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NO TES—ENTOMOL OGY. 

 Diptera near Louth, Lincolnshire.— It may be well to record the 



following species of Diptera which have been taken near Louth. The specimens 

 have been identified, by very careful comparison with those in the British Museum 

 collection, by Mr. T. D. A. Cockerell. 



While dragging by the stream (river Lud) in Hubbard's Valley, on 16th July, 

 I took Dolichopus ungiilatus Fab. , Palloptera trimacula Meig. , Scatophaga sterco- 

 raria L., S. merdaria Fab., Evipis lutea Meig., Psilopus platypterus Fab., Teta- 

 nocera elata Fab., Sapromyza prceusta Meig., Authomyia marshami Steph., Sepsis 

 pnnctam Fab., and Pegomyia quadrtim Fab. 



The following species were taken in the drag-net on 20th July, from amongst 

 the herbage by the sides of two occupation roads near Louth, known respectively 

 as Mill Lane and Bishop's-brig Lane: — Syritta pipiens L., Musca vomitoria L. , 

 M. cczsar~L., Tipula histrio. T. lunata L. , Dolichopus brevipennis Meig., Tetano- 

 cera ferruginea Fall., T. cncullaria L., Heteroinyza buccata Fall., Ccenosia inter- 

 media Fall. , and Empis livid a L. 



I took Phereva annulata Fab. and Asilns trigonus Meig., in June, on the coast 

 sandhills at Mablethorpe, where the latter might be seen preying upon other 

 Dipterous insects. 



Actora czstuum Meig. was common on the beach at Mablethorpe. 



Hcematopota pluvialis L., Volncella pellncens L., V. bombylans L. , and V. bom- 

 bylans var. plumata DG., were taken during a ramble through the woods near 

 Louth, on 6th July, when, as is too often the case, H. pluvialis was felt as well as 

 seen. — H. Wallis Kew, Lee Street, Louth, 24th July, 1886. 



Hyrnenoptera near Louth, Lincolnshire.— The following species 



of Hyrnenoptera from the neighbourhood of Louth have been named, by careful 

 comparison with the specimens in the British Museum, by Mr. T. D. A. Cockerell. 



Abia sericea. Taken on the flowers of Cow-parsnip (Heracleiivi sphondylinm) 

 at Ken wick, near Louth, 6th July. 



Dolerus gonager. Louth streets. 



Penthredo azicuparia:. Common on herbage of hedge doanks in Mill Lane, near 

 Louth. 



Pimpla ocnlatoria. — Common on leaves of laurel in the Louth Cemetery, 27th 

 April. 



Ichneumon rufidens. — Under a prostrate log in Haugham Wood, near Louth, 

 23rd April. 



Mesoleptus testaceus. — Maltby Wood, near Louth. 

 Ichneiu)iorz celerator. — Authorpe, near Louth, 15th April. 



Crabro cribrarius. — Taken while at rest on flowers of Heracleum sphondylinm, 

 at Donington-on-Bain, near Louth, 7th July. 



Sphecodes gibbns. — This insect was common on 7th July at Donington-on-Bain, 

 where the railway cuts deeply into the upper green sand. I noticed one specimen 

 dragging away a juvenile grasshopper, which was much larger than itself. 



Megachile circumcincta. — Very common on the green sand at Donington-on- 

 Bain ; many of them were bringing home cuttings of the leaves of Dog-rose. One 

 burrow which I opened contained five cells, each made of about thirteen pieces of 

 leaf. — H. Wallis Kew, Louth, 24th July, 1886. 



Spilodes palealis near Whitby. — The insect which I reported in last 

 month's number as Scoria dealbata turns out not to be that species, but, as Mr. G. T. 

 Porritt, F.L.S., informs me, Spilodes palealis, to which it has a very superficial 

 resemblance. It is an addition to the Yorkshire list of Lepidoptera. — Joseph T. 

 Sewell, Whitby, August 14th, 1886. 



NO TE—ZO OPH YTE. 

 Plumatella repens near Leeds. — Whilst collecting microscopic 



material on the afternoon of the 17th of July, I found a small colony of this ex- 

 quisitely beautiful Zoophyte. I am not aware that it has hitherto been recorded 



for this district. — Wm. Chapman, Leeds, July 27th, 1886. 



Naturalist, 



