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FURTHER ADDITIONS TO THE DIPTERA^' 



OF THE FORTH AREA. \.\ ^^^ 



By Percy H. Grimshaw, F.E.S., F.R.S.E. '^i^ij*'^ '* v 



The following fifty species of Diptera are, with a few 

 exceptions, additions to the rapidly growing list for the Forth 

 area. Except where otherwise stated they were captured by 

 myself: 



1. Bidi'o lepidus, Lw. cJ , Glencorse, 5th October igoS (J. 



Waterston reported by him to be in large numbers). 



2. Chironomus ammlaris, Deg. 5 ^ and 2 $, Kinghorn, 2gth 



May 1896. 



3. C. dispar, Mg. (^ , Aberlady, July 1898 (W. Evans); ?, 



Aberlady, 2nd June 1903; ?, Braid Hills, 12th June 

 1893. 



4. C.pictulus, Mg. ? , Edinburgh, 12th May 1895 ; $, , Balerno, 



24th May 1900. 



5. C. tentans. Fab. (^ , Arthur Seat, ist July 1893; c^ , 



Aberlady, July 1898 (W. Evans); 2 ?, Kinghorn, 29th 

 May 1896. 



6. Cricotopus sylvestrisy Fab. $, Kinghorn, 29th May 1896. 



7. Camptodadius aterrimus, Mg. -^, Gullane, 3rd May 1895; 



5 $ and I ?, Craiglockhart, 19th March 1898; ?, 

 Balerno, 24th May 1900. 



8. Tanytarsus tenuis, Mg. ^, Balerno, 30th May 1904. 



9. Diamesa zvalt/ii, Mg. S, Gullane, 3rd May 1895; 5 c^ , 



Balerno, 24th May 1900; $, Braid Burn, 23rd June 1904. 



10. Tanypus dubms, Staeg. $, Braid Burn, 23rd June 1904. 



11. T. phaita, Egg. ^, Kinghorn, 29th May 1896. 



12. T. varius, Fab. $, Braid Hills, 27th May 1894; bred from 



larva from Elf Loch, Braid Hills, by the late J. G. Good- 

 child, May 1905. 



13. Rhipidia maculata, Mg. ^ in garden, Comiston Drive, 



Edinburgh, 15th May 1911. 



14. Tipula vittata, Mg. $ near Aberdour, 13th May 1905 



(W. Evans). 



15. Empis chioptera, Fin. 3 c? , Edinburgh Botanic Gardens, 



1 6th May 1904 (J. Waterston). 



1 6. Hilara cilipes, Mg. $, Heriot, 28th June 1898 (W. Evans). 



