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NOTE on LINCOLNSHIRE ORTHOPTERA. 



Orthoptera taken at Bottesford in 1000.— Mr. Max Peacock has 

 submitted to me the following to record for Div. 2 S. : — 



Periplaneta orientalis. Stenobothrus bicolor. $ . 



Forjicula auricula rid. 

 — Alfred Thornley, South Leverton, 5th January 1901. 



NOTES on HYMENOPTERA. 



Sirexgigas at North wich, Cheshire.— In August this year, a very fine 

 female specimen of this insect was brought to me for identification ; it was 

 caught in the town of Northwich that afternoon. — B. R. Li CAS, 3, Dyer 

 Terrace, Winning-ton, Northwich, 2nd November 1900. 



Nest of Vespa germanica near Grantham.— In August last I dug 

 up a Wasp's nest and counted the wasps and grubs it contained. It was 

 a very small nest, but the only one I could find just then. It contained no 

 less than 230 wasps, 742 celled cells and nearly full-grown grubs, one queen, 

 and a number of very small grubs and eggs ; the nest was of a greyish 

 colour and in four tiers, the two largest measuring 2>% inches across. The 

 wasps were killed by turpentine, which was squirted in at the entrance of 

 the nest, the hole then being stopped with clay. — S. C. STOW, Court Leys, 

 Brandon, Grantham, 23rd November 1900. 



Hymenoptera Captured during 1900 in Lincolnshire. - The 



following were taken in Bottesford parish, Div. 2 S. , by Mr. Max 

 Peacock : — 



Bombus venusius. $. Andrena gwynana. Two $ s. 



Bombus agrarian. Fornica fusca. 



Andrena nigrocenea. $ Two $ s and one ^ • 



(stylopised, and so like the $ ). 

 At Ludborough, Div. 8 N., the following was taken by the Rev. W. W. 

 Mason : — Crabro cephalotes. ^ . 



At Manton Common, Div. 2 S., Mr. Max Peacock took Pompihis 

 plumbeus. — Alfred Thornley, South Leverton, 5th January 1901. 



Hymenoptera taken at Skegness in 1900.— The following species 

 of Aculeate Hymenoptera, taken at Skegness this season by Prof. J. W. 

 Carr, M.A. , F. L.S., of Nottingham, have all been seen and identified by 

 myself: — 



Megachile circumcincta. Seven $ s 

 and eight $ s, 30th June 1900. 

 Andrena nigrocenea. 



One 0 , 30th June 1900. 

 Andrena nana. $ , 21st July 1900. 

 Andrena albicrus. 



Two ? s, 18th July 1900. 

 Halictus rubienndus. 



$ , 18th and 23rd July 1900. 

 Halictus morio. 18th July 1900. 



Sphecodes subquadratus. 



$ , 18th July 1900. 

 Prosopis communis. 



$ , T8th July 1900. 

 Prosopis brevicornis. 



% , 23rd July 1900. 

 Ccelioxys simplex. Five ¥ s and 



three $s, 30th June 1900. 

 One Tenthredinid was also taken by Prof. Carr, viz.: — Selandria serva, 

 S, 23rd July 1900. — Alfred Thornley, South Leverton, Notts., 5th 

 January T901. 



Crabro peltarius. <$ , 30th June, 



s and 1 8th July 1900. 

 Crabro wesmdeli. $ , 30th June 1900. 

 Ta chyles pectin ipes. 



$ and 30th June 1900. 

 Tachytes u?iicolor Panz. 



? , 30th June 1900. 

 Oxybelus uniglumis. Six examples, 

 30th June and 21st July 1900. 

 Pompihis plumbeus. Thirty 



examples, 18th and 30th June 1900. 

 Pomp i/ us gibbus. <$ and 



30th June and 18th July 1900. 

 Pompilus rufipes. 



One example, 18th July 1900. 

 Astata stigma. 



One $, 30th June 1900. 



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