-84 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



NEUBOPTEEA IN DOBSET. 

 By F. H. Haines, M.E.C.S., L.E.C.P. 



During the last few seasons the following species of 

 Neuroptera have been met with by me in the Wareham district. 

 The list is not rich, but it may have some interest : Sialis lutaria, 

 Linn., abundant on all rivers and suitable ponds, chiefly in May, 

 bat also much earlier and later. I have never detected S. fuli- 

 ginosa, Pict., here : Dale calls it abundant at Glanvilles Wootton. 

 Raphidia maculicollis, Steph., at Morden, Moreton and Upper 

 Bockhampton in June. Dale records R. xanthostigma, Schum., 

 from Glanvilles Wootton, and R. notata, Fab., from Middlemarsh. 

 [I may mention, incidentally, that several years ago, the rare 

 R. cognata, Eamb., used to be quite common in a copse near the 

 river Eden, at Hever, in Kent, frequenting brushwood in June. 

 It was so active as to be difficult to catch without a net.] 

 Osmylus chrysops, Linn., is very uncommon ; Sisyrafuscata, Fab., 

 common near East Stoke mill and Morden lake from May to 

 July ; Hemerobius micans, Oliv., East Stoke in July, Morden in 

 September; H. nitidulus, Fab., Moreton in May; H. humuli, 

 Linn., very common and wide-spread throughout the year; 

 H. lutescens, Fab., Morden, Bloxworth and Coombe Wood in 

 May and June ; H. marginatum, Steph., at East Stoke in July ; 

 H. subnebulosus, Steph., at Winfrith in gardens, West Lulworth, 

 etc., from May to September ; H. stigma, Steph., East Lulworth, 

 Morden, Moreton, etc., from May to September ; H. concinnus, 

 Steph., one specimen in West Knighton Wood, June 13th, 1919, 

 H. quadrifasciatus, Eeuter (?), one specimen at Bloxworth, June 

 11th, 1919. Micromus paganus, Linn., Coombe Wood, Wood 

 Street, Winfrith gardens and Upper Bockhampton, May to July. 



Dale has recorded from Glanvilles Wootton S.dalii, McLach., 

 H. nervosus, Fab., H. atrifrons, McLach., H. pini, Steph., H. 

 pellucidus, Walk., Micromus variegatus, Fab., and M. angidatus, 

 Steph. 



I have taken Chrysopa vittata, Wesm., in the Wood Street 

 woods in June ; C. flava, Scop., at East Chaldon in June ; 

 €'. alba, Linn., at Coombe Wood, Upper Bockhampton, Yellow- 

 ham Wood, and West Knighton Wood from June to August ; 

 €. flavifrons, Brauer, at Tadnoll and Moreton in July ; C. tenella, 

 Sen. (?), in the Wood Street Woods in June; G. vulgaris, Sen., 

 is distributed very commonly in the area during the whole year ; 

 the condition, carnea, is very frequent throughout the winter, 

 specimens often coming to light. C. prasina, Eamb., Morden, 

 East Stoke and West Knighton woods in June and July; C. 

 ventralis, Curt., Morden, Holme, Upper Bockhampton and 

 Yellowham Wood in June and July; C. abbreviata, Curt., 



