78 Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. 



*Chrysopa vulgaris Schneider. 



Leiksteu. 



L — Wexford (near Wexford, King). Dublin (Howth, King). Westmeath 

 (Athlone, King). " Ireland " [Halidaij collection). 



This common British species has not been previously recorded from 

 Ireland. 



Distribution. — Europe and the Atlantic Islands; Asia Minor; Turkestan; 

 &c. Keferring to the occurrence of Clirysopa vulgaris in Madeira, the 

 Canaries, and St. Helena, Mr. McLachlan points out that it is rather liable to 

 introduction into new localities during the larval stage. In Great Britain it 

 is found from the south of England to the Shetlands, though possibly 

 introduced in the latter place. 



'Chrysopa prasina Ramb. (C. aspersa Wesmael). 



Monster. Leinsteh. 



M.— Cork (Glandore, Halhert). L. — Wexford (Eosslare, King). West- 

 meath (Athlone, King). 



Distribution. — Great Britain (generally common in the south ; Yorkshire; 

 North Wales. Not recorded from Scotland). Widespread in Europe. 



•Chrysopa ventralis Curtis. 

 Leinstkb. Ulster, 



L. — Wexford (Killurin, King). U. — Monaghan (Emyvale, Morton). 

 DislribiUion. — Great Britain (south of England to Yorkshire at least). 

 Northern and central Europe. Siberia. 



•Chrysopa abbreviata Curtis (C. immaculata Steph.). 



LEtNSTEB. 



L.— Dublin (" Chrt/sopa ahbreviata = immaculatus, St. Portmarnock," 

 Haliday MS.) 



This species appears to have been well known to Haliday, and it is recorded 

 as above in his MS. catalogue of Irish insects. In a paper which he published 

 iu 1857 we find the following note : — " On the sand-hills (Portmarnock) 

 themselves Chrysopa abbreviata was more common than I had ever before 

 found it ; and along with it, the freckled, sandy -coloured, stout larva, which 

 doubtless feeds chiefly on the Aphides that abound on the sea-reeds " 

 {Nat. Hist. Review, iv., p. 35). The identification of one of Haliday's 

 specimens, preserved in the Irish National Museum, has been verified as 

 correct by Mr. K. J. Morton. 



Distribution — Great Britain (little is known of the range of this species ; 

 it occurs on sand-hills in the Liverpool district. Curtis records that it was 



