1872] 99 



SlTOPHAOUS SOLIEBI, Mills. 



I have no doubt that this is identical with the Sypogena compla- 

 nata of Dej. Cat. p. 220 ; and it is more than probable that the 

 Adelina f armaria of WoUaston is also the same species. 



Odontopus phtsodes and aspeeatus, Pascoe, Ann. Mag. of Nat. Hist., 

 1871, p. 355. 

 Both these species belong to Dr. Miiklin's genus Aspidosternum, 

 a genus of Strongyliides. The O. pJ/i/sodes I more than suspect to be 

 the same thing as the Lngria cerugiiiea of Gerstacker, Peters' E-eise, 

 18G2, p. 295, t. 17, flg. 9. 



Odontopus speciosus, Pascoe, I. c, p. 356, note, = Aspidosternum 



cganewn, Maklin. 



ScoTJEUS, Hope, and Euctetus, Pascoe. 



Gemminger and v. Harold, in their Catalogue, have sunk the 

 latter genus under the former, although the two are as distinct as 

 well can be. It is difficult to conceive on what grounds these authors 

 have, in this and a multitude of other cases, proceeded ; it looks very 

 like mere guess-work. 



Adelium teiste, Montrouz. 



Is a species of Arcothymus, Pascoe. 



Steongylium ^]srEUM and Mulsanti, Montrouz. 



These will form a new genus very closely related to Tltcena, 

 Erichs. ; they have no relation with Strongylium. 



Steongtlium vieidipenne, Montrouz. 



Is very near to, if not identical with, Charlothvca, Pascoe. 



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 September 1th, 1872. 



INSTEUCTIONS FOR THE COLLECTIOlSr AND PRESERVATION OF 

 NEUROPTEROUS INSECTS. 



BY EOBEET m'lACHLAN, F.L.S. 



The best aid and incentive to the study of any group of natural 

 objects is the possession of a well-ordered collection, and any hints 

 tendering to further this acquisition cannot but be of service. Taking 

 this for granted, I propose to give here general instructions to those 

 eiitomologists — few though they be — who turn their attention to that 

 hctero<fcueous ussemblatrc of insects known as the Liimeau order 



