INSECTS CYCLORRHAPHA {mthued) Melanophora roralis, L. ; Tarrington (Y.). M. atra, Mcq. ; Tarrington, once, 23 June, 1897 Frauenfeldia rubricosa, Mg. ; Westhide $ 7 August, 1902 ; house, two ? 2 14 and 16 August, 1902 Brachycoma devia. Fin. Clista lepida, Mg. Heteronychia chaetoneura, B. and B. ; once, Stoke Wood, 28 July, 1900 Nyctia halterata, Pz. Engyops micronyx, B. and B. ; Doward, 6 July, 1899, house, 6 July, 1902 Miltogramma punctatum, Mg. Metopia campestrls. Fin. ; once, Btoke Wood, 29 June, 1903. M. leucocephala, Rossi. M. amabilis, Dexiosoma caninum, F. Dexia rustica, F. D. vacua. Fin. Estheria cristata, Mg. ; Longtown, common on blossoms of cowparsnip in July and August Dinera grisescens, Fin. Myiocera carinifrons. Fin. Cynomyia alpina, Ztt. Westhide and Woolhope, oc- casionally. C. mortuorum, L.; Woolhope, Black Mountain, rarely Onesia sepulchralis, L. O. cognata, Mg.; Tram Inn (Y.) Sarcophaga carnaria, L. S. atropos, Mg. S. mela- nura, Mg. S. agricola, Mg. S. nigriventris, Mg. S. juvenis, Rnd. S. clathrata, Mg. S. dissimilis, Mg. S. haemorrhoidalis, Mg. S. haematodes, Mg. S. haemorrhoa, Mg. Stomoxys calcitrans, L. Haematobia stimulans, Mg. PoUenia vespillo, F. P. rudis, F. Myiospila meditabunda, F. Graphomyia maculata. Scop. G. picta, Ztt. At Devereux Pools, Woolhope, not rare Musca domestica, L. Cyrtoneura stabulans, Fin. C. pascuorum, Mg. C. caesia, Mg. Morellia simplex, Lw. M. hortorum, Fin. M. curvipes, Mcq. Mesembria meridiana, L. Pyrellia cyanicolor, Ztt.; Cusop Dingle. P. lasioph- thalma, Mcq. Protocalliphora azurea, Fin.; not rare Calliphora erythrocephala, Mg. C. vomitaria, L. Euphoria cornicina, F. Lucilia caesar, L. L. sericata, Mg. Polietes lardaria, F. P. albolineata. Fin. Hyetodesia incana, Wied. H. lucorum, Fin. H. marmorata, Ztt.; Dor stone once, 30 June, 1898. H. serva, Mg. H. obscurata, Mg. H. varia- bilis. Fin.; Cusop Dingle, abundant ; Woolhope, scarce. H. umbratica, Mg. H. semi-cinerea, Wied. H. semidiaphana ; Coldborough Park, a male, 23 May, 1904. H. variegata, Mg. ; Tarrington (Y.). H. laeta, Fin.; Woolhope, a male, 13 May, 1898. H. perdita, Mg. H. errans, Mg. H. signata, Mg. H. lasioph- thalma, Meg. H. erratica, Fin. H. basalis, Ztt. H. rufipalpis, Mcq. H. abdominalis, Ztt.; Tarrington, two females. H. scutellaris, Fin. H. pallida, F. Allaeostylus simplex, Wied. A. flaveola. Fin. CYCLORRHAPHA {continued) Mydaea vespertina. Fin. M. nigritella, Ztt. M. allotalla, Mg. ; wet places. Tram Inn and Shob- don Marsh. M. sordidiventris, Ztt.; H'oolhopp. M. nigricolor, Fin. M. urbana, Mg. M. affinis, Mde. M. longitarsis, Mde. Shobdon Marsh, 13 July, 1904, one male. M. tincta, Ztt. M. pagana, F. M. impuncta, Fin. M. separata, Mg. Sphecolyma inanis, Fin.; occasionally Spilogaster nigrinervis, Ztt. S. maculosa, Mg. ; wet places ; Leech Pool and Tram Inn. S. notata, Fin.; in the same localities as maculosa, also at Devereux Pools in Woolhope. S. quadrimaculata. Fin. S. duplicata, Mg. S. atripes, Mde. S. caesia, Mcq.; widely distributed. S. quadrum, F. S. depuncta. Fin. S. uliginosa. Fin.; always indoors, not rare. S. consimilis, Fin. S. pertusa, Mg. S. fuscata. Fin. S. trigonalis, Mg. S. ciliatocosta, Ztt.; Tram Inn Limnophora compuncta, Wied. L. trianguligera, Ztt. L. contractifrons, Ztt. L. septemno- tata, Ztt. L. solitaria, Ztt.; banks of the Monnow, common Melanochila riparia, Fin. Cusop Dingle, Boden- ham Macrorchis meditata. Fin.; Cusop Dingle, Longtown, banks oi Monnow Chelisia monilis, Mg. ; Woolhope, not rare Hydrotaea ciliata, F. H. occulta, Mg. H. curvipes, Ztt.; widely distributed, damp woods ; the males play together in the air, the females ob- tained by sweeping. H. irritans, Fin. H. dentipes, F. H. palaestrica, Mg. H. similis, Mde. H. albipuncta, Ztt. ; widely distributed. H. tuberculata, Rnd.; widely distributed. H. meteorica, L. H. armipes. Fin. H. parva, Mde.; widely distributed, in marshy places ; the males sport in the air a foot or so above the herbage Ophyra leucostoma, Wied. O. anthrax, Mg.; not common Drymia hamata. Fin. Trichopticus cunctans, Mg. T. semipeUucidus Ztt. T. hirsutulus, Ztt. T. pulcher, Mde. Hydrophoria ambigua. Fin.; Shobdon Marsh, once, 18 August, 1904. H. divisa, Mg.; tvc Leech Pool in August, common. H. candata, Ztt.; Coldborough Park in May, not uncommon. H. conica, Wied. H. linogrisea, Mg. ; Tar- rington and Westhide, scarce. H. brunneifrons, Ztt. H. anthomyiea, Rnd. Hylemyia virginea, Mg. H. variata, Fin. H. lasciva, Ztt. H. flavipennis, Fin. H. nigres- cens, Rnd. H. paralleliventris, Ztt.; ap- parently this species and not cinerella, Mg. Larva in flowers of ragwort in the autumn, pupating on the ground and not in situ, which distinguishes it from Trypetid larvae. H. pullula, Ztt. H. strigosa, F. H. nigrimana, Mg. H. puella, Mg.; widely distributed and common. H. coarctata. Fin. H. criniven- tris, Ztt.; Woolhope, scarce Eustalomyia histrio, Ztt.; scarce ; fond of sitting on gates and gate-posts Lasiops roederi, Kow. L. ctenoctema, Kow. L. maedii, Kow. 103