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H. Wallis Kew. Lincolnshire. 

 Natural History Rambles. No. I. In the Woods [near Louth ; Chrysis 

 ignita noted in Grisel-bottom]. Sci. Ooss., Feb. 1 887, p. 31. 



H. Wallis Kew. Lincolnshire. 

 Field Notes — No. 6. The Greasy-field and Grisel-bottom. [Bombus 

 terrestris^ Vespa vulgaris^ and Ichneiunon trilineatns]. Nat. World, June 

 1886, pp. 102-103. 



Lancashire and Cheshire EntomolocxIcal Society. Lancashire. 

 Abstract of the Session [refers to Sirex gigas at Liverpool]. Eighth Ann. 

 Rep, Lane, and Chesh, Ent. Soc, 1885, p. 5. 



W. Maling. Northumberland. 

 The Hornet [Vespa crabro] in Northumberland [seen by writer and J, Sang 

 at Newcastle-on-Tyne, but not caught]. Young Nat., Jan. 1886, vii. 16. 



H. S. R. Matthews. Lincolnshire. 

 A Memoir of Ant-life [The present note deals with 'the wars of the ants,' 



based on observations made upon two very large colonies of Formica rufa in 

 a fir-plantation near Skellingthorp in Lincolnshire, June 25th, 1850]. Ent. 

 Mo. Mag., Feb. 1884, xx. 209-210. 



R. Newstead. Cheshire. 

 Aculeate Hymenoptera of Cheshire [an important list of 47 species captured 

 during the past three years]. Ent., April 1887, xx. 112-114. 



Charles Robson. Northumberland. 

 Natural History Jottings. On Wasps, chiefly [with lengthy details of 

 actions of Vespa vulgaris^ V. sylvestris, V. rtifa^ V. genuanica^ and V. britaii- 

 nica on Tyneside]. Sci. Goss., Feb. 1885, pp. 41-42; Sep. 1887, pp. 209-211 ; 

 Oct. 1887, pp. 219-220. 



Charles Robson'. Northumberland. 

 Sirex gigas and S. juvencus [occurrences at Elswick near Newcastle-on- 

 Tyne, July 27th,. 1872, and Sep. 4th, 1869, respectively; both fine females; 

 details of capture given]. Sci. Goss., Jan. 1887, p. 21. 



John E. Robson. Durham. 

 Sirex juvencus [and S. gigas] at Hartlepool. Young Nat., Sep. 1887, 

 viii. 181. 



J. T. Rodgers. Lancashire. 

 Sirex juvencus at Oldham [a pair, July 1887, captured in a cotton-mill]. 

 Ent., Nov. 1887, XX. 308. 



W. Denison Roebuck and W. Storey. Yorkshire. 

 Humble Bees and Wasps [ Vespa vulgaris accused of preying upon Bonihiis 

 lucortirrt, found dead in large numbers beneath a tree, probably a lime]. 

 Field, Aug. i6th, 1884, p. 246. 



A. S. Rowntree, Yorkshire. 

 York [Hornet's — ? wasp'.s — nest in the garden]. Nat. Hist. Journ., Oct. 15th, 

 1884, viii. 139. 



C. H. Waddell. Westmorland. 

 Scarcity of Wasps [near Kendal in 1886]. Sci. Goss., Jan. 1887, p. 21. 



C. Wheeler. Yorkshire. 

 Sirex juvencus in Yorkshire [at Inglcby Manor near Northalleiton, 

 Sep. 29th, 1886]. Ent., Nov. 1S86, xix. 283. 

 Thos. Winder. Yorkshire. 

 Wasp taken at Sheffield [on 29th Jan., a warm and sunny day; species 

 not s tated]. Sci. (Joss., April 1887, p. 94. 

 May 1888. 



