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to the species called liy Becker sexmaculata in having the femora darkened and 

 the antennae more extensively dark, but I think this mvist be a qxiestion of 

 matnrity. Also I have a note made when at Stockholm that P. interstincta of 

 Fallen's collection has darkened femora. 



*Philhygria vittipennis, Zett. — This is not uncommon on the Suffolk coast ; 

 the thorax is indistinctly striped, the wings very long and often darkened 

 about the front margin, and the legs are extensively darkened. 



Byadina nitida, Mcq., has been added to onr List by Malloch in 1908. 

 Mr. VeiTall caught a female at Felixstowe (Suffolk) in July, 1894', and Col. 

 Yerbury has taken it at Aviemore (Inverness), at the end of May, 1904, and 

 at Clifford's Castle (Herefordshire) in July, 1902. 



*Hyadina humeralis, Becker, may be known by the small humeral black 

 spot and the absence of the hyaline spots on the wing. Mr. Verrall found it at 

 Warrengore (Sussex) in April, 1894; Col. Yerbury has taken it at Fording- 

 bridge (Hants), Porthcawl (Glamorgan), and in the neighbourhood of Alde- 

 burgh (Suffolk), and I have taken it on the banks of the river Deben (Suffolk). 



The genera Pclina and Ochthera are placed by Becker among the 

 Ephydrinx. 



Ochthera mantispa, Lw. — Mr. C. G. Lamb was responsible for bringing 

 forward this addition to the British List, in this Magazine for May, 1904. 



EPHYDRIN.!;. 



Pelina senea. Fin. — By a mistake in the List, Haliday was given as the 

 describer of this species. 



*Pelina nitens, Lw. — My specimens seem to indicate a transition form 

 between subpundata, Becker, and Loew's species, though the thorax is dis- 

 tinctly bronze coloured, the antennae are only faintly reddish at the base, and 

 the second abdominal segment is punctulate aborit the middle. The scutelhmi 

 in this species terminates in a point. It is widely distributed in Britain, as I 

 possess specimens from Nairn and Aberlady in Scotland, Woodbridge (Suffolk), 

 Porthcawl (Glamorgan), Torcross (Devon), Lymington (Hants), and Hever 

 (Kent). 



Halmopota salinarum, Bouche. — I have never seen this species, which is 

 said to occur about salterns. 



* Parhydra ohliqua, Becker. — I found this species in some numbers at 

 Snailwell (Cambs.) in June, 1908 ; Col. Yerbuiy has taken it in the New 

 Forest (Hants), and Dr. Wood, in Herefordshire. 



*Parhydra nigriiarsis, Strobl. — Very much like ohliqua, bi\t the tarsi are 

 dark and the face is more prominent. I have seen specimens from Scotland 

 taken by Col. Yerbury and Mr. C. G. Lamb. 



Ephydra salinss, Zett. — Haliday's description of E. halophila v. Heyd., 

 iindoubtedly applies to E. salinx, Zett., and not to von Heyden's species which 

 is considered a synonym of riparia, Fin. Zetterstedt's name must therefore be 

 placed in the List, though I have never seen a specimen of the species which is 

 said to swarm abovit salterns. 



