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Lane, and Ches. Kecord.J H. stigma, Steph. : This early species 

 was taken on the wing iu the Oxshott district, Surrey, on March 

 11th (W. J. L.). Microw us jMf/d'ii'iis, Jjlnn. : G. T. Lyle sent me 

 one, which he found in grass near Cambridge on the evening of 

 June 6th. M. varicgatas, Fabr. : One was taken at Sudi)Uiy, in 

 Suffolk, on August 31st (B. S. Harwood). (1918) O. chrijsops : 

 One was taken on the wing at Blackwater, in the New Forest, on 

 July 30th, and another was seen in the same locality on x\ugust 

 7th. South had found the species plentiful in the Forest earlier 

 in the summer. South also took in the New Forest in June 

 H. nitidulns, one; H. stigma, several; and H. conciniiini, 

 Steph., one. 



Grei!;n Lacewings (1917). CJirijsopa flava, Scop. : For the 

 Lane, and Ches. Reeord a very poor specimen was sent for in- 

 spection in January, 1918, by W. R. Eastwood. An example was 

 taken from an oak fence at the Home Park, Hampton Court, 

 Middlesex, on June 3rd (W. J. L.). E. A. Atmore sent me a nice 

 specimen of C. dorsalis, Burm., taken on June 20th, one of the 

 only two he had taken so far in 1917- In his letter he said r 

 " Mr. B. Harwood tells me he has met with C. dorsalis in Suffolk 

 this year. It is a distinct and very pretty species, and a par- 

 ticularly active one on the wing. In, the latter respect its con- 

 trast to the slower-moving C. pcrla is great." NotJiochrgsa 

 capitata, Fabr. : One was taken in the New Forest on June 14th 

 (R. South), and three within three or four miles from Ring's 

 Lynn during the summer (E. A. Atmore). (1918) Two'C. septem- 

 punctafa, Wesm., were taken from a fence in Kingston-on- 

 Thames on the evening of May 2oth (W. J. L.) 



Scorpion-Flies (1917). For this season the tirst scorpion 

 fly seen was a male Panorpa germanica, Linn., which was taken 

 in Ermyn Street on May 26th. On the 9th of the following 

 month a number of Pnnorpas were seen between Martyr's Green 

 and Effingham Station, three netted all being females of P. 

 germanica. Another female of the same species was captured at 

 Hatchford on the same day. On June 17th a male P. germanica 

 was taken near Mickleham, and a femtsle P. communis, Linn., at 

 Norbury Park. On June 23rd Pauorpas were numerous between 

 Oxshott and Epsom Common. All examined appeared to be P. 

 germanica, and a male and a female of that species were taken 

 along the Oxshott-Leatherhead road. All these were in Surrey, 

 and were due to L. Balcomb or myself. 



On June 17th E. A. C. Stowell wrote saying that Panorpas 

 were abundant near Marlborough, in Wilts. On June 14th he 

 took at West Wood in that district, and sent to me, a female 

 Panorpa which bore a strong resemblance to the scarce P. cognata, 

 Eamb. A week or two later he sent me a similar female from 

 Marlborough. In July I received from him at last a male 

 resembling these, as well as a P. germanica and an undoubted 



