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Nomada solidaginis, Panz. I obtained several of both sexes in 
August upon Ragwort and Ling. 
Nomada jacobcese, Panz. A female, August 5tli, upon Ragwort. 
My list now is: — Ants 10, Fossores 58, Wasps 13, Bees 119: 
total 200. It is remarkable that both Nomadas, which I had 
yearly searched for, should turn up in this wonderful season. 
Another Bee, Epeolus productus, usually scarce, was abundant 
everywhere in August. 
Other good things I took were : Psen pallipes, Passalrecus 
nionilicornis, Sphecodes rubicundus, Andrena cetii, A. afzeliella, 
Stelis aterrima and S. phreoptera. 
The two common Wasps were fairly abundant, and hatched out 
very early. A new interest now attaches to this class, because for 
the first time Vespa austriaca has been found to be parasitic upon 
V. rufa. Mr. Charles Robson has bred both sexes from a nest, 
and this is the most interesting discovery of many years. 
The drought of August and September killed many of the better 
class of food plants which I generally search. In Coleoptera, the 
fine Longicorn saperda carcharias was not uncommon upon Poplars. 
I had two specimens, and over twenty were taken by a friend in 
North Norfolk upon one tree. I leave the Suffolk Coleoptera as 
Mr. Claude Morley’s list is published, and it will be seen how 
well the county of Suffolk has been recently worked. 
Although I got nothing of the first importance in Diptera, the 
following are worth recording : Xanthogramma citrofasciatum, 
Chrysogaster splendens, Myopa testacea, Oncomyia atra, Gastrophilus 
equi (4 specimens), Gonia ornata, Demoticus frontatus, Miltogramma 
punctata, Ulidia erythropthalma and Lucilia cornicina. On 
September 24th I took a good Saw-fly, Emphytus serotinus, upon 
Bungay common, and a curious Ichneumon upon a window, in 
August, Fcenus jaculator. Upon the whole, the season of 1898 
may be said to have been an exceptionally good one with me. — 
W. II. Tuck. 
FLKTCHBR AND SON, I TD. , PRINTERS, NORWICH. 
