96 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



PterocUla pedicularia, L. — Nottingham, common on windows and 

 tables in my study, August 15th to 30th, 1913 ; also noticed, less 

 commonly, throughout September. 



Ectopsocus hriggsi, McLach. — Widmerpool, on oak, August 18th, 

 1913. 



CcBcilius flavidus, Steph.— West Leake Hills, abundant on oak, 

 ash, and beech, August 10th, 1912, August 15th-21st, 1913 ; East 

 Leake, August 11th, 1912 ; Edwinstowe, Sherwood Forest, August 

 30th, 1912 ; Thorney, August, 1913 ; Widmerpool, on oak, birch, 

 and Salix, August 18th, 1913 ; North Collingham, on ash, August 

 25th, 1913. 



G. burmeisteri, Brauer. — Thorney, August 15th-19th, 1913 (L. A. 

 Carr). 



Hyperetes guestfaliciis, Kolbe. — Among papers in room at Univer- 

 sity College, Nottingham, December 13th, 1912. 



Troctes divinatorius, Miill. — Also among papers in same room as 

 last species, February 10th, 1913. 



SYMPETRUM MERIDIONALE, Selys, AND OTHEE 

 ODONATA. 



By C. W. Bracken, B.A., F.E.S. 



A few cases of insects formerly belonging to the veteran 

 entomologist, Mr. G. C. Bignell, of Saltash, near Plymouth, 

 came into my possession after bis death. Among them was a 

 store-box of Neuroptera {sensu lato), collected by the Eev. T. A. 

 Marshall, of Botus-Fleming, Cornwall, who died in 1903. On 

 going through this recently I found a Si/mpetrum labelled vidga- 

 tuni, Swanage, no date. As there were no striolatum in the box, 

 I concluded that Marshall either intended it for the latter species, 

 using the older name, or that he had really taken vidgatum, a 

 rare occurrence. I sent the insect to Mr. W. J. Lucas, who is 

 of opinion that it is neither vidgatum nor striolatum but 

 meridionale. If so, the specimen is of considerable interest, 

 since Mr. Lucas, in his * British Dragonflies,' says : " The claim 

 of this insect to a position on the British list rests on two 

 females of old date." Most of Marshall's specimens were 

 Corsican, but there were several others from Swanage, including 

 some fine Orthetrum cancellatum. It may be worth mentioning 

 that one of the Corsican 0. ccerulescens has the left anterior 

 wing much abbreviated. The right wing is 28 mm. long, the 

 left only 20 mm., the pterostigma being about the same distance 

 from the body on each side. 

 Plymouth. 



