74 March, 



A. LIST OF THE DIPTHRA MET WITH IN CORK 

 AND KERRY DURING THE SUMMER OF 1901, 



WITH SOMK NOTKS ON THKIR HABITS, ETC . 

 BY IJEUT.-COI.. J. W. YERBURY (l^ATE R.A.), F.Z.S 5 F-E S. 



Two or three visits paid to Glencar, Waterville, &c., during 

 the shooting season, had dulj^ impressed me with an idea of 

 the probable richness of that district as an entomological 

 hunting-ground, and this, combined with the paucity of Irish 

 records to be found in Verrall's " British Flies," vol. viii., 

 made me decide to spend the summer months of 190 1 in that 

 neighbourhood. 



The results have, perhaps, been unsatisfactory — no large 

 showy novelties having been met with, while the richness of 

 the dipterous fauna cannot compare with that of a good 

 district in England or Scotland ; still, to be able to record 

 the capture of such insects as Microdon vnUabilis^ Eiistalis 

 cryptarum, Gymnosoma rotu7idatuin^ and AUopho7'a fasciata 

 prevents these results from being described as bad. 



All specimens connected with the forthcoming volume 

 (vol. V.) of Verrall's '* British Flies " have been handed over 

 to Mr. Verrall en masse, and will probably be referred to , in 

 due course, but pending the issue of that work the identifica- 

 tions must be taken as provisional. 



I am indebted to Messrs. Verrall and Austen for much 

 assistance in the identification and verification of the species 

 enumerated ; in fact, but for the kind aid of these gentlemen, 

 this list would probably have never seen the light. 



The publication of local lists of Diptera is of doubtful 

 utility ; still a beginning has to be made, and it is hoped that 

 this list, combined with those published by Haliday, may 

 form a nucleus round which a complete catalogue of the 

 Diptera of Ireland can be built up. The identification of 

 these Irish specimens has presented many unexpected diffi- 

 culties—many (one may even say most) of them showing 

 marked variation from the types. 



MYCETOPH I LID.«:- 

 Asindulutn flavum, Winn.— Parknasilla, July 17, 



