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difficulty that I could distinguish the one from the other, and it 
was only by some eccentric movement that I discovered the creature 
at all. It is difficult to say what is the precise object of its climbing 
up the stems of this grass (I found it on no other species), but 
that it is protected by its resemblance to the anthers is certain. 
A similar species which I found on Thistles is probably Psyche 
nirjricantdla. — John Lowe, M. 1). 
IbECiLOscrrus vulnkkatus -I have recently taken a few examples 
of this insect at Yarmouth on the South Denes. It forms a most 
interesting addition to the British Fauna, as although it is well 
known on the Continent, and has occurred in Sweden, Denmark, 
Germany, France, Switzerland, and all over South Europe, it has 
not previously been seen on this side of the Channel. All my 
specimens came from Galium rerum growing among the short 
grass.— =ErT4; Whklkr. M 
Aculeate IIym en outer a at Tostock, near Bury St. Edmund's. 
The splendid season of 1897 was very profitable for my lield 
work. I added the following to my parish list: — 
. Leptothorax acervorum, Fab. A worker upon a post at the 
wood. August 14 th. 
Salius fuscus, Linn. May 30th, on Wild Parsley. 
Tachytes pectinipes, Linn. Two, June 7th. 
Andrena decorata, Stn. Three females, July 28th, on Parsley. 
Halictus prasinus, Sin. Female, July 7th, on Hawk weed. 
Osmia leucomelana, Ivirb. July 7th, on the flower of the 
Garden Sage. 
Megachile maritima, Ivirb. July 8th, two females, one male, in 
the flowers of Campanula trachelinm (nettle-leaved bell-flower). 
Epeolus productus, Thoms. Two females, August 10th, on 
Pagwort. 
This brings my list to : Ants 10, Fossores <)4, Wasps 13, Bees 1 12, 
total 189. And. with about seventy species recorded from other 
places, chiefly along the coast, Suffolk now takes the first place 
among the counties for the Aculeate Hvmenoptera; Xorfolk follow- 
ing next. 1 also captured the following uncommon Bees: Aomada 
ochrostoma (3), Andrena pilipes (4), Sphecodes rubicundus (G males), 
Stelis aterrima (5), S. phseoptera (4), Prosopis brevicornis (3), P. con- 
fusus (l), Colletes pieistigma (5). 
