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ally from the darkest from Goldthwaite, at flowers of Xanthisma. 

 The wings, hairy thorax, &c., are the same. 



Hah. Ennis, Texas, Sept. 27th, 1905 ; taken by F. C. Bishopp 

 at flowers of Sidcranthiis ruhiginosus — seven specimens. Also two 

 taken by J. C. Crawford at Handley, Texas, Aug. 3rd, 1905, at 

 flowers of Isopappus divaricatus. 



Floicers visited by Perdita. 



I have just received from Mr. Crawford the names of some of 

 the flowers upon which the Texas species of Perdita were caught. 

 The flowers were identified at the Department of Agriculture in 

 Washington. 



Perdita hishoppi and P. camharella were at flowers of Hetero- 

 theca subaxillaris. P. camharella is evidently close to P. mellina, 

 which visits the Heterotheca in Arizona. The ornamentation of 

 the male abdomen is practically the same in both, but the face- 

 marks differ conspicuously. 



P.jonesi was taken at flowers of Monarda citriodora ; but P. 

 jonesi, var. a, was from Petalostemon imdtiflorus. 



At Barstow, Texas, July 22nd, Mr. Crawford took a variety of 

 Perdita verbesince at flowers of Verbesina encelioides. 



Boulder, Colorado : April 30th, 1906. 



NEUROPTERA TAKEN IN FRANCE BY DR. T. A. 

 CHAPMAN IN 1905 AND 1906. 



By W. J. Lucas, B.A., F.E.S. 



Dr. Chapman has given to me two small collections of 

 Neuroptera, taken casually in France in July-August, 1905, 

 and April-May, 1906, which contain the following insects : — 



Lautaret, Hautes-Alpes, August Ist-lOth, 1905. — .^schna juncea, 

 one male, two females (dragonfly) ; ■■'Dictyopteri/x alpina, one (Perlid) ; 

 Hemerobius quadrifasciatus (brown lace wing). 



Lakche, Basses-Alpes, July 21st-30tb, 1905. — '■^'■Rhijacophila vul- 

 garis, four males ; ■•'Drusus discolor, one female ; ■■'Potamorites biyuttatus, 

 one male (caddis-flies). 



Hyeres, April 2nd-18th, IdOQ. —"^'Sympi/cna fusca, four males, 

 three females ; ■■'Orthetrum brunneum, one teneral male; Brachijtron 

 pratense, two males ; Si/mpetnun striolatum, three males, one female, 

 all teneral (dragouflies), 



Gapeau, April 14th, IdOG.—Tinodes icaneri, thirteen (caddis-fly). 



S. Maxime, April 20fch-May 10th, 1906.— Pi/nhosoma numphxda,- 

 one male (dragonfly) ; Xemoura varieijata, two (Perlid) ; Mesophylaa; 

 aspersiis, one (caddis-fly). 



