2]^4 [September, 



Buxton in the "Entomologist's Ivecorcl," 1921, in a paper on the 

 Butterflies of Gilan, N.W. Persia, gives some information regarding the 

 forest area of the southern Caspian, in which Enzeli, Eesht, and Tula 

 Rud are situated. The other Persian localities mentioned below are 

 Kazvin, south of the Elburz on the plateau, Harunabad near Kerman- 

 shah, and Harir in N.W. Persia. All other localities are in Meso- 

 potamia, excepting Suleimanyeh in Kurdistan. 



As I have already indicated, the true Neuroptera from the Caspian 

 region are quite European in character. Perhaps the most noteworthy 

 of tliose from Mesopotamia are two species of Gepiis, a genus of 

 Myriiif^Ieonidae founded by Navas on an Eg3"ptian insect. 



NEUROPTERA. 



ASCALAPHIDAE. 



Helicomituft dicax Wallc. 



1 2 ■> Amara, Q.\i.\S {Buxton) ; 1 $ on dead vegetation in dried-up 

 marsh 12 miles below Amara, ll.ix.18 {Evans). 



A larva found by Evans at Kizil Robat tmder a clod (22.xii.18) is 

 very likely referable to this species, as it agrees Avell with Westwood's 

 figure reproduced by Sharp in " Cambridge Natural History," vol. v, p. 4G1. 



M TRMELEONID AE. 



Palpares lihelluloides Linne. 



2 5 $ , Kazvin, 20-21. vii. 19 ; fairly common on stony desert 

 {Buxton). 1 5, Kizil Robat, " 450', 6. v. 19: "ant-lion imago first 

 emerged " {Peile) ; this example is rather small, the ante-apical spots 

 larger than usual and confluent ; the dark lateral line on the abdomen 

 indistinct, but this may be due to immaturity. Although not taken by 

 Buxton in Mesopotamia, he writes that he saw what appeared to be this 

 species at Mendali, just on the Persian border, also flying in stony desert 

 in bright fierce sun at 9 a.m. in July 1918. 



Also 1 J , 2 2 $ , 12-15.vii.l8, Harir, N.W. Persia, 5300 ft. {Peile). 



Formicaleo tetragrnmmicus Fabr. 

 3, Enzeli, 21.vi, 80.vi.l9. 



Melees mesopotainiae^ n. sp. 



Face yellowish with a fuscous line in front of the antennae and one behind 

 them, followed by a pale transverse line ; spots on the vertex apparently more 

 or less confiueut, giving the whole hinder part a dark appearance. Antennae 



