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Mordellistena abdominalis — one $ at Q-uestling in 1877. I have also a ? which I 
believe came from Hollington. 
Prionus coriarius — several near Hollington in 1877. 
Lycoperdina bovistcB — one in a decaying stump at Hollington Wood in April, 1878. 
Notoxus monoceros — very common at Camber, and amongst a large number of speci- 
mens taken there was one which had the thoracic horn bifurcate in front. 
Hemiptera-Heteroptera. 
Sehirus biguttatus — two or three specimens in woods near Battle and Gfuestling. 
Eusarcoris melanocephalus — common at Hawkhurst in May, 1877. 
Zicrona ccerulea — several amongst heather at Darvel’s Hole, September, 1879. 
Chorosoma Schillingi — common by sweeping amongst coarse herbage at Camber 
sandhills in September. 
Eerytus crassipes — one by sweeping amongst heather at Fairlight, September, 1878. 
Acetropis Oimmerthali — three amongst long grass at Fairlight, September, 1879. 
Miridius quadrivirgatus — several near Hastings, 1878 and 1879. 
Calocoris infusus — several on palings near Hastings, 1879. 
Psallus quercus — one in Newgate Wood, July, 1878. 
Gerris paludum — a few on reservoirs at Hastings and on dykes at the Salts, Bopeep. 
I had the good fortune to capture a developed specimen of Bryocoris pteridis at 
Llanwrtyd, Brecknockshire, in August, 1879 ; the undeveloped form occurred in 
profusion on different ferns, but I saw only the one developed specimen. — E. A. 
Butler, University Lower School, Hastings: June, 1880. 
Notes on Hymenoptera and Hemiptera captured at Chobham. — Although the 
weather during the last fortnight has not been very favourable for collecting, I 
have succeeded in finding several rarities which I think worth recording, and amongst 
these are three new species (to this country) of Hymenoptera , belonging to the family 
Pompilidce. Being away from my collection and books, I cannot now characterize 
these fully, but I hope to be able to do so in a future number. They are all very 
distinct species, the J especially being easily recognised. 
The first is Priocnemis parvulus, Dahlb., which belongs to the group in which our 
common exaltatus occurs, its J may be known at once by the narrow ventral anal 
plate which is slightly widened towards the apex and truncate ; the ? may be known 
by being smaller than exaltatus , with the apical segment of the abdomen beneath 
more or less carinated down the middle, and by having no distinct clear round spot 
near the apex of the anterior wings as in that species. 
The second is Pompilus neglectus, Dahlb., of which the £ differs from all our 
British Pompili in having the posterior tibiae sinuate on the side towards the body, 
and then suddenly incrassated above the apex ; its $ can only be confounded with 
that of P. spissus, as it has the anterior tarsi with the short spines like that species, 
from which it differs in the triangular shape of the third submarginal cell. 
The third species is I believe Pompilus abnormis, Dahlb., of this I have taken 1 £ 
and I believe 1 $ . The S may be at once known by the anal ventral plate having 
a long pendant spine at sonic little distance from the apex. I have a $ which I 
believe belongs to it, but it is very closely allied to gibbus, and I must wait to com- 
pare it with that species before being certain. 
It may be well to observe that in collecting the species of this family it is 
