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MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS. 
Inquiline Beetles, and several new to me, viz. : Choleva Watsoni 
( Vespa sylvestris), Ocypus brunnipes ( Mynnica scabrinoclis), 
Ceuthorrynchus sulcicollis ( Formica fuliginosa). Although 
I examined fifteen nests of V. vulgaris I only obtained a single 
“Wasp Beetle” {Metoecus paradoxus) on September 14th. Of the 
general things the pretty Anthocomus fasciatus abounded in June, 
and the following local species : — Endomichus coccineus, Corynetes 
cceruleus, Apoderus coryli, Callidium violaceutn, Lagria hirta, 
Thyamis longitarsus ; and from the breck district near Brandon, 
Mr. Frank X orgate sent me two coast species, Cteniopus sulphuralis 
and Anomala Frischii. 
The Fungi in October yielded Dacne bi-pustulata, D. rufifrons, 
Mycetophagus atomarius, M. multipunctatus, M. 4-pustulatus, 
M. 4-guttatus, Rhizophagus bi-pustulatus, Nitidula bi-pustulata, 
Triphyllus suturalis, Homalium rufipes, H. iopterum, Epuroea 
limbata, Orchestes alni, Triplax russica, Pocadius ferrugineus, 
Xylophilus boleti. Judging by the number of applications I receive, 
I wonder that coleopterists do not work at Fungi. October is the 
best month ; and the large species growing upon dead trees such as 
Poplar, Ash, Beech, Birch, and Elm are the most productive, in the 
order named. Those growing upon ivy-infested trees are not worth 
trying. The Fungi should be brought carefully home and 
immersed in a vessel containing rain-water, which quickly brings 
the mature Beetles to the surface. The Fungi should be then 
drained and placed in any decayed trees or stumps, when, at the 
end of March, they will afford a fresh supply. — W. H. Tuck. 
P.S. — The brilliant weather in June of the present year (1896), gave me 
four additions to the Aculeate-hymenoptera, which I take the opportunity 
of recording as this passes through the press : Agenia hircana, Fab. ; 
Pemphredon morio, V.D., Lind ; Prosopis signata, Panz. ; Sphecodes 
rubicundus, Sladen ; which brings my list to Ants, 9 ; Fossores, 49 ; Wasps, 13 ; 
Bees, 105 ; Total 176. 
Black-winged Stilt. — My friend, Mr. T. Petch and I, saw two 
Stilts on Wolferton Marsh, on October 8th, 1895. Mr. Hudson, 
Jun., of Castleacre, shot a Stilt, close to the river at Castleacre, on 
October 12th, 1895, which appeared to him to be alone. — C. T. M. 
Plowright. 
Fulmar Petrel. —While walking from Thornham to Hunstanton 
we found two recently killed Fulmars on Holme Beach. One 
