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Neuroptera. 
Hemerobius quadrifasciatus. One; Lautaret, July 22nd—August 
5th 
Chrysopa vulgaris. Two; Lautaret, July 22nd—August dth. 
Panorpa germanica. One female; Bourg d’Oisans, August 
6th—21st. 
Trichoptera. 
Stenophylax latepennis. One; Bourg d’Oisans, August 6th—21st. 
*S. ucenorum. One male and two females; Lautaret, J uly 22nd— 
August dth. 
*Metanea chapmant. Three males and one female; Lautaret, July 
22nd-August 5th. This is a new species, and has been 
described by Mr. K. J. Morton (antea, p. 49), where details of 
structure are figured. 
Apatama fimbriata. One male; Lautaret, July 22nd—August 5th. 
*Sericostoma pedemontanum. One female; Lautaret, July 22nd- 
August oth. 
Berea pullata. One male; Lautaret, July 22nd-August 5th. 
*Rhyacophila albardana. One male and one female; Lautaret, 
July 22nd—August 5th. 
The species marked with an asterisk (*) do not belong to the 
British fauna. 
Kingston-on-Thames: February, 1914. 
NOTES ON THE METAMORPHOSIS OF PHASGONURA 
VIRIDISSIMA, L. ([OrtHoptera.] 
By Anprew B. Lvvont. 
On June 22nd of last year a female nymph of this species 
was obtained while sweeping some long grass in a field at 
Westcliff, Essex. Judging by its development after subsequent 
moults, it would appear to have been at about the second or 
third moult when captured, the ovipositor being about 8 mm. 
long, and the wings barely noticeable. It was placed in a cage 
together with an assortment of plants likely to be found in its 
natural haunts; such as various species of grass, dandelion, 
knapweed, bindweed, and one or two kinds of buttercup. The 
following day it was found to have been feeding freely on the 
common creeping buttercup (Ranunculus repens), an operation it 
apparently performed at night or in the early morning, as I 
never succeeded in observing it in the act. On visiting the 
locality later, from which this specimen was obtained, I found 
the above-mentioned plant growing in profusion, and, therefore, 
it seems highly probable that this is its food-plant in a state of 
nature. On June 25th it moulted, the ovipositor then measuring 
