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Micromus angulatus (Steph.) {M. aphiditorus Schr. ?). 



MrS'STEE. Ledcstee. 



M. — Kerry (Deenagh Eiver). TVexford (Conrtown, Enniseorthy, 

 Beaumont, Entom. Monthly Mag.,xsix., p. 263). 



Distribution. — Great Britain (rare, though widely distributed, extending 

 into the south of Scotland, Kircudbright;. 



Europe ranging to arctic Xorway ; Siberia ; Madeira ; Xorth America 

 (Colorado; Canada). 



*P8ectra diptera Burm. 



LsrssTES. 



L.— Wexford (banks of the River Slaney near Wexford, July, 1900, 

 HaJbert). 



In the summer of 1900 one of us had the good fortune to find two 

 examples of this little-known insect during a collecting tour in county 

 Wexford. Unfortunately the great rarity of the insect was unsuspected at 

 the time of capture, else more specimens might have been obtained, and 

 more exact details of its occurrence noted. It is certain, however, that the 

 insects were beaten from amongst bushes, including some hazel and alder, 

 bordering the south bank of the River Slauey, a few miles to the north of the 

 town of Wexford, during the month of July. Psidra diptera is remarkable 

 for its small size, the rudimentary condition of the second pair of wings in 

 the male, and also for its extreme rarity. Nothing appears to be known 

 concerning its life-history. 



The first recorded British specimen was found on a hazel bush in Breagh 

 Wood, Somersetshire, by J. C. Dale, as long ago as 1843, and apparently 

 there have been no subsequent captures of the species in England. The 

 insect has, however, been recently discovered by Mr. B. McGowan, on the 

 banks of the Xith in Dumfriesshire {Entom. Monthly Mag., (2) xiv., (39), 

 p. 14, 1903). 



Distribution. — Psectra diptera seems to be generally rare, yet it is widely 

 spread in the Palaearctic r^on, occurring in Finland ; Sweden ; Russia , 

 Germany; Holland; Italy; and in Siberia (Irkutzk). It has also been 

 found in North America .'New York ; Michigan ; New Hampshire ; N. 

 Illinois), where, according to Banks (1905), it is apparently of more common 

 occurrence than in Europe. 



CHEYSOPIDAE. 

 Chrysopa vittata Wesm. 



COKNAUGHT. LkISSTEE. ULSTEB. 



C. — Roscommon ^Yew Point). L. — Wicklow (Altidorel. Westmeath 



