NOTES OX THE TIPULID^ OF THE GLASGOW DISTRICT. 195 



T. hortensis^ Mg. — Verrall, in his paper in the Entomologists'' 

 Monthly Magazine, Vol. XXV., p. 25, says, " I do not at 

 present recognise T. hortensis, Mg." A species which, in all 

 respects, answers to the description of T. hortensis, was very 

 common in this district in May, especially in the neighbour- 

 hood of Milngavie. We found it princinally on the roadsides. 

 Localities are — Milngavie, 6th June; Baldernock, 6th June; 

 Crookston, 13th June; Cadder "Wilderness, Kirn, &c. 



T. melanoceros, Solium. — On Inchmoan, Loch Lomond, 19th May; 

 and banks of Allander, 23rd May. 



T. pruinosa, AV. — Found this species in fair abundance on the 

 moors around the Whangie, on 5th June. 



T. lunata,ljijirL. — This is apparently a common and w^ell-distributed 

 species, appearing early in June, and continuing to fly during 

 the greater part of July. Shettleston, 20th June; Possil, 

 25th June; Kirn, Milngavie, &c. Observed on shores of 

 Loch Eck on 22nd July. 



T. lateralis, Mg. — A single specimen was taken at Clober on the 

 23rd Mav. Not seen elsewhere. 



T. vernalis, Mg. — An early and easily distinguished species, 

 apparently widely distributed in the district, flying in grassy 

 parks. Linn of Baldernock, 6th June ; Bellahouston Park, 

 13th June; Crookston, 13th June; Possil, 25th June. Not 

 seen after the end of June. 



T. vittata, Mg. — This is undoubtedly the capture of the season, 

 and I am pleased to say that there can be no doubt as to its 

 identity. Mr. Henderson and myself have gone carefully over 

 the description given by Schiner — Fauna Austriaca (Diptera) 

 — and find our capture correct in every respect. There can be 

 little question at any time about the identification of an 

 insect so distinct as this species. A single specimen was 

 taken bv me at the Linn of Baldernock on 6th June. 

 Verrall mentions that the Pvev. E. N. Bloomfield had found 

 it near Hastings, but I have been unable to find any other 

 record, English or Scotch. 



T. gigantea, Schrk. — Only three of this species have been observed 

 this year, though in other seasons they have been noticed in 

 tolerable numbers, and I have even seen them at rest on the 

 walls of the Waverley Hotel, Sauchiehall Street. The localities 



