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Stylops. On the morning of the following day, I found the bee dead, and its abdo- 

 men literally covered with the minute larvae, which were still issuing from the orifice 

 before mentioned. So numerous were they, that towards the extremity of the abdo- 

 men of the bee they formed a mass of living creatures ; I have no doubt there were 

 from two to three hundred of them. I endeavoured to procure the provisioned nests 

 of some Andrenidae, in order to follow up my observations, but did not succeed. Sub- 

 sequently I have captured specimens of A. tibialis Stylopsed, and have bred the minute 

 larvae from them, but have not been able to proceed further at present. On reflecting 

 afterwards upon the history given at the page referred to, I find the next step in the 

 development to be, that these minute hexapodous larvae are carried by the bee into its 

 nest. Now, at this time there can be no larvae in the bee's nest. Bees furnish their 

 nests with the requisite supply of food first, and deposit the egg just before closing up 

 the cell ; this egg is not hatched for some days, I have generally found it to be from 

 six to eight, therefore, the larvae of the Stylops must either feed during that time on 

 the pollen and honey, or exist without food until the grub of the bee is developed. I 

 have not seen Dr. Siebold's paper, but I am told that he has not given a full and de- 

 tailed account of the economy of Stylops ; therefore, whether the whole account rests 

 on actual observation or not, is uncertain : but it appears certain that the whole of the 

 winged specimens of Stylops are males, and that the females never quit the body of 

 the bees. I feel satisfied that Dr. Siebold's account, if not furnishing every minute 

 particular, contains a correct general history of the economy of Stylops. — Frederick 

 Smith ; High St., Newington Butts, July, 1845. 



Capture of Oiceoptoma near Lynn. Seeing that your interesting publication con- 

 tains so much that is valuable concerning Entomology, I am induced to take the li- 

 berty of informing you that on the 16th of this month I captured, on the Phallus im- 

 pudicus, two specimens of Oiceoptoma thoracica. — E. E. Montford ; East WincJi^ 

 near Lynn, July 26, 1 845. 



Capture of Bolbocerus mobilicornis near Bristol. As Bolbocerus mobilicornis has 

 not, I believe, been taken for some time past, the following note on its capture may 

 prove interesting. On the 27th of June, whilst sweeping late at night in a field of 

 mowing grass, near this city, I brushed into my net one specimen, and on the 30th two 

 more, all females. I never heard of more than one individual having been previously 

 taken in this neighbourhood, and that on the opposite side of the city, fully three miles 

 distant from the field in which I took my specimens. — Fred. Viel. Jacques ; 10, Red- 

 cliff Crescent, Bristol, July 17, 1845. 



Captures of Coleoptera in the North of England. Having in my search for Peryphi 

 met with three of our four species of Bembidium, perhaps a notice of their localities 

 may not be uninteresting to some of the readers of ' The Zoologist.' 



Bembidium paludosum. I captured this species on the 21st of June last, in abun- 

 dance, upon the banks of the river Derwent, near Gibside. It frequents such damp 

 patches of sand as are close to the water's edge, and entirely destitute of herbage. 

 They are amazingly quick, consequently are very difficult to secure. 



Bembidium flavipes. I met with this pretty species on the banks of the Derwent, 

 in April, as well as on those of the river Irthing, in Cumberland, on the 18th of June, 

 although not plentifully in either locality. I have occasionally found this species at a 

 much greater distance from the water than either of the others. 



Bembidium pallipes. This lovely insect I found on the banks of the Irthing, at 

 no great distance from the fine old abbey of Lannercost. This species I have never 



