A HISTORY OF HEREFORDSHIRE ORTHORRHAPHA {continued) Molophilus ochraceus, Mg. M. appendiculatus, Staeg. M. propinquus. Egg. M. bifilatus, Verr. M. murinus, Mg. M. ater, Mg. Rhypholophus llneatus, Mg. ; not common. R. nodulosus, Meg. R. varius, Mg. R. haemor- rhoidalis, Ztt. Erioptera flavescens, Mg. E. macrophthalma, Lw. E. taenionota, Mg. E. fuscipennis, Mg. E. trivialis, Mg. Symplecta punctipennis, Mg. Trimicra pilipes, F. Lipsothrix errans, Wlk. Ephelia miliaria. Egg. ; Black Mountain. E. apicata, Lw. I?, Bredwardine, 29 May, 1899. E. submarmorata, Verr. E. marmorata, Mg. Dactylolabis Frauenfeldi, Egg. ; stony places on sides of Black Mountain. D. gracilipes, Lw. ; Black Mountain district Poecelostola punctata, Schrk. Epiphragma picta, F. Limnophila Meigenii, Verr. L. dispar, Mg. L. lineola, Mg. L. lineolella, Verr. L. ferru- ginea, Mg. L. bicolor, Mg. i $ Black Moun- tain, 12 June, 1900. L. discicollis, Mg. L. lucorum, Mg. L. sepium, Verr. L. nemoralis, Mg. L. filata, Wlk. Adelphomyia senilis, Hal. Trichocera annulata, Mg. T. hiemalis, Deg. ; several other forms occur, but their identification is uncertain Anisomera Burmeisteri, Lw. ; 1 (5 on the banks of the Wye under Clifford's Castle, 7 June, 1 900 Cladiura, sp. ; l^ Cusop Dingle, 7 September, 1 898. C. sp. I 2 Cusop Dingle, 5 July, 1902 Ula pilosa, Schum. Dicranota pavida, Hal. D. bimaculata, Schum. D. sp.; allied to bimaculata, but larger and with much longer antennae, as long as head and thorax together ; frequent Amalopis immaculata, Mg. A. unicolor, Schum. ; summit of Black Mountain. A. clavipennis, Verr. A. occulta, Mg. ; Black Mountain, fre- quent ; the males sometimes dance together in the afternoon sunshine. A. straminea, Mg. ; not uncommon on the Black Mountain and its foot-hills, confined in the lowlands to one of the bogs in Haugh Wood. A. littoralis, Mg. Pedicia rivosa, L. Cylindrotoma distinctissima, Mg. ; not scarce Liogma glabrata, Mg. ; Stoke Wood, scarce Dolichopeza sylvicola, Curt.; Black Mountain district Pachyrrhina histrio, F. P. maculosa, Mg. P. corni- cina, L. P. guestfalica, Westh. P. quadri- faria, Mg. P. annulicornis, Mg. Tipula nigra, L. T. pagana, Mg. T. obsoleta, Mg. ; Black Mountain, scarce. T. signata. Stag.; Cusop Dingle. T. confusa, V. d. Wulp. Tipula marmorata, Mg. ; Stoke Woodzrvi Black Moun- tain. T. longicornis, Schum. T. truncorum, Mg. T. pabulina, Mg. T. hortulana, Mg.; Woolhope district, not uncommon. T. vari- pennis, Mg. T. scripta, Mg. T. melanoceras, Schum.; abundant on Black Mountain. T. plumbea, F. ; Black Mountain. T. luteipennis, Mg. ; in old reedy pools, female scarce. T. flavolineata, Mg. ; widely distributed, once bred along with Xiphura atrata from a decayed ORTHORRHAPHA {continued) sallow stump. The behaviour of the two was very different ; the pupa of the Tipula scarcely ever moved, whilst those (there were four or five) of the Xiphura were very restless and kept on wriggling round and round the pot in which they were confined. T. lunata, L. T. Diana, Mg. ; reedy pools. Leech Pool ; Swan Pool, Shobdon. T. lateralis, Mg. T. vemalis, Mg. T. vittata, Mg. ; Woolhope, Cusop Dingle ; not scarce. T. gigantea, Schrk. T. lutescens, F. T. oleracea, L. T. paludosa, Mg. T. fasci- pennis, Mg.; not uncommon. T. peliostigma, Schum. T. ochracea, Mg. Dictenidia bimaculata, L. ; Tarrington, taken only twice Xiphura atrata, L. ; Cusop Dingle, not rare Ctenophora pectinicornis, L. ; widely distributed, but scarce Rhyphus fenestralis, Scop. R. punctatus, F. Pachygaster atra, Pz. P. leachii. Curt. ; much the commoner of the two Nemotelus pantherinus, L. N. nigrinus, Fin. ; generally distributed, but not so common as the preceding species Oxycera analis, Mg. ; Ledbury, Woolhope, occasionally. O. pygmaea, Fin. ; the Dozaard, Pembridge, in wet boggy ground O. formosa, Mg.; Woolhope, Ledbury, &c., common. O. tenuicornis, Meg.; Woolhope and Shobdon scarce, more common on the Monnozo. O. morrisii. Curt.; Pembridge once (Yerbury), 15 July, 1902. O. terminata, Mg. ; Tarrington, Stoke Wood, Pontrilas ; fre- quents pebbly rills and clear streams. O. pardalina, Mg. ; Douiard, Tarrington, Shobdon, &c., usually in similar places to the last. O. pulchella, Mg. O. trilineata, F. Stratiomys potamida, Mg. Odontomyia tigrina, F. O. viridula, F. Chrysonotus bipunctatus, Scop. Sargus flavipes, Mg. ; common. S. rufipes, Whlbg. ; a few of both sexes. S. cuprarius, L. ; scarce. S. iridatus. Scop. S. nitidus, Mg. ; Tram Inn, a male, 15 July, 1903 ; Mr. Verrall has taken his description of the species for his work on the British flies from this specimen Chloromyia formosa. Scop. Microchrysa polita, L. M. flavicornis, Mg. M. cyaneiventris, Ztt. Beris clavipes, L. B. vallata, Forst. B. chalybeata, Forst. B. fuscipes, Mg.; Cusop, Woolhope. B. morrisii. Dale; Moccas (Yerbury), Cusop, Woolhope Chorisops tibialis, Mg. Haematopota pluvialis, L. H. crassicornis, Whlbg. ; Tram Inn (Yerbury), Cusop Dingle ; not common Therioplectes montanus, Mg. ; Leech Pool. T. tropicus, Mg., var. bisignatus, laen. T. solstitialis, Mg.; Woolhope Tabanus bovinus, L. ; scarce, Woolhope. T. bromius, L. T. maculicornis, Ztt. T. cordiger, W.; the Dozvard and Woolhope Chrysops caecutiens, L. Leptis scolopacea, L. ; a small form half the size of the normal is common at Shobdon Marsh. L. notata, Mg. L. tringaria, L. L. conspicua, Mg. ; Woolhope and Black Mountain. L. annu- lata, Degeer ; the Doward, one female, 3 June, 1903 ; apparently unique as a British insect 98
