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Capture of rare species of Neivroptera-planipennia. — The following notes of 

 captures of Neuroptera may prove of interest. 



Hemerobius pini, Steph. I obtained a single specimen of this rare insect from 

 a spruce fir at " Redlands," Leith Hill, Surrey, on the 6th June last. 



H. inconspicuus, McL. I have again met with this species in Addington Park, 

 Surrey. I captured two examples on the 26th June by beating Pinus sylvestris. 

 This species would appear, therefore, to frequent the Scotch fir as well as furze 

 {TJlex). See my note on this species in vol. v of this magagine, p. 125. 



H. concinnus, St. At the same time and place as the last-named species, I 

 captured nine specimens of this local insect, all being beaten from Pinus sylvestris. 

 It does not appear to continue out long, as a fortnight later I visited the same spot 

 and only obtained one more. 



Nothochrysa capitata, Fab. This summer I have met with this rarity for the 

 first time during the eight years that I have collected the Neuroptera. I took one 

 specimen in Addington Park, at the end of June, by beating Scotch fir. When 

 flyihg, it has a very glittering appearance. 



Chrysopa flavifrons, Brauer. I was staying at Southwold, on the Suffolk coast, 

 in August, and near there T obtained two specimens of this rather scarce species 

 by beating oaks. I saw others at the time, but did not take them. 



Chrysopa tenella, Schn. — I have again met with this species. I captured two 

 specimens at Hampstead at the end of June, and one specimen at Black Park, 

 Bucks, on the 26th June. 



Chrysopa aspersa, Wesmael. Mr. McLachlan says in his " Monograph of the 

 British Neuroptera-planipennia," that this species frequents woods. I have noticed, 

 however, that it appears to prefer heath-lands which are planted with firs, and it 

 has a habit of flying in the early dusk over the heather. It also, as far as my 

 experience goes, appears about three weeks later than C. ventralis, which species 

 I have always found in June in woods, and generally by beating oaks. — Percy C. 

 Wormald, 35, Bolton Road, St. John's Wood, 13th September, 1869. 



The date of publication of Buhner's Works. — Not the least of the difficulties of 

 the systematic Entomologist arises from the almost total impossibility of ascertain- 

 ing the dates of various foreign works originally published in parts, so as to fix the 

 priority of the synonyms of species described or figured in them with any degree 

 of certainty. Hiibner's works are peculiarly difficult in this respect. 



The dates given for Hiibner's European Lepidoptera are as follow : 



1793 —1840 Herrich-Schaffer. 



1796?— 1835? Staudinger. 



1805 — 1824 Hagen. 



Hagen says that figs. 637 — 693 of vol. i, were published in 1824, thus implying 

 that the subsequent plates were of later date ; but Hiibner quotes figs. 639, 640 

 in his own " Verzeichniss " (1816), so that the plates in question must either have 

 been issued previously, or Hiibner must have quoted plates that were not published 

 for eight years afterwards. The text was apparently commenced in 1805. 



The dates for Hiibner's Exot. Lepidoptera are, — 



1793 — 1840 Herrich-Schaffer. 



1806—1824 Hagen. 



