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definition would apply to the form of these spots in many European 

 specimens of 7-punctata. I have many specimens of Chrijsopa from 

 Japan, but not a typical 7-piinctata, nor anything which Schneider's 

 definition of hipunctata will suit. Of Ch. cognata, McLach., I have 

 many examples. It has all the general form of 7-punctata, but the 

 spot between the basal joint of the antennae is totally absent, and there 

 are only four spots on the face, viz. : — one (usually large and lunate) 

 below (or before) the basal joint of each antenna, and a short broad 

 streak on either side of the clypeus (the spots on the genoe being absent) . 



Lewisliam. London : 

 June, 1886. 



Discovery of the Trichopterous genus Calamoceras in Central France. — The 

 geims Calamoceras is essentially intei'osting as being tlie sole representative in Europe 

 of a section or group of forms otherwise exotic. It was constituted by Brauer (Reise 

 der "Novara") on a damaged $ from Gibraltar, which he named C. marsupiis. 

 Subsequently the late M. Camille von Volxem discovered the genus in South Portugal, 

 and as his examples appeared to be distinct from Brauer's type (a point concerning 

 which there is still need for elucidation), I described them as C. Tolxemi. The 

 Rev. A. E. Eaton, during his tour in Portugal, found C. Volxemi in several localities 

 in some numbers. But the genus appeared to be confined to the Iberian Peninsula. 



My valued correspondent, M. Rene Martin, of Le Blanc (Indre), France, recently 

 sent me a few Trichoptera, &c., from his locality, and among them are two specimens 

 of a Calamoceras, not in very good condition, which I fail to separate specifically 

 from C. Volxemi. This is an exceedingly interesting point in geographical distribution. 

 Originally recorded from the extreme South of Spain, in lat. 36° 10' N., the most 

 northerly of Mr. Eaton's localities was Yilla Real, in about 41° 20' N. M. Martin's 

 locality, Le Blanc, lies in about 46° 35' N., nearly in the centre of France, and of 

 course with the Pyrenees intervening between it and the more southern localities. 

 At present M. Martin mainly confines his attention to the Dragon-flies, and from 

 the species that occur with him (and the dates of first appearance), there is evidence 

 that his district has a climate more meridional than its situation would lead us to 

 suspect. — R. McLachlan, Lewisham, London : June 12ih, 1886. 



Kolhia quisqitiliarum, Bertkau, a genus and species of Psociclce new to Britain. — 

 When in Glasgow last autumn I noticed in the rich collection of Mr. J. J. King, a 

 single example of a species of PsocidcB which, at that time, I identified as K. 

 quisqidliarum. It was taken by Mr. King near Lyndhurst, New Forest, in August, 

 1879. He recently sent up the specimen, and I was able to confirm my previous 

 identification ; m.oreover, it has been seen by Herr Kolbe, with the same result. 

 The genus (and species) was first described by Dr. Bertkau in the Verh. Ver. pr. 

 Rheinlande, xxxix, p. 129 (1882). He found it in Rhenish Prussia, from June to 

 October ; Herr Kolbe has also found it near Berlin. The genus is allied to CcEcilius, 

 and the arrangement of the neuration is somewhat similar ; but the pterostigma is 

 more elongate and less dilated. An important character is that the wings of the ? 



