ADDITIONS TO THE LIST OF ALDEENEY 

 INSECTS. 



BY MR. W. A. LUFF. 



The whole of the insects on the following list, with only 

 one exception, have been captured by Mr. E. D. Marquand, 

 A.L.S., during the present year (1902). 



Although the year has not been very favourable for 

 collecting, Mr. Marquand has succeeded in adding no less 

 than 47 species to the list, besides taking fresh specimens of 

 many of the rarer species before recorded. 



A second specimen of the rare beetle Emus hirtus (recorded 

 in the list for 1900) has been taken, also another example of 

 Necrophorus germanicus. The large bloody -nosed beetle 

 Timarcha laevigata, one of the commonest beetles in the 

 South of England, and unaccountably absent from Guernsey, 

 has again been found in some numbers on the cliffs. That 

 fine Aculeate, Philanthus triangulum, a very rare British 

 species, only one specimen of which was recorded in the 

 previous list, has been rather common. 



Five species of bees have been added, two of which, 

 Sphecodes reticulatus and Xomanda solidaginis, are new to the 

 Channel Islands list. 



Five species of Lepidoptera are additions, of these Tri- 

 plicena subsequa has not been taken in Guernsey, and Agrotis 

 valligera appears to be much commoner in Alderney than 

 with us. 



The most interesting of the beetles is Meloe rugosus, one 

 extremely small female specimen of which was captured. It 

 is one of the rarest species of the genus. 



Among the Ichneumon flies many fine and rare species 

 occur. 



I have much pleasure in acknowledging the valuable 

 assistance rendered in examining and naming specimens, by 

 the Rev. E. N. Bloomfield, M.A., F.E.S., Messrs. Edward 



