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Deleaster dichrous at Shirley and Norwood. — On the 29th of last month I took 

 a specimen of Deleaster as it was flying along at dusk across the road leading from 

 Woodside Station to Shirley Common, This evening I have met with a second ex- 

 ample running upon the pavement adjoining the Crystal Palace. My only previous 

 capture of the insect was on April I7th, 1880, an unusually early date of appearance. 

 —Id. 



Qerris rufoscutellata, Latr., near Norwich. — A dead ? specimen of a Oerris, 

 which agrees in every respect with the description of this species at p. 270 of Vol. 

 IV of this Magazine, and also that in Mr. Saunders' " Synopsis," was found by my 

 friend Mr. H. J. Thouless, floating on the surface of a pond on Mousehold Heath 

 near here, on the 15th March last. The occurrence of this example is somewhat in- 

 teresting, since it settles, beyond question, the claim of the species to a place in the 

 British list. It is either very rare or peculiar in its habits, for the heath in question has 

 been so very closely worked for Hemiptera for some years past, that it is almost 

 impossible that so large and conspicuous an insect could otherwise have escaped 

 detection. — James Edwaeds, 136, Kupert Street, Norwich : IQth May, 1884. 



\_Vide Ent. Mo. Mag., xvi, p. 175, and xvii, p. 278. — Eds.] 



Great abundance of Chrysopa vulgaris at Lowestoft. — When at Lowestoft last 

 July I was greatly struck with the number of Chrysopa vulgaris which swarmed on 

 the sand-hills, in such numbers that a couple of sweeps with a net would often pro- 

 duce ten or a dozen, while in the streets at the other end of the town there were 

 generally six or eight on each lamp by 10 p.m. I did not notice any abundance of 

 Aphides to account for this. — W. C. Boyd, Cheshunt : May 12th, 1884. 



Sympetrum Fonscolombii at Deal. — In the summer of 1881 I captured a 

 dragon-fly in the district lying between the marshes and the sandhills at Deal, 

 which was quite unknown to me. Upon referring to Dr. Hagen's Synopsis of 

 the British Dragon-flies in the Entomologist's Annual for 1857, I found it agreed 

 with the description of ^. Fonscolombii, Selys, a very rare species, of which Dr. 

 Hagen remarks, " Habitat near London (a single ? in the collection of the British 

 Museum, formerly in that of Mr. Stephens)." Under that name it has remained in 

 my collection, but I deferred publishing the capture until it had been verified by 

 some authority. Mr. McLachlan's Annotated List in the April No. of this Magazine 

 (Ent. Mo. Mag., xx, 251) at once reminded me of my neglected rarity, and I sub- 

 mitted the specimen to him ; he has very kindly examined it, and returned it to me 

 as a veritable S. Fonscolombii. — C. G-. Hall, 3, G-ranville Eoad, Deal : May 3rd, 

 1884. 



[This is the third British example known to me ; it is a (^ , not very adult. — 

 R. McL.] 



Sympetrum meridionale. — At the sale of the late Mr. "Wailes' collection this 

 day, I saw the example of S meridionale alluded to in my " British Dragon-flies 

 annotated," in April last {cf Ent. Mo. Mag., xx, p. 253). It is truly this species, and 



