ZOOLOGICAL NOTES 249 



Syrphus tricinctus, Fin. Luffness, August 1896; Drumshore- 

 land, June 1900. S. bifasciatus, F. Common on Corstorphine 

 Hill, 24th May 1901. S. lunulatus, Mg. Drumshoreland, June 

 1900. 



Baccha elongata, F. $, Leven, August 1893; 6 and ?, 

 Dalmeny, roth June 1903. 



Sphegina clunipes, Fin. $, Bridge of Allan, 28th June 1901 ; 

 $, Dollar, gth July 1901. 



Asria podagrica, F. Kinghorn, September 1900; Heriot, June 

 1898. 



Eristalis sepulchral is, L. Luffness Marsh, July 1898 ; Inveresk, 

 and marl pit near Davidson's Mains, May 1901 ; Polton, June 1901. 



Myiatropa florea, L. Longniddry, June, and Braid Burn, July 

 1899; near Midcalder, July 1899 and July 1900. 



Helophiltts hybridus, L\v. ?, Luffness Marsh, gth August 1898. 

 H. lineatus, F. Luffness, July 1895, August 1896, etc. ; Davidson's 

 Mains, May 1901. 



Xylota floruin, F. Two captured on outskirts of fir wood, Forest 

 Mill, near Dollar, i3th July 1901. 



Arctophila mussitans, F. Common at flowers of Scabiosa succisa 

 in meadows by side of Loch Voil, Balquhidder, 2nd September 

 1902. Of six taken all are c?s but one. 



Sicus ferrugineus, L. < got by sweeping herbage in meadow at 

 Brucefield between Dunfermline and Alloa, 25th July 1903. 



Myopa buccata, L. On 2ist May 1901 I got three specimens of 

 this curious fly off Vacriniuin myrillus at Forest Mill. 



Gastrophilus hauiorrhoidaUs, L. Two ? s reared from larvae on 

 point of pupating, got from 'Hunter's Tryst dairy, near Edinburgh, 

 3oth May 1899; hatched i6th July. 



Echinomyia fera, L. ?, L. Doine, Balquhidder, 29th August 

 1902. 



Micropeza corrigiolata, L. One, Polmaise, 4th July 1903. 



Pterohcectria frondescentice, L. This pretty little fly is frequent 

 among herbage: Kirknewton and Allermuir Glen, July 1895; 

 Oakley, August 1898; etc. 



Ornithomyia aviadaria, L. One off a young Ringed Plover, 

 Aberlady, June 1890. WILLIAM EVANS, Edinburgh. 



Cherries dubius, Cambr. ( = C. tullgreni, Strand}, in Scotland. 



Referring to my note in the "Annals" for April last (p. 120), I 

 have to state that the Chernes found by Mr. Godfrey at Bo'ness, 

 etc., is now confidently referred by the Rev. O. P. Cambridge to his 

 C. dnbius, described in 1892. This opinion, expressed in a letter 

 to me dated i2th September 1903, is based on the examination of 

 several specimens, including the original one which I resubmitted 

 to him. Seeing that Mr. Tullgren has identified two of these same 

 specimens as belonging to Ch. Tullgreni, Strand, this name, it seems 



