1882.] 117 



had become completely exhausted by the time the parasite was full-fed, and died 

 when the pupa dropped out.— Edward Parfitt, Exeter : September lith, 1882. 



Calyptonotus lynceiis at the Caniher Sandhills. — On August 7th, I took this 

 local Hemipteron at the above locality, accompanied by Rhyparochromus prcetextatus 

 and Co raw (M (1). A developed specimen of JcaZ_j^7j/a joary«?a has been also found 

 there. — Edw. P. Collett, St. Leonard's-on-Sea : September, 1882. 



Ammosciiis brevis at Matlock. — At the end of July, last, I found a single speci- 

 men of Ammcecius brevis in a sandy bank of the Derwent, at Matlock. I did not 

 recognise it at the time, the resemblance of this beetle to an Aphodius having 

 thrown me off the scent, or probably more specimens might have been secured. — 

 W. G. Blatch, 214, Grreen Lane, Smallheath, Birmingham : September 18th, 1882. 



Chrysopa minima, Kiljander, = Ch. dasyptera, McLach. — In the " Meddelan- 

 den af Societas pro Fauna et Flora Fennica," Hiiftet 7, pp. 152 — 156 (1881), is a 

 useful paper by Ludvig Kiljander, intituled, " Bidrag till kannedom om Finlands 

 Neuroptera Flanipennia," in which is a description of " Chrysopa minima, nov. sp." 

 (p. 154). A type and several other examples of this are before me in a case just 

 received from Finland. 



I find that the species is identical with that described by me in 1872 as Ch. 

 dasyptera, from two examples, one from South Eussia, the other from Samarcand. 

 The description first appeared in the " Nachrichten der Liebhaber der Naturkunde, 

 &c., in Moscow " (I refrain from giving the Russian title), x, p. 123, and almost 

 simultaneously in the " Bulletin de la Soc. Imp. des Natnralistes de Moscou," xlvi, 

 p. 193 ; subsequently it was reproduced in the " Neuroptera of Fedtschenko's 

 Travels in Turkestan" (1875), p. 19. One original type of Ch. dasyptera is in my 

 collection, and it agrees perfectly with that of Ch. oninima, save that (as is usual in 

 Chrysopa) the green coloration has nearly disappeared, and I should scarcely now 

 use the term " viridi-Jlava " that headed my original description, whereas an un- 

 qualified " viridis " would be more applicable to the recent examples from Finland. 

 As I previously remarked, it is allied to Ch. 2}hyllochroma (with which it agrees in 

 its simple tarsal claws), but it can scarcely be a pigmy condition of that species. 

 Possibly it is the smallest true Chrysopa that is known, but its broad-oval densely 

 hairy (on the neuration and margins) wings render it conspicuous. — R. McLachlamt, 

 Lewisham : Mh September, 1882. 



P.S.— In the same paper (p. 153) Herr Kiljander remarks concerning Myrmeleon 

 formicarius, L. (formicalynx, Burm.), " Forekommer i Skandinavien, England, och 

 Osterrike." The citation " England " is erroneous. No Myrmeleon occurs in the 

 British Isles. Othei'wise, the species in question is probably spread over the whole 

 of Europe, and through Siberia to North China and Japan. — R. McL. 



Garden-insects in 1882. — My out-door entomology this year having been re- 

 stricted to the x^recincts of the garden, I can corroborate, so far as the experience 

 within that area goes, the reports from the hunting grounds of the general dearth 



