INSECTS 



ODONATA 



The only portion of the Neuroptera to which any attention has 

 been given is the Odonata, and they have only been collected casually, 

 and chiefly by Mr. R. C. Bradley. It is true that W. Harcourt Bath 

 collected here and wrote a Handbook to the British Dragonflies, but I 

 think it is safer to ignore his work entirely. The following short list 

 has been prepared for this work by Mr. Bradley. It must not be taken 

 as complete, although I should not look for many more species in this 

 county ; some however are found in the neighbouring counties which 

 may well occur in this. The nomenclature and order is according to 

 Lucas' British Dragon/lies. 



Sympetrum striolatum, Charp. Sutton Cold- Calopteryx virgo, L. Sutton (R. C. B.) 



field (R. C. B.) splendens, Harr. Stratford-on-Avon (A. H. 



Libellula depressa, L. Solihull (A. H. Martineau) 



Martineau), Sutton (C. J. W., A. D. Erythromma naias, Hansem. Sutton (R. C. B.) 



Imms) Pyrrhosoma nymphula, Sulz. 



Cordulegaster annulatus, Latr. Shirley (A. D. Ischnura elegans, Lind. 



Imms Agrion pulchellum, Lind. ,, 



QEschna juncea, L. Sutton (R. C. B.) puella, L. 



cyanea, Mtill. Enallagma cyathigerum, Charp. 



grandis, L. Sutton, Coleshill (R. C. B.) 



HYMENOPTERA 



Unfortunately this order has been little studied in Warwickshire, 

 some sections not at all, and the small amount of work that has been 

 done appears to have been confined to very limited areas. The follow- 

 ing list therefore is far from complete, and from a perusal it is evident 

 that many species are not recorded which undoubtedly must occur in 

 the county but of which no records appear to exist. 



It would be well perhaps to point out that the records to which 

 Rev. F. D. Morice's name is attached are taken from a list made at 

 Rugby regardless of county boundaries, and possibly therefore some may 

 have actually occurred in Leicestershire. 



The systems of classification followed are as follows : Aculeata, 

 Mr. E. Saunders, 1896 list; Chrysididas, Rev. F. D. Morice's Synopsis, 

 Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, June, 1900 ; and the Sawflies are 

 arranged according to Konow's views with synonyms in brackets which 

 refer to Cameron's monograph. 



The localities given without a name attached are my own. 



HYMENOPTERA ACULEATA 



HETEROGYNA Lasius flavus, De Geer. Generally common 

 Formica rufa, Linn. Sutton (Bradley), Hay in fields 



Wood, Knowle niger, Linn. Generally common 



fusca, Ltr. Generally common Plagiolepis flavidula, Rog. Edgbaston Botani- 

 Lasius fuliginosus, Ltr. Sutton (Bradley), cat Gardens ; evidently imported 



Solihull Ponera contracta, Latr. Sutton (Bradley) 



umbratus. Harborne (Harrison) Formicoxenus nitidulus, Nyl. Knowle (Ellis) 

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