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Saphidia cognata, Ramb., as a British insect. — In ray Monograpli of tlio 

 British Neuroptera-Planipennia (Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1868) it is stated that I 

 had seen only one British specimen, in the late Mr. G. R. Waterhouse's collection. 

 In the synonymy of the British species I had, by an oversight, omitted to cite 

 R. confinis, Steph. (Illust., Mandib., vi, p. 131, No. 6), and at the request of Mr. 

 Albarda have examined the specimens placed under this name in the Stephensian 

 collection ; they consist of cognata, 1 <J, and xanthostigma, Schummel, 1 ? . Under 

 R. affinis, Steph. {I. c, No. 4), I find maculicollis, Steph., 2 $ , cognata, Ramb., 2 ? , 

 and xanthostigma, Schummel, 1 ? . I have seen no recent British specimens of 

 cognata. The three species {cognata, xanthostigma, and macidicoUis) are likely to 

 be confused now, as then, in collections ; they differ widely in the anal parts of the 

 <? . There are also good characters in the neuration in both sexes : in cognata the 

 third apical vein in the anterior-wings is simple ; in maculicollis the third vein is also 

 simple, but the first arises directly from the pterostigma as a small curved rudiment ; 

 in xanthostigma, neither of these conditions obtains. The figures in my Monograph 

 of 1868 are accurate, and the differences are also noticed in the descriptions. — R. 

 McLachlan, Lewisham : October Uh, 1890. 



Phacopteryx brevipennis. Curt., at York. — Mr. Gr. C. Dennis, of York, kindly 

 pins for me such specimens of Trichoptera, &c., ae get into his net when he is 

 working for Lepidoptera ; a^id in a consignment he gave me at the beginning of this 

 year was a specimen of Phacopteryx brevipennis. The specimen was taken at York, 

 and most likely at Askham Bogs, during the previous autumn, but of this Mr. 

 Dennis is unable to say with certainty. Last evening, too, Mr. Alfred Beaumont, of 

 Lewisham, called here and showed me some insects he had a few days previously 

 picked out of another Lepidopterist's {Mr. Jackson) boxes at York, and among them 

 were two more Phacopteryx brevipennis ! These were also probably taken at 

 Askham Bogs, and during the past few weeks, as, I believe, Mr. Jackson gave me all 

 the Trichoptera he then had when I called upon him earlier in the season. The 

 fact of three specimens being thus casually taken by persons who had no knowledge 

 whatever as to the species, is fair evidence that the insect is not uncommon in the 

 York district. Another interesting species taken by Mr. Dennis near the river at 

 York in June last is Leptocerus nigro-nervosus. — GrEO. T. PoRRiTT, Huddersfield : 

 October Wh, 1890. 



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Christopher George Hall died at Dover on September 3rd. He was the son of 

 an East India Merchant, and was born in 1842. When we became first acquainted 

 with him, as a lad, he resided at Forest Hill, near London, with his parents, and had 

 then developed a decided taste for entomology. His mother was an accomplished 

 musician, and the son inherited her talents, and for some years turned them to 



