male Crossocerus wesmaeli (V. d. Lind) (Sphecidae). 5.viii.l993, 

 from a quarry spoil bank of pure sand at Parkbury, St Albans. Probable first county 



