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stages of an internal, presumably, cocoon- spinning parasite is 

 afforded, and Mr. Claude Morley, who kindly determined my 

 insects, has pointed out that as a British species M. 2^alust7-is 

 has up to now only been represented by a single known female 

 in the British Museum, captured by the late Eev. T. A. Marshall 

 at Bugbrooke, Northants. 



It would probably be found not uncommonly in the gardens 

 of Heme Hill and district, about the rose trees infested with the 

 host, as five females were taken in addition to the male that was 

 bred, and one female in August, 1909. 



I might mention that on July 28th imagines of Emphytus 

 ductus of the second brood began to fly, so that by the time 

 the parasites of the other sex — which would most probably appear 

 in the open about the same time as the bred male emerged — were 

 ready for oviposition there would be, no doubt, a stock of larvae 

 in readiness. 



A SYNONYMIC LIST OF THE PANORPID^ OF JAPAN, 

 WITH CORRECTIONS TO MY FORMER PAPER,* 

 AND DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES. 



By T. Miyake. 



Japan is very rich in scorpion flies. Until now, more than 

 forty species have been described. Navas' papers and mine are 

 perhaps the latest on the subject, and they were issued almost 

 at the same time. Each of us has published twice, and each 

 time mine appeared two or three months later than his. I have 

 no intention of protesting against law of priority as applied to 

 zoological nomenclature, and there is not the least question that 

 Navas' names should be adopted ; but I must say that both of 

 my papers were respectively ready for print over one year before 

 they were issued, though their publication was delayed by cir- 

 cumstances which it is not necessary to detail here. This 

 explains why the same species were described by me under 

 names which are now to be relegated to the list of synonyms. 

 The hrachypennis of my first paper is a synonym of his nippon- 

 ensis, as I mentioned in my second paper, and Mr. Navas in his. 

 Again, in the last paper of Mr. Navas, some species are described 

 which appear to stand very close to some of the species of my 

 second paper, as, e. g., Panorpa ncevia, Navas, to Panorpodes 

 apicalis, Miyake, and Panorpa limhata, Navas, to Panorpodes 

 singularis, Miyake. Of these, the last-mentioned species, though 

 very closely allied, still appear to me distinct, unless further 

 facts be brought to light, as there are a number of species of our 

 Panorpidse which are recognized as distinct just by such degrees 



- "A Further Contribution towards the Knowledge of the Panorpidae of 

 Japan," ' Journ. Coll. Agr. Imp. Univ. Tokyo,' vol. ii. No. 3 (1910). 



