﻿BRITISH NEUROPTERA IN 1914. 18l 



was sometl)ing wrong; but I had never before seen a 'fly' with a 

 moth-pattern on its wings. Previously I had looked upon Neuro- 

 ptera with a sort of benevolent neutrality only. When alive, it 

 sat with its wings like a very steep roof, after the manner of the 

 caddis-flies." The insect was exhibited by me at the meeting of 

 the Entomological Society on December 2nd, 1914, when Messrs. 

 H. J. Turner and 0. E. Jansoa told me that they each possessed 

 a specimen ; but that belonging to the former is without data, 

 while Mr. Janson is not at the present time able to put his hand 

 upon the latter.* 



Writing the next day, Mr. E. A. Butler said :— " As far as I 

 know, this is the second specimen from the Hastings district. 

 The first was one that I took when a boy, somewliere about the 



Diepdnepteryr phalcpnoides, Linn, (x o). W. J. Lucas photo 

 (The head is a little damaged.) 



late 'fifties' or early 'sixties' at Hastings. Of course 1 did not 

 know what it was when I took it, and it was some years before 

 I found out; the name of it. About thirty years ago I shewed 

 Mr. McLachlan'all that was left of the specimen — tlie right fore 

 wing — and he confirmed the identification of the insect. Even 

 this relic seems to have now disappeared, as I cannot find it 

 anywhere. I am sorry to be unable to give the exact date of the 

 capture." In the Ent. Mo. Mag. vol. xxi. pp. 54 ctsqq, Mr. K. J. 

 Morton has collected much information with regard to this insect 

 and its occurrence in Britain. 

 Kingston-on-Thames, July, 1914. 



'■'•'■ I hear now t'nat this specimen of D. phalcenoides, believed to be un- 

 recorded, was given by Mr. Janson to Mr. C. A. Briggs. It is labelled : — 

 '•From the cabinet of F. Walker, Lanarkshire." It is mounted on a ratlier 

 heavy pin, and is in poor condition. 



