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NOTE— FUNGI. 



Giant Puffball near Lincoln.— A small specimen of the edible Giant 

 Puffball {Bovista gigantea) has just been brought me by Mr. T. Rippon, 

 an entomologist, gathered by him near Lincoln to-day. — J. Eardley Mason, 

 Lincoln, 4th September 1900. 



NOTE—ENTOMOLOGY. 



Insects taken at Cadney, near Brigg.— The following gathering of 

 Cadney insects was made on the 19th of August, and named by the Rev. A. 

 Thornley, of South Leverton, Notts., to whom Lincolnshire naturalists owe 

 a debt of gratitude for his kind and continual help : — 



Odonata (Dragon Flies). 



JEschna grand is. One $ . 

 A^schna cyanea. Two $ s. 

 Sympetrum scoticum. Si?c $ s and 



two ? s (the $ s are nearly 



black, ? s yellowish). 

 Sympetrum striolatum. One $ . 

 Lestes sponsa. One £ . 

 Ischnura elegans. S and 



Hymenoptera. 



Bombus hortorum. Two workers. 

 Halictus cylindricus. $ s. 

 Odynerus parietum. $ . 

 Ophion luteus (Ichneumon Fly). 

 Pimpla instiga tor (Ichneumon Fly). 



Diptera. 



Syrphits balteatus. 

 Stomoxys calcitrans. 

 Eristalis arbustorum. $ . 



Hemiptera. 

 Calocoris bipunctatus. 

 Philcenus spumarius 



(Cuckoo-spit Insect). 



Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, etc.). 

 Stenobothras bicolor. 



COLEOPTERA. 



Lagria hirta. 

 Aphodius merdarius. 

 Phcedon tumidulum. 

 Sitones hispidulus. 



-Max Peacock, Cadney, Brigg, nth September 1900. 



NOTES— COLEOPTERA. 



New Habitat for Hydroporus septentrionalis. — A few days ago, 

 on getting out of my morning tub, I observed a small insect swimming in 

 the water. On capturing it, I saw at once it was the scarce Hydroporus 

 septentrionalis. I have often made an eight miles' journey to a little Alpine 

 rill to secure a few examples of this insect, but truly ' everything comes to 

 him who waits.'— W. C. Hey, West Ayton, York, 2nd August 1900. 



Beetles taken at Ashby, Lincolnshire. — The following species were 

 taken by me during the season of 1899 in the parish of Ashby, Div. 2 of 

 North Lincolnshire, and kindly named by the Rev. Alfred Thornley, M.A., 

 F.L.S. :— 



Pterostichus nigrita. 

 Pterostichus vulgaris. 

 Otiorrhynchus picipes. 

 Otio rrhyn ch us teneb ricos us. 

 Rhinosimus ruficollis. 

 Aphodius inquinatus. 

 Aphodius jimetarius. 

 Aphodius contaminatus. 

 Dromius nigriventris. 

 Dromius quadrima cu latus. 

 Hydrobius fuscipes. 

 Apion humile. 

 Erirrhinus vorax. 

 Bembidium littorale. 

 Harpalus czneus. 



Adalia bipunctata (black var. ] 

 Halyzia 1 ^-guttata. 

 Anaitis ocellata. 

 Mecin us py raster. 

 Phyllobius pyri. 

 Phyllobius argentatus. 

 Quedius mesomelinus. 

 Tachyporus obtusus. 

 Cd la thus melayiocephalus. 

 Dromius meridionalis. 

 Chrysomela polita. 

 Sphceridium 4-maculatum . 

 Attagenus pellio. 

 Strangalia armata. 

 Pogonochcerus bidentatus. 



-R. T. Cassal, Ashby, Doncaster, 3rd September 1900. 



Naturalist, 



