, 1.0 rofc-s to B. /»*« a, cite .cry recently rubliehcd or «.^ about to bo 
id, it .ppcar, i» the Ctalognc, of De Mar»cul nnd Gemmmgor and v. 
,i, in tho latter with dato and plaoe of pubUeation, E. M. M., 1865.-1D. 
,„«„„ in Ues.n.ts.-l a. able to cerreberate Herr ^icbboffa ob»rvati^s 
JO„29tbJanelaat.ha™gfonnda nest of Bo»b.« rrrf.«- at Needw^. 
LLire, tho entrance of which I wa, BoarcMng in ho »<•?« "^ """^ 
l,,„,;, or ether parasite,, to n.y surprise, I saw L^Unu. -^ ^ » ° 
iL with its extreme activity iu my oudeaveurs to seenre . The ioi^wmg 
Ibtaiued a second specimen, while a third retreated mto tho hole. AW, 
. Ihad sot on the leoteut, brought mo one more, and two from a nest of tho 
lie-bee a mile from tlio firat locality. 
t the 5th of July, being about to Icavo home, I dug out the nest firs abo.e 
.oned. It was in a cavity about a foot deep, and perhaps mne xnchcs .u 
er and in the rubbish collected by the bees surroundmg the cells wore found 
nIoandSOofthis strange litaerarity. In thomidstofthecelsthoms^vs 
L^nt..-o,.a..s,a«e.s,togetherwithsome Cry,to,Mo^. ^^ --^^ 
. nest of B. Kortoru.n, which was a few yards from tho other ^Mno^ appear 
Uu^Lcptinus; this nest, however, was not disturbed.-HENKY 8. Gokham, 
I Wood. July, 1869. 
i ne. locaUty for Astinomus .^s.-Mr. John ^0-^'/^ *^;^.^7*^^^ 
urn. showed me a fine live S of the above Longicorn to-day wh.ch h had 
•ece ved from a surgeon at Coatbridge, with the following words wr. ten m the 
, .< Pound embedded in a seam of coal in No. 9. Kosehall pit, 147 fathoms from 
ifuppose it had emerged from some of tho tunber used in the mine, as I do 
know of any wood near Coatbridge in which this insect is hkely to occur.- 
s. Chapman, Glasgow. August 13th, 1869. 
[nenestcmslaticers, Cnrt.-I have just taken this spocios here among Thrift 
Z armeri.). The locality is not new, as Mr. Eye once took --y sp— 
, but I am not aware that the insect has been identified w.th the plant. Tins 
nk I have now done, for not only can I not find the imago away from the 
^ft,butlfindthela.rva.andpupa>init.-J.W.Dox;GLAS,Seaford.mAu,usf,1869. 
: Discovery of the larva of Sesia ic/.neu.>^on^/om^s.-During three weekB' stay in 
M of Wight, I was fortunate enough to secure a fine series of th.s local spec.es, 
wh ch I :et to work to discover, if possible, its pupa, by splitting open B^em^^ 
grubbing up roots of all plants, in the neighbourhood m wh.ch my captu.. 
e made, that were capable of containing such a larva, but without success 
Finding myself thus foiled, I watched the females m the hope of detecting 
rmamj, ny i. :., fh,-<, ao-ain I failed, for their colours being 
,m in tho act of ovipositmg. but m this, again, i laueu. 
lonspicuous they were soon lost to sight. 
tL thirf chance was to search tor tho ova (with tho appearance ef wh ch 1 
. already ac<,uainted, thanks to my fair captives), and a few heu» search re 
