208 LIST OF INSECTS. 



N.B. — I once bred this insect from some larvae taken by my brotlier in 

 Radnorshire, feeding upon nettle. He told me that they resembled the 

 larvae of A. triplasia. I had the pupa; but did not see the larva?. I have 

 taken this insect flying over flowers in the hottest sunshine, and also by 

 putting a candle at my bed-room window, and at sugar. (C.) 



20. L. lithargyria. — Common at light, and on nettles at Brandeston. Rare 

 at Play ford. 



N.B. — I took the larva? of this insect in great profusion in Hants., in 

 1856, during the month of May, by examining the grass at the edges of the 

 ridings in the woods by lantern light. The dark dorsal line alluded to by 

 Treitschke, and copied in the Manual, is rather a series of oblong black spots. 

 All the larvae I found were feeding upon grass. I never saw a single one 

 upon any other plant, though there were numbers amongst the grass. This 

 larvae closely resembles that of N. xanthographa, but may always be distinguished 

 by its reddish colour and larger size. (C.) 



21. L. comma. — Bare. At light. 



N.B. — This insect, which in Derbyshire is one of our commonest insects, I 

 have scarcely seen in Suffolk. I have found the best plan of capturing it is 

 to stand in the long moving grass, and catch it as it flies in profusion over 

 the flowers. It comes pretty freely to sugar, and is also very partial to the 

 blossoms of the rhododendron. (C.) 



22. L. impura. — Common at light, and on nettles. 



N.B. — I took the larvae in profusion by lantern light in company with those 

 of L. lithargyria, feeding upon grass. They crawl up the blades to feed as 

 soon as it gets dark, but completely conceal themselves during the day. (C.) 



23. L. pollens. — Common at light, and on nettles. 



{To be continued.) 



A LIST OF THE INSECTS OBSERVED 

 IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUJNTY OF SUSSEX. 



BY W. C. UNWIN, LEWES. 



(Con tin ued from page 160.^ 



No. V. — Including Musciixe, 03stbid.e, Vespid^:, and Mellifee^s. 



MUSCIDJE. — Lateeille. (In continuation.) 



* Stomoxys calcitrans. — Common. Very troublesome in August. • 



S. stimulans. — Common. In August generally. 



Anthomyia pluvialis. — A very distinct and common species, and commonly 

 found on the trunks of trees in early spring; I have particularly noticed it 

 on those of the ash. 



A. canicularis et manicata. — Both common. I have observed many others 

 of this genus, which we are unable at present to discriminate. 



* From ^Stomoxys calcitrans to Tetanocera Ilieracii." These with the inclusive should 

 have been inserted immediately after Musca maculata, (page 159,) the error having occurred 

 by a misarrangemcut of the M.S. copy. 



