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212 HE ENTOMOLOGIST. — A Og oe a 
NOTES ON BRITISH NEUROPTERA IN 1920. 
By W. J. Lucas, B.A., F.E.S. 
Auprr-Fuies.—Sialis lutaria, Linn. was taken in the New 
Forest on 11 and 21 May (Lucas). 8S. fuliginosa, Pict., which 
is usually considered to be somewhat later than its congener, was 
taken there on 13 May, and on 24 May was not infrequent in 
Dames Slough Inclosure. Both species occur together at Black- 
water in the New Forest; in Yorkshire, however, S. fultginosa 
occurs about rapid streams, whereas S. lutaria favours ponds and 
slow-flowing rivers (Porritt). S. fuliginosa was taken at 
- Camberley in Surrey on 6 June (Green). 
Snake-Fires.—At Esher Common, Surrey on 7 August a 
larva of Raphidia (probably R. maculicollis, Steph.) was found 
some five or six feet above the ground, under the bark of a dead 
but standing Scotch Fir, on which the bark was dry. The larva, 
therefore, does not require a damp situation. If the species was | 
maculicollis it must by appearance have been full grown or 
nearly so. 
Brown Lacze-Wines.—On 21 May I captured two examples 
of Osmylus chrysops, Linn. at Blackwater in Dames Slough 
Inclosure, while on 24 May this insect was very frequent at 
Blackwater in the same inclosure. Sometimes the wings were 
glossy, so presumably they had but recently emerged. This 
species, although far the largest of our Hemerobiids, has but a 
feeble flight, not long sustained. On tapping a bush (Rose if I 
recollect rightly) overhanging the stream quite a number would 
take to flight; but they quickly settled down again close by. At 
rest they carry their wings after the manner of Hemerobius. They 
have quite the appearance of an ant-lion, resembling Palpares 
libelluloides, Linn. in miniature. My last sight of the species 
was on 4 July, at Hurst Hill, also in the New Forest. C. L. 
Withycombe took one on 24 May at Sevenoaks and several 
others at a later date. Hemerobius elegans, Steph. was taken at 
Epping Forest—six on 21 July and two on 20 August (Withy- 
combe). Of H. micans, Oliv., one was captured on the wing 
in poor weather at Dunley Hill, Surrey, on 6 June (Lucas) ; 
K. E..Green took it on 7 May at Camberley and a small female 
example in very teneral condition was taken in the New Forest 
on 28 August. It had a ruddy head with black eyes, pale 
yellow thorax, and very pale abdomen with black appendages 
(Lucas). H. humuli, Linn. was met with on 5 Juneat Harpenden, 
Herts, and on 7 May at Camberley (Green). H. subnebulosus, 
Steph. was found at Camberley on 8 May and 8 June (Green) ; 
H. stigma, Steph. in the same locality on 11, 12, and 19 July 
(Green); and H. quadrifasciatus, Reuter, there also on 31 May 
(Green). In the Epping Forest District Withycombe took H. 
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