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{= aspersa, Wesm.), active for a Chrysopa, was taken by the sida 

 of Oberwater in the New Forest on 1 Aug. Of C. vulgaris, Sch. 

 one was beaten from oak, on 30 Aug., by the side of Highland 

 Water in the New Forest. On 7 June a C. sejjtemjnmctata, 

 Weam. was taken from a fence in Fassett Koad, Kingston-on- 

 Thames, and another, apparently of the same species was found 

 flying in the same road, but so teneral that the spots were not 

 fully developed. C. perla, Linn, was met with at Boxhill on 31 

 May. A number of the same species were noticed on nettles in 

 Princes' Coverts near Oxshott on 28 June, while rather large 

 Lady-bird larvpe and pupae were seen on the same bed of nettles 

 — apparently some prey to their liking were attractive to both. 

 Nothochrysa capitata, Fabr. was taken in the Selby District of 

 Yorkshire (Fordham) — a not uncommon insect in the county. 



Scorpion flies {Panorpida) . Panorpas of the two common 

 species were frequently seen in 1919. Though in several cases 

 but one insect is mentioned, often others were seen, a specimen 

 being taken as a samj)le. The first of the season was a male 

 P. communis, Linn., taken near Horsley on 25 May; a male was 

 secured near Leatherhead on 7 June ; a male near Claygate on 

 10 June ; a female at Effingham Common on 14 June ; near 

 Boldermere on 21 June, the occasion being an excursion of the 

 S. London Society. All these were in Surrey. A male was 

 secured in good condition by Blackwater in the New Forest on 

 30 July, while the same species was taken higher up the river on 

 1 Aug. G. T. Lyle captured a female at Gog Magog Hills on 

 3 Aug. My last capture was made at Ehinefield in the New 

 Forest on 31 August. I first met with P. fjermanica, Linn., a 

 male and a female the latter being teneral at Boxhill on 31 May ; 

 a female was taken near Claygate on 10 June ; a female on 

 Effingham Common on 14 June ; near Boldermere on 21 June ; 

 and at Dames Slough in the New Forest on 1 August. 



In connection with the var. unifasciata of P. communis, which 

 I described in 'Entom.,' 1919, p. 58, M. Lestage calls my 

 attention to the fact that Klapalek had already used the term for 

 a form of P. communis. It was not unifasciate by any means, 

 while the Marlborough examples were. The variety, however, 

 turns out to be one of the forms of Lacroix' var. aperta ; so a 

 new name is not necessary. 



Kingston-on-Thames, 

 19 Aug. 1920. 



NEW AND KAEE BRITISH ALEUEODID.E. 



By J. W. Heslop Harrison, D.Sc. 



As usual, during the present season, my friend Bagnall and 

 myself have devoted our leisure time to increasing our know- 

 ledge of the British Zoocecidia — a pursuit, fortunately enough, 



