130 [June, 



Ceeagris pltjmbeus, Oliv. Cuenca, Puerto cle Losilla, Albarracin, 4 ?, 

 T. A. C. 



Mykmec-elueus trigrammus, Pallas. Cuenca, 3 $ , T. A. C. 



Macronemurus appendicuiatus, Latr. Tragacete, Puerto de Losilla, Albar- 

 racin, 5 ? , T. A. C. 



Myrmeleon nemausiensis, Boik. Cuenca, 1 example, T. A. C. 



Myrmeleon formicarius, L., McL. (formiealynx, Auct.). Bronchales, 1 9> 

 T. A. C. ; Tragacete, 1 ? , G. C. C. 

 ASCALAPHID^E. 



Bubopsis agrioides, Ramb. Cuenca, 1 <J , T. A. C. 



Ascalaphus longicornis, L. Tragacete, 3 ?, T. A. C. ; Guadalaviar, 1 3, 

 1 ? , G. C. C. Large and brightly coloured ; in the hind-wings the pale apical 

 space is broadly margined with black on the inner margin. 

 MANTISPID2E. 



Mantispa perla, Pallas (sec. auct.). Tragacete, 7 examples, chiefly by beating 

 pine trees, T. A. C, G. C. C. A variety from Albarracin, G. C. C. These examples 

 vary much in size ; the wings are (the variety excepted) strongly tinted ; and the 

 black marking on the anterior dilated portion of the pronotum is divided into four 

 portions by a cruciate pale line, much as in the figure by Costa in his Faun. reg. 

 Napoli. In examples from South Dalmatia and Sarepta in my collection the wings 

 are equally tinted, but the line on the anterior portion of the pronotum is not 

 cruciate, hence the division of the black into four parts is not distinct. Ed. Pictet, 

 Nevrop. d'Espagne, describes and figures a var. icterica from San Ildefonso, in which 

 the wings seem not to be tinted, but the black pronotal anterior markings are 

 cruciate. This form I have not seen. In the example from Albarracin, noticed 

 above, the wings are not tinted, and the dilated anterior portion of the pronotum is 

 wholly pale, save rather broad brownish-black lateral margins. It is desirable that 

 further examples of this form be examined. 



That this insect was undoubtedly what Pallas had in view when he wrote his 

 description of " Mantis perla" in the "Spicilegia Zoologicae" does not appear to 

 me quite certain. I see nothing in the description to fix it with any amount of 

 authority, nor to show that he was acquainted with two European species (this and 

 M. styriaca, Poda), and so far as I can ascertain the reason for applying Pallas' 

 name to the species under consideration rests mainly on the statement by Hagen in 

 Stett. Ent. Zeit., 1858, p. 128. 

 LILARID2E. 



Dilar neyadensis, Ramb. Cuenca, 1 $ , T. A. C. 



Dilar meridionalis, Hag. Tragacete, 6 £ , T. A. C, 1 9 , Q-- C. C. ; Albar- 

 racin, 1 9 . T. A. C. This is almost constantly smaller than D. neoadensis, and 

 although the chai-acters are slight, they rest mainly in the male appendages, and 

 there can be no reasonable doubt as to the distinctness of the two species. 



Dr. Chapman (in litt.) says of Dilar that "the J was abundant late one after- 

 noon flying amongst low growth under pine trees." 



OSMYLID.E. 



Osmylus CHRYSOPS, L. Tragacete, 2 examplos, T. A. C. The wings very 

 heavily spotted. 



