26 [ February, 



There was a conspicuous paucity of Hemipteka, and common 

 species were often rare or absent : Calocoris ticinensis was not rare, 

 with one Corizus maculatus, on skullcap in Matley Bog, where Ficro- 

 merus bidens and Thnmnotettix cruentata were swept from Bog Myrtle ; 

 Piesma quadrata swarmed in llic above Salterns ; Goranus suhapterus 

 turned up in a sand pit, with Doltoceplialus puJicaris, at Lyudhiirst. I 

 heard that the local Cicada montana had been captured a few days 

 before my arrival. 



Acheta si/lvestris, swept from bracken by Professor Beare, and 

 J£ctohiiis Fanzeri, which was abundant everywhere on heather, were 

 the only unusual Outiioptera found. 



With Mr. P. C. Adams for my guide I could not fail to secure 

 several of the local species of Dipteea, common kinds of which were 

 a perfect pest upon the masses of Angelica in Matley Bog, at that 

 time of year undoubtedly the best locality in the Forest. Here 

 occurred Faccha clonqata, Srricomi/ia horealis, Xijlota serjnis and X. 

 sylvnrum, Dinera qriscsccns, Dexia ferina, AlopIi07'a hcmiptera, Spilo- 

 (/aster atrijjcs, Hi/Iemjfidflavipcnnis with plenty of Sapromifza prceusta, 

 and, on Scutellaria, an example of the rare Trigonometopus frontalis. 

 Chrysops quadratus was swept from rough grass in the same locality, 

 where Anthrax fencstratns sunned itself on sandy paths, A. paniscus 

 visited Angelica, and Tahanus bovinus threatened dire injury. Of the 

 rest. Actinia tibialis was caught at Lyndhurst, Dioctria linearis at 

 Hui'sthill, D. atricapiJla at Denny, Uybos grossipes and Oreor/eton 

 fiavipcs were common, Fa;cilobotlirus nobilitaius and Aryyra aryyria 

 affected streams, Fipunculus flavipes at llursthill, Fyropluena rosarum, 

 Roesclia p)allipcs, Homalo^nyia Foserii, Sciomyza albocostata and Sopro- 

 myza longipennis were ;ill taken about Lyndhurst. Hippobosca equina 

 is said to be quite three quarters rarer than it was teu years ago. 

 (Other captures of Uiptera are mentioned by Mr. Adams at ]). 84, 

 vol. xxxviii), 



OuoNATA were numerous but in small variety : Orthelrum ccsru- 

 lescens flew commonly with scarlet forms of Symjyelrum striolatuvi, 

 and Caloptcryx splcndcns and Cordulegaster annulatus were also noticed. 

 A Leuctra was not uncommon on Myrica at Brockenhurst ; Hemero- 

 hius micans and Si^yra Dalii occurred at Hursthill by the Highland 

 Water. Triclioptera were remarkably scarce, the only locally un- 

 common ones being Livniophilas centralis at Philips Hill and Lype 

 phceopa beaten from dead heather at Matley Bog. 



I made no notes on the Lepiduptera, which have been so fully 

 w^orked, but Argynnis Faphia var. Valezina, Eubolia palumbaria^ 



