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HYMENOPTERA ACULEATA and TUBULIFERA 

 OF NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. 



SECOND LIST. 



Rev. A. THORNLEY, M.A., F.L.S., F.E.S., 



South Leverton Vicarage, Lincoln. 

 AND 



J. W. CARR, M.A., F.L.S., 



Professor of Biology in University College, Nottingham. 



A Preliminary List of the Aculeate Hymenoptera of Nottingham- 

 shire, by one of us, was published in 'The Naturalist' for January 

 1898, pp-. 13-16 ; it comprised 63 species, mostly collected at or 

 near South Leverton. The present list comprises 75 additional 

 species, largely obtained in the Nottingham district during the 

 last two summers, but including 13 species contained in an old 

 collection made by the late Mr. Hadfield, of Newark. Many of 

 the specimens in this collection are most interesting, but as this 

 gentleman does not appear to have been in the habit of labelling 

 his captures, there must always be great doubt as to whether 

 any particular example was taken in the county or not. All 

 records obtained from this source are therefore placed within 

 square brackets, and must be looked upon only as indicating 

 that such species may be possible inhabitants of the' county. We 

 are not without hope of being able to verify some of these 

 doubtful records in the near future. 



The great majority of the species enumerated in the Pre- 

 liminary List of January 1898 have since been taken in other 

 parts of the county, often commonly, but these are not included 

 in the present paper, which deals only with species not previously 

 recorded. Our county list now comprises 137 Aculeates (about 

 one-third of the British species), of which number 120 have been 

 captured by ourselves. Several of these are of great interest, 

 and have not previously been recorded for any of the Midland 

 Counties. 



Six species of Chrysids are comprised in the short but 

 interesting list of Tubulifera appended. 



We must acknowledge, with gratitude, the kind assistance 

 rendered by the Rev. F. I). MoriCe, of Woking, in the deter- 

 mination of obscure and difficult species. 



1900 February t. 



