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456. Female; near Chester; 10th May, 1894. — Almost 

 filled with the larvae of a sawfly (possibly a species of Lophyrus) , 

 about 1 inch in length, greenish-blue with shining black heads 

 and numerous plates on the segments. A few fragments of 

 weevils (Strophosomus sp., &c.) ; a quantity of clean sand. 



457. Female ; near Chester ; 24th May, 1889. — Filled with 

 moth larvae (Geometrids) , of which many were those of the 

 Magpie Moth (Abraxas grossulariata) ; fragments of 1 weevil. 



458. Female ; Saighton, Chester ; 24th May, 1889. — Many 

 larvae of Magpie Moth (Abraxas grossulariata) and other Geo- 

 metrid and Noctuid moth larvae ; remains of 1 beetle (Cur- 

 cuiionidae) . 



459. Female; Whitchurch, Salop; 24th May, 1895. — 2 full- 

 fed larvae of Magpie Moth (Abraxas grossulariata) ; 90 larvae 

 of Gooseberry Sawfly (Nematus ribesii) ; many fragments of 

 egg of Meadow Pipit ; 3 fragments of coal. 



460. 461. 2 ? Sex ; Upwell, Cambs. ; May, 1879. — Both 

 examples had their stomachs distended with the larvae of the 

 Gooseberry Sawfly (Nematus ribesii). There was a great out- 

 break of " gooseberry grubs " at the time, and as some of the 

 fruit growers were under the impression that the cuckoos were 

 feeding upon the larvae, the birds were shot to confirm their 

 statements. 



462. Male ; near Chester ; 4th June, 1894.— -Filled with saw- 

 fly larvae of a uniform pale green colour, with pale brownish- 

 yellow heads and black eye-spots, 7 to 8 lines long. Remains 

 of 3 specimens of Pterostichus ? vulgaris. 



463. Male; near Chester; nth June, 1889. — Remains of 

 many beetles (Carabus sp., Amara sp., Pterostichus sp.) ; several 

 heads of moth larvae ; a few bud scales, 



464. Fledged young ; Aid ford, Chester ; 28th July, 1898.— 

 2 larvae of a Syrphid fly (Syrphus sp.) ; 3 egg cases of earth- 

 worms ; 4 seeds of a cruciferous plant ; 3 examples of the weevil 

 Otiorrhynchus sulcatus ; 1 small red bud. There was besides 

 these a mass of minute fragments of Coleopterous and Dipterous 

 insects. 



465. Male ; Cheshire ; July, 1891. — Remains of Geodepha- 

 gous beetles (Pterostichus striola) ; a small quantity of sand; 

 2 pebbles. 



466. Fledged young; near Chester ; July, 1903. — A small 

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