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under stones, and attached to tne roots of grass. The stones were just 

 on the edge of a beach, where they had been rolled up beyond the action 

 of the tides. On August 22nd, 1901, 1 found a new locality for it on the 

 cliffs at Pleinmont. 



The most remarkable thing about this new (Joccid is that it has a 

 two-jointed anterior tarsus, a character never before noted in any Coccid. 

 Mr. R. Newstead therefore had to establish a new genus to receive it. 

 Mr. Maskell, a great authority on the order, says '' It requires, in my 

 opinion, some very important feature to make a generic character where 

 only one species is kno^\ai." ]\Ir. Newstead remarks " Surely nothing 

 could be more important than the anomalous character of the fore legs." 

 A full description of the larva and adult female is published by Mr. 

 Newstead in the Extomologist'' s Monthhj Magazine for September, 1904. 

 Figures are also given of the two jointed anterior tarsi and the eight 

 jointed antennae. 



Daetylopius Luffii, Newstead. A species new to science discovered by 

 myself on September 14th, 1899, on the coast near Richmond Barracks. 

 They appeared in thick clusters on the lower stems and roots of the Rock 

 Spiu'rey {Lepigonum rnpestre), growing in sand near the coast, and were 

 very lively. Mr. Newstead said " The agility of these little mealy bugs 

 was remarkable, and certainly not equalled by any other Coccid I have 

 observed. ' ' 



This species, which has only been taken in Guernsey, is fully described 

 by Mr. Newstead in the EidomologhC s Monthly Magazine for April, 1901. 



Ripersia EuPOpsea, Ken-stead. I first discovered this species in 1895 on the 

 roots of grass and other plants in ant's nests near Fort Doyle and on 

 I'Ancresse Common. Mr. Brockton Tomlin also found them commonly 

 during August, 1896, for about a mile on each side of St. Sampson's 

 Harbour. The only other place for which it is recorded is near Rheim, 

 in Germany, where Mr. E. Wasmann discovered it in 1896. A full 

 description of the species is given by Mr. Newstead in the Entomologist' s 

 Monthly Magazine for July, 1907. 



HYMENOPTERA-ACULEATA (Bees). 



DiodontUS friesei, Kohl. Several specimens taken on the cliffs during 

 1906 by Mr. E. D. Marquand. It has also been taken in Jersey by Mr. 

 E. Saunders. Hitherto it had only been recorded as a South European 

 and Mediterranean species. 



HaliCtUS? near SUb-auPatUS, Ross. One specimen of this little bronzy 

 species was taken by Mr. E. D. j\Iarquand on the cliffs near Moulin Huet 

 Bay on July ITth, 1906. JMr. E. Saunders says "This may turn out to 

 be another of these interesting Southern forms ' ' 



AndPena flessoe, Panz. This handsome black and white bee, with dark 

 wings, is common on the cliffs of Guernsey and Alderney. It is widely 

 distributed on the Continent, extendmg even into Algiers. 



Cselioxys afPa, Lejj. Four specimens of this interesting little bee were 

 taken by Mr. E. i ». Marquand at Vazon Bay on July 18th, 1906. They 

 were flying in company with Megachile argentata^ one of the Leaf -cutter 

 Bees, a species with which it associates. Mr. E. Saunders says: "The 

 capture of Ccelioxgs afra is, I think, most interesting. In this country I 

 have sought in vain for any of the small red-tailed Ccelioxgs associating 

 with Megachile argentata. I was much pleased to find Ccelioxgs brevis with 

 M. argentata in Jersey, and now C. afra turns up with it in Guernsey. 

 It is curious that in each island Megachile argentata should have a different 

 species to associate with it ; possibly, however, both species may yet be 

 foand in both islands. Both these little species belong to a group we 

 have no exponents of in Britain, and which is peculiar in having the 

 white bands of the abdomen formed of scale -like hairs. Thev are both 



