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chiefly Coccinella 7-punctata, and they 
continued to fly after the saw-flies had 
gone over. Presently there was not a 
thing in the air, and the whole affair 
seemed like a vision. — J. W. Douglas; 
Auyust 2. 
Hymenoptera. 
Hymenoptera near Exeter . — In last 
week’s number of the ‘ Intelligencer 
our w r orthy Editor complained of Hyme- 
uopterists not contributing to that useful 
periodical any of their doings. Now, I 
must say, I quite agree with him ; but 
w'hen we come to look over the published 
lists of entomologists’ names, it does not 
seem so strange as it would at first ap- 
pear. I was certainly struck by the re- 
markably small number of names with 
“ Hymenoplerist ” attached to them : I 
therefore do not much wonder at our not 
having any contributions in this order; 
it is certainly not for the want of interest, 
for I consider it one of the most in- 
teresting, particularly the Aculeate group. 
Now, as regards the naming the Hyme- 
n op ter a ; for the bees, we have Mr. 
Smith’s excellent Monograph (I cannot 
speak loo highly of this work), as also a 
Monograph by the same gentleman on 
our Eormicidoe, quite equal to the for- 
mer, and the subjects quite as inte- 
resting, if not even more so ; with these 
two works we are able to get on. But 
now, as regards the other sections of the 
order, where are the works for the 
Tenth redinidae and the Ichneumonid® ? 
it is true there is for the latter Graven- 
horst’s work, but that is not readable to 
the great majority of British entomo- 
logists, and we have the Museum Cata- 
logue, which contains a few descriptions 
by T. Desvignes, Esq. — this is useful so 
far as it goes. Now l have been in the 
habit of collecting in these sections for 
several years, and have got a great many, 
but then they are most of them without 
names, which detracts very much from 
the interest of the study of them ; they 
therefore remain as so many blanks. 
By way of giving a start to the publica- 
tion of the varieties or otherwise, I will 
just give a list of those of the Aculeate 
group that have fallen to my lot this 
season so far: — 
Crabro Exiguus, V. d. Lin., 
„ Capitosus, 
Celia Troglodytes, V. d. Lin. 
Diodontus Tristis, 
Psen Atratus, Panz., 
Pamphilus Fuscus, Lin., 
Sphecodes Rufescens, 
„ Gibbus, 
Halictus Lugubris, 
„ Prasinus, 
Audrena Eximia, 
„ Decorata, 
„ Cingulata, 
„ Clarkella, 
„ Spinigera, 
„ Fulvago, 
„ Fulveseens, 
„ Chrysosceles, 
„ Coitaua, 
„ Minutula, 
„ Convexiuscula, 
„ Xanlhura, 
Panurgus Banksianus, 
Notnada Flavoguttata, 
„ Armata ? 
,, Fabrieiana, 
Stelis Phecoptera, 1 only, 
Osmia Xanthomelana, $ 9, 
„ Fulviveulris, 
„ iEnea, 
Megachile Centuncularis, 
Anlhidium Manicatum, 
Saropoda Bimaculata, 
Anthophora Furcata, 
A pa thus Rupestris, 9> two or three. 
— Edward Parfitt, 4, Weirjield Place, 
St. Leonard’s, Exeter : July 27. 
Sirex Giyas . — A very fine female spe- 
cimen of this species was brought to ine 
on Saturday, by a gentleman who took 
it in or near a pine wood, a few miles 
from this place. — Titos. Parky, Bank, 
Merthyr Tydeil ; Auyust 2. 
