and Tubulifera of Nottinghamshire. 



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Mellinus sabulosus Fab. Rampton, a pair, iSth July 1899* on 

 flowers of Heracleiim sphondylium (Carr and Thornier). 

 Thorney, one $ on flowers of Angelica sylvestris ; 8th August 

 1899 (Carr). 



Crabro clavipes Linn. South Leverton, one example, 9th July 

 1898 (Thornier). 



Crabro varius Lep. South Leverton ; Treswell (Thorriley). 



Buhvell ; Nottingham (Carr). 

 Crabro wesmaeli V.d.Lind. Notting-ham, one $, 28th July 



1898 (Carr). 



[Crabro signatus Panz. Newark district (?), Hadfield collec- 

 tion. ] 



Crabro quadrimaculatus Fab. Langford Moor, near Newark ; 

 Sutton, near Retford; 1899 (Carr). 



Crabro cribrarius Linn. Very common in the sandy district to 

 the north of Nottingham, as at Bagthorpe, Basford, Bulwell 

 Forest, etc.; also about Harby, Thorney, and Wigsley. 

 Six $ s captured on Bulwell Forest as they were entering" 

 their burrows, were taking home the following species of 

 Diptera with which to provision their nests: — Cqlliphora 

 erythrocephala , Hylemyia strigosa, Polleiiia rudis (two), and 

 Thereva nobilitata? (two) (Carr). 



Crabro peltarius Schreb. Langford Moor, near Newark, 

 29th June 1899, three ? s ; Bulwell Forest, flying commonly 

 about the furze bushes, 8th July 1S99 (Carr). Bulwejl 

 (B. S. Dodd). 



Crabro cephalotes Panz. South Leverton, one ? , 20th July 

 1S98 (Thornley). 



Crabro albilabris Fab. Bulwell Forest, one <j> , Sth July 1899; 

 Thorney, one 9 , Sth August 1899 (Carr). 



Oxybelus uniglumis Linn. South Leverton, July 1898 (Thorn- 

 ley). Cottani, July 1S99 (Thornley and Carr). Bulwell 

 Forest; Hucknall Torkard ; Sutton, near Retford; July 



1899 (Carr). 



DIPLOPTERA. 



Vespa sylvestris Scop. Treswell (Thornley and Carr). Wei- 

 ll am (Thornley). West Burton ; Broad hoi me ; Barton ; 

 Budby, in company with rufu ; Bunny, abundantly with 

 V. vulgaris and germanica ; in all these localities the 

 wasps occurred on the flowers of Scrophularia aquattca 

 (Carr). Nottingham, in a garden (W. Rigby). 



1900 February i. 



