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179. P. maculosa, Meig. A very common species in May and 

 June. 



180. P. histrio, Fab. Occurs at Glanvilles Wootton and on the 

 Chesil Beach in July. 



181. P. iinperialis, Meig. Occurs at Glanvilles Wootton in August. 

 An earlier brood sometimes occurs in May. 



182. Ctenopliova himaculatn, Linn. Rare. Has been taken at 

 Glanvilles Wootton on May 31st, 1872, and July 7th, 1880. 



183. C. flav&olata, Fab. Has been taken at Bloxworth by the Rev. 

 O. P. Cambridge. 



184. C. pectinicornis, Linn. Rare. Has occurred at Glanvilles 

 Wootton on June 12th, 1867, May 22nd, 1871, and May 27th, 1874. 



185. Ptychoptera contaminata, Linn. — Common from April to 

 October. 



186. T. pahidosa, Meig. Common in June. 



187. P. albimana, Fab. Common in June and July. 



188. P. lacnstvis, Meig. Common in May and June. 



i8g. P. sciitellnfis, Meig. Once taken at Sherborne by my 

 father in October 6th, 1838. 



(To be continued). 



THE H Y M E N O P T E R A - A C U L E A T A 

 OF LANCASHIRE & CHESHIRE, 



BY WILLOUGHBY GARDiN'ER, F.R.G.S. 

 (Cor.tinned fvom pa^e 183.) 



The records for our district include : — 

 Mf.gachile, Latr. 



maritima, Kirb. — lagopoda, Thoms. — Cheshire coast, B.C. 



Willughbiella, Kirb. — Bovvden, B.C. ; near Birkenhead, J.T.G. ; 

 Chester, on flowers of sweet pea, E.C.T. ; near Chester, R.N. 



circumcincta, Lep.— Southport, B.C.; Rock Ferry, J.T.G. ; 

 near Birkenhead, H.H.H. ; Poolton, Hoylake, and Wallasey, 

 W.G. ; Chester, a colony behind garden steps in the city, R.N. 



centuncularis, Linn. — Fairly distributed in district, B.C. ; noted 

 in particular from Stretford and Dunham, near Manchester, 

 J.R.H. ; Rock Ferry, J.T.G. ; and Chester, R.N. 



ANTHIDIUM, 



Our one British species forms cells in various suitable holes which 



