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this doubtful question ; and conceiving this to he most desirable, I have been induced 

 to record the result of my at present imperfect investigation. 



Frederick Smith. 

 5, High Street, Newington, 

 December 5, 1848. 



Capture of Hymenoptera in Devonshire. — In my early collecting days Devonshire 

 was the county, par excellence, which teemed with entomological treasures ; and in 

 the order Hymenoptera I have still a pleasing belief in the early visions of my ima- 

 gination. As far as the order Coleoptera is concerned, I must admit that I am 

 considerably shaken in my early faith, two of our best collectors having diligently 

 searched in vain for the promised treasures in this order within the last year or two ; 

 and when I state that Mr. S. Stevens has spent two months during the past summer 

 without success, I am constrained to abandon my preconceived notions of its coleop- 

 terous riches. The following list of hymenopterous insects, captured by Mr. S. Ste- 

 vens (which of course were only casually taken, not diligently searched for, since that 

 gentleman is not a collector of the order, and they are only the result of just what fell 

 in his way, and which he kindly presented to me), shows, I think, that Devonshire is 

 most probably extremely rich in Hymenoptera, since two species are enumerated as 

 new to me, and the list contains several others very local in their distribution, and one 

 or two of considerable rarity. 



Chrysis austriaca Halictus quadrinotatus 



Elampus Panzeri Andrena Gwynana 



Myrmosa melanocephala cingulata 



Tiphia femorata fulvicrus 



Ceropales maculata connectens 



Tachytes pompiliformis Afzeliella 



Nysson dimidiatus hemorrhoidalis 



Trypoxylon clavicerum new species 



Crabro tarsatus Dasypoda hirtipes 

 podagricus Panurgus ursinus 



elongatulus Nomada Jacobaeae 



Cemonus lethifer cornigera 



Mimesa equestris — new species 



unicolor Epeolus variegatus 



Cerceris labiata Saropoda furcata 



arenaria Osmia leucomelana 



Colletes succincta hirta 



Sphecodes sphecoides Eucera longicornis. 



— Frederick Smith ; 5, High Street, Newington, December, 1848. 



Capture of Chlceneus nigricornis in Cumberland. — My brother took a specimen of 

 this common southern beetle on the banks of one of the Cumberland ' tarns,' in June. 

 —T. J. Bold; 42, Bigg Market, Newcastle-on-Tyne, December 26, 1848. 



Capture of Notaphus obliquus at Gosforth, Northumberland. — I caught a beautiful 

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