1886] 91 



being the limit ; it, however, took lliglit with great rapidity. On the 'Md oC this 

 month I was surprised to sweep it up at Dover, in the mixed herbage at the side of 

 a path leading through a corn field ; it, however, was not so common or so local as 

 at Deal. Specimens occurred at a considerable distance from each other. Messrs. 

 Douglas and Scott (British Hemip.-Heterop., p. 301) give the dwarf sallows at Deal 

 as the habitat, but I have not found it near the sallows, and there are no dwarf 

 sallows or any species of sallows on the dry chalky fields on the cliffs of Dover. Is 

 it possible that they may be found on any low growing plant by the sea ? — C. G. 

 Hall, Dover : August 4th, 1886. 



Oxygastra Cartisi, Dale, in Hampshire. — In the September number of this 

 Magazine for 1878 (vol. xv, p. 92), I recorded the capture of six specimens of this 

 dragon-fly on a heath lying to the north of Pokesdown, near Christchurch, Hamp- 

 shire. I visited the same locality in June, 1882, but saw no specimens of this 

 species. On the 1 tth inst. I again visited this heath, and found four specimens, all 

 males. The extremely local character of this species is evident from the fact that, 

 except on the heath in question, I have never seen it alive, either in this neighbour- 

 hood or elsewhere in the United Kingdom ; nor has either Mr. Kemp-Welch or 

 Mr. McRae, of this town, ever met with the species, although they are well 

 acquainted with the district, and have collected in it for some years past insects of 

 all Orders. — H. Goss, Bournemouth : July 2Sth, 1886. 



The genus Dilar in France. — In the first half of July in this year I was the 

 guest of M. Ren6 Oberthiir, at his charming chalet at Vernet-les-Bains, in the 

 Pyre'nees Orientales. It was my first introduction to a district almost Spanish, both 

 in pi'oductions and position. The detailed results in Neuroptera I hope to publish 

 hereafter. The 12th and IStli of the month wore devoted to a long and sufficiently 

 arduous excursion to Mount Canigou, near the summit of which we enjoyed (?) a 

 few hours rest in a stone cabin. The descent was commenced at about 5 a.m. on the 

 13th, and, in consequence of entomological vagaries (opposed to the steady marching 

 of mere alpine climbers), Vernet was not reached till late in the afternoon, and one 

 of us was very sleepy. At a locality known locally as the "Col du Cheval Mort," 

 which is hot, arid, and argillaceous, I " bottled " a Neuropterous insect at rest on a 

 leaf of Asclepias vincetoxicum. I did not recognise it, even generically, at the time, 

 but it proved to be a (? Dilar, which I identify as J>. meridionalis , Hagon, and of 

 which I possess specimens from San Ildefonso (Old Castile) in Spain, given me by 

 Mr. Albarda, a very interesting addition to the French fauna, and interesting, also, 

 as throwing light upon the geographical distribution of the genus Dilar. I have 

 been precise in nari-ating the circumstances of the capture ; the habits of Dilar are 

 unknown. But my suspicions lie in the direction of the larva being parasitic in the 

 nests of some insect, in consequence of the long and slender ovipositor of the 9 . 

 This can only be solved by local observation. — R. McLachlan, Lewisham, Loudon : 

 August lUh, 188G. 



Ascalaphus hispatiicus, Rambur, in France. — This is another interesting addition 

 to the French fauna. I did not meet with it myself, hut a pair ( r( 9 ) were taken 



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