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fer ; and there is very strong ground for believing that Stylops and 

 Sitaris agree, and that Sitaris and Meloe differ ; and he were a shal- 

 low systematise who should, on this ground, remove Symbius or Si- 

 taris from the Coleoptera and transplant it to the Strepsiptera, yet 

 such a result must follow the establishment of the objection under 

 consideration. By a parity of reasoning, the Ichneumons and golden- 

 wasps and cuckow-bees could not be associated in the great class of 

 Hymenoptera. 



Edward Newman. 



In concluding this portion of the inquiry, I would earnestly entreat 

 the reader to confine his attention to the characters discussed ; and if 

 he considers it necessary to reply, to restrict that reply to the obser- 

 vations made on economy and metamorphosis, and the conclusions 

 drawn therefrom. I have not assumed that I shall derive any sup- 

 port to my theory from an anatomical examination of the imago, let 

 that speak for itself when printed : I warn the reader that an appeal 

 from economy to anatomy, in the present stage of the inquiry, 

 must be regarded as evasory, and as exhibiting an inability to 

 grapple fairly with the subject under discussion. — E. N. 



(To be continued). 



Capture of Claviger foveolatus in Oxfordshire. — As Mr. Willoughby Beauchamp 

 and myself were collecting insects near the peat field at Weston, on the 15th of this 

 month, we were so fortunate as to meet with a fine specimen of the Claviger foveola- 

 tus in a nest of the small black ant, (F. fused). I have forwarded this notice of its 

 capture in case you should consider it worthy of inserting in the ' Zoologist,' as I am 

 not aware that this singular insect has occurred in this neighbourhood since it was 

 originally discovered by Mr. Westwood in Wychwood Forest. — A. Matthews ; Wes- 

 ton-on-the-Green, May 24th } 1847. 



Capture of Omias Bohemani. — Among a collection of insects received from Dr. 

 Johnston, I find a specimen of Omias Bohemani, taken in Berwickshire during the 

 past month. As this is the first instance of its occurrence in Scotland, it may be wor- 

 thy of notice. It appears to be a vernal insect, as of five specimens which I swept 

 up in this vicinity, on the banks of the Derwent, in 1845, all were taken in May and 

 June. — James Hardy ; Gateshead, May 6th, 1847. 



Habits of Haltica vittata. — Haltica vittata, in company with H. Napi, frequents 

 Cardamine amara, and injures the young shoots. It is a vernal species, and though 

 local, is sometimes abundant. In March of this season, I found a specimen of it and 

 H. Napi, buried deep in the marshy soil in which their favourite plant grows. — Id. 



