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in crowds over furze bushes by the banks at Iford. I have found it 

 on the flowers of Umbellif erae, so that evidently, as with S. permistus, 

 which comes to sugar, and L. bipunctatus, which comes to ivy- 

 blossom, the mouth apparatus is not entirely atrophied. The species 

 of Beraea occur in the various backwaters and ramifications of the 

 Frome, where the water is slow, shallow and full of plant-growth, 

 particularly in spring and early summer. I have taken, especially 

 in May, Beraea pullata, Curt., at Iford and Tadnoll, maurus, Curt., 

 on Winfrith Heath, and articularis, Pict., at Tadnoll, to quote but 

 a few localities for these insects. Beraeodes minuta, Linn., occurs 

 at Morden in May. Molanna angustata, Curt., is common at Tadnoll 

 and Morden in May and early June, and may be taken resting by 

 day like a Crambite, but with the legs out sideways, on the walls of 

 the open boat-house by Morden lake, as well as at the roots and on 

 the stems of reeds, rushes and flags, where they stand thickly by the 

 water. Odontocerum albicorne, Scop., is not common. I have taken 

 it by the Puddle at Culeaze on herbage. Leptocerus aterrimus, Steph., 

 is very common on the pond at Morden Park in June. L. cinereus, 

 Curt., is abundant in July on the Frome and its branches at East 

 Stoke, Moreton and Tincleton. It often flies in large clusters just 

 above the water in the quiet of the evening. L. albifrons, Linn., 

 occurs freely by beating the trees just below the mill at East Stoke 

 in July and August, as does, more rarely, L. dissimilis, Steph. 

 Mystacides azurea, Linn., is abundant on backwaters and ponds, 

 with a current through them, as at Morden and East Lulworth, 

 from May to August. M . longicornis, Linn., is common round Morden 

 Park Lake in May and June. Triaenodes conspersa, Ramb., is not 

 uncommon at East Stoke mill, Holme Bridge and Moreton in July 

 and August. T. bicolor, Curt., a pond species, occurs at Morden 

 Park in July, as does Adicella reducta, McLach., a water-fall species, 

 in June. Oecetis ochracea, Curt., is very common amongst the rushes 

 round the large pond on Morden Heath from June to September, 

 flying fairly fast, if awkwardly, over it of an evening. I find 0. 

 testacea, Curt., chiefly near East Stoke mill on the mill-stream, 

 also at Tadnoll in July and August. Hydroptilidae are apt to come 

 to light in multitudes, and by day they may be found running 

 over bridge parapets, lichen-covered stones, and similar objects 

 near water with quick alertness. Hydroptila sparsa, Curt., occurs 

 very commonly on the Puddle at Culeaze, at Tadnoll, and on the 

 Frome at Bockhampton in May and June. H. maclachlani, Klap., 

 is found freely on the Frome Bridge at Bockhampton. H. forcipata, 

 Eaton, is found at Tadnoll and Morden in May and June. Ortho- 

 trichia angustella, McLach., occurs at Tadnoll in April. Oxyethira 

 costalis, Curt., is exceedingly abundant at the Morden Park lake. 

 0. tristella, Klap., is found at Tadnoll in May, and O.falcata, Morton, 

 in the Winfrith neighbourhood. Hydropsyche peUucidxda, Curt., 



