8 [June, 



In looking foi* D. ewphorhim, the distribution of its food-plant, 

 Etiphorhia paralias (sea spurge), must be attended to. On the east 

 coast it is very rare, though it grows on the Sussex coast, as well as at 

 Shoeburyness, in Essex. In the Isle of Wight it is not native, but 

 was sown by the late Dr. Bromfield a few years ago at St. Helens and 

 Norton Spits. It grows sparingly in a few spots in Kent and Sussex. 

 It is abundant about Hayling Island, and occurs on most of the sandy 

 beaches in the south-west and west of England, as far north as Mary- 

 port, in Cumberland. 



Muphorhia portlandica, on which it is also said to feed, is still more 

 a western plant, usually growing with E. paralias, but reaching north 

 to "Wigtonshire. 



-2J. cyparissias has so little claim to be considered indigenous, that 

 its localities need not be mentioned ; but I have little doubt that, if our 

 south-western sandy coasts were properly hunted, D. eupJiorbics might 

 again be found as plentifully as in the days of Mr. Eaddon. 



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THE NEUROPTERA OF MADEIRA. 

 BT DE. H. A. HAGEK. 



[The following paper was drawn up for Mr. Wollaston, who intended that it 

 should form part of a second volume of his " Insecta Maderensia "' : having, how- 

 ever, given up the idea of publishing this volume, he has placed Dr. Hagen's paper 

 in my hands for publication here. The M.S. is in French, and in translating it, I 

 have endeavoured to do so as literally as possible. Descriptions of the new species 

 only are here given, with the exception of a few instances (e. g. the two species of 

 Myrmeleon), in which, previous descriptions being imperfect, the author has requested 

 that his own may be published in detail. The numbers coi-respond with those 

 borne on the pins of the type specimens ; these are now in the collection of the 

 British Museum. — R. McLachlan.] 



TERMITIDyE. 

 Genus Caloteemes, Hagen. 

 C. PE^cox, (Wollaston, M.S.) Hagen, Linn. Ent., 12, p. 51. 



Madeira. I have seen two specimens, in bad condition. 



This species is allied to C. qfinis, a succinic insect. It belongs to 

 the group of G. castaneus, of Burmeister, and differs from C. qffinis in 

 its broader head and thorax, the latter more dilated posteriorly, the 

 sides more convex ; also by the impressions in the anterior angles. 



Nos. 1 and 2. 



