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"Cordulia'^ with yellow dorsal markings on the abdomen, which he 

 believed was O. Curtisii. A doubt as to whether this might not have 

 been Somatochlorajlnvomaculata, V. d. Lind., has always existed with 

 me. The latter is a species that certainly shouhl occur in Britain. 



Allusion should not be omitted concerning the somewhat notorious 

 "Lihelliila Sparshnlli, Dale, MS.," that found its way into the earlier 

 British lists. Curtis says, " Taken at Horning in 1823 by the late 

 Mr. J. Sparshall ; it is very similar to a Chinese species." This has 

 long been known to be identical with the nearly cosmopolitan Pantala 

 flavescens, F. (with a multitude of synonyms). If any i-eliance what- 

 ever could be placed upon the supposed origin of the example, another 

 species could be added to the European list (only about 102 species), 

 for Europe is the only quarter of the globe in which P.Jiavescens has 

 not been noticed. Its occurrence in Britain would be extraordinary, 

 but that it may occasionally extend (as a "casual") to the south of 

 Europe seems not at all impossible, when we consider its distribution 

 in Africa and Asia. 



England possesses two Dragon-flies {Oxygastra Cm'tisii and 

 Pyrrhosoma tenellum) that are of South European distribution, and 

 which should not occur. On the other hand, if we compare our 

 list with that of the species found in Belgium, Holland, and Scandi- 

 navia, there are several th.?it slwuld occur, not as "casuals," but as 

 residents. No one seems able to find these, and at present the British 

 Dragon-flies ap})ear likely to go the way of the British Butterflies — 

 on a descending scale. 



Lewisham, London : 



2Qth January, 188-4 



Additions to the entomology of the Isle of Harris. — In the Ent. Mo. Mag., vol. 

 xix, p. 237, I gave you a list of the insects taken by me in the Isle of Harris. To 

 these I may add the following, taken by myself on July 29th, on my way from St. 

 Kilda : — Satyrus Janira, of this species I took a remarkable female, -with the fulvous 

 band continued across the hind-wings : the males have darker under-sides than 

 usual ; Lyccena Alexis, of usual type ; Noctua xanthographa, dark ; Boarmia repand- 

 ata,var. ; Melanippe Jluctuata, dark ; Hypsipetes elutata, small and dark, as are most 

 of the following : Larentia coisiata and pectinitaria ; Emmelesia albulata and blaitdi- 

 ata ; Camptog^-anima bilineata ; Melanthia ocellata ; Anaitis plagiata ; Scopula fits- 

 calis ; Eudorea atomalis ; Plutella annulate lla ; Haimatopota pluvialis ; Tetanocera 

 umhrarum, ; Halictus villosulus ; Creophilus tnaxillosus, var. ciliaris ; Sisyra fuscata ; 

 Psychoniyia phoeopa. ; Cyrmis trimaculatus ; Hydroptila sparsa; Bercea pullata ; 

 Wormaldia occipitalis ; Leptocerus bifasciatus ; Limnophilus extricatus and luridus. 

 I must not forget to mention, it was a fine, bright, and beautiful day, very different 

 to the usual Scotch weathei'. — C. W. Dale, Ghiiivillcs Wootton : February \st, 1884. 



