ON SOME SCOTTISH DIPTERA 95 



the 9 also. One or other I believe occurred at Lochearn- 



head" (W.). 



(?, Aberfoyle 7, vii. '03 ) "The ^ at rest on Bracken, the 

 9 , ,, 28, viii. '06 j ? one of three that settled on my 



coat at the same time ! Near the top of Craigmore " (C.). 



T. CORDIGER, W. 2 ? 9, Comrie, 17 and 18, vii. '07. "Appears 

 to be an uncommon British species," Verrall, p. 416. 



CHRYSOPS RELICTA, Mg. ?, Aberfoyle, 10, vii. '01 ; 4 $ <?, 

 3 ? ?, Blairgowrie, 28, vi. '08. "The latter specimens taken 

 on the leaves of shrubs, etc., growing round a curling pond. 

 The next day none were to be seen " (C.). 



BOMBYLID^E. 



BOMBYLIUS MAJOR, L. ? on Primula, near a pond at Inverawe 

 House, Argyllshire, 18, iv. '03. The species of this genus 

 appear to be rare in Scotland. 



ANTHRAX PANISCUS, Rossi. <, Aberlady, 6, vii. '04. Aberlady is 

 the only Scotch locality given by Mr. Verrall. 



THEREVID^:. 



THEREVA NOBILITATA, F. $, Musselburgh, 2, vii. '02; 2 o c?, 

 Longniddry, 3, viii. '03. Both sexes at Aberlady, '03 and '04. 

 $ , Blackford Hill, 6, viii. '06. In the last specimen the 

 venation is peculiar. The lowest vein from the discal cell is 

 partially defective in both wings. Mr. Verrall calls attention 

 to a c from Cambridge with this character in the right wing 

 (p. 561). One of the Aberlady $ $ has the fourth posterior 

 cell open. It is usually closed in this species. 



T. ANNULATA, F. " from Tentsmuir, Fifeshire. Taken about 

 June 1898, and given me by its captor, Mr. A. J. D. Lothian" 

 (W.). Aberlady, 27, vi. '02. "In some numbers" (C.). 

 Longniddry, 2 $ $, 9, viii. '02. 



ASILID.*;. 



DYSMACHUS TRIGONUS, Mg. $ , Tentsmuir. Taken by Mr. Lothian, 

 June 1898. A widely distributed species; but Mr. Verrall 

 gives only Kingussie, Irvine Moor, and Troon as Scotch 

 localities. 



ISOPOGON BREVIROSTRIS, Mg. c? , Aberfoyle, 7, vii. '03. "Both 

 sexes in some numbers in Glen Lednock, Comrie, July 1907. 

 Taken in coitu " (C). 



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