86 The Irish Naturalist. April, 



Kunckel d'Herculais aud others have bred this fly from the imago o 

 the Heniipteron Pentatoma disiirnilis (= Palomena prasma, Linn.). 

 After reading Kunclcel d'Herculais' account (T^/awj. 5<?^. Etti. Fr.,^'^ 

 ser., ix., 1S79, p. 349, et. seq.), I enquired of Mr. Distant whether 

 Palotfiena prasina was to be found among the Rhyncota taken at 

 GlengarifF, and on receiving an answer to the affirmative I examined 

 the specimens, and immediately recognised it as a bug I had swept 

 in the wet ground near Glengariff Castle at the same time as I 

 swept G. rotundatitni, A post-mortem was held on all the specimens of 

 P. prasina, but no sign of a parasitic larva could be found in any of 

 them. 



Allophora obesa, Fab. — Parknasilla, July 18 ; Caragh Lake, 

 Aug. 13 and 20. Rare. A few specimens at chamomile flowers. 



Sarcophag:a carnaria, Linn.— Darryuane, female, July 31. 



S. nigrlvcntrls, Meig. —Books (Glenbeigh), Aug. 15 ; Waterville, 

 July 26. 



S. sp. Inc. — Darrj-nane, July 31. 



S. haemorrhoa, Meig.- Kenmare, male, June 28. 



S. sp. Incb — Glenbeigh, Aug. 17 ; Waterville, Aug. 2. 



IVIiltogrramina punctata, Meig.— Darrynane, July 31 ; Staigue Fort, 

 July 19 ; Valencia Island, Aug. 10 ; Loo Bridge, Aug. 24 ; Waterville, 

 July 27. Common wherever sand-hills occur, either sitting on the 

 sand or on the flowers of the Ragwort. I frequently watched these 

 flies " shadowing " bees of the genus Colletes, aud in England the fly is 

 well known to be a parasite on Colletes sticcinata ; in Ireland, however, 

 I suspect some other species of this genus will prove to be the host. 



IVIetopIa campestrls, Fall. — Glengarifi", June 12; Kenmare, July 10; 



Parknasilla, July 21. 

 Dexlosoma canlnum, Fab.— Glengariff", June 12 and 15; Parknasilla, 



July II and 24 ; Caragh Lake, Aug. 14. Common. 



Prosena siberita. Fab. — Darrynane, July 31 ; Waterville, Aug. 2; 



Caragh Lake, Aug 13 ; Glencar, Aug. 16. Common at Ragwort 



blossom on the sand-hills. 

 Stomoxys calcltrans, Linn. — Valencia Island, Aug. 7. Apparently 



not so common, nor so generally distributed as the next species. 

 Hsematobla stimulans, Meig. — Parknasilla, July 21; Glengariff, 



June 23 ; Staigue Fort, July 19 ; Waterville, Aug. 3 ; Kenmare, 



July 10. Very common. 



Craphomyla maculata, Scop. — Glengariff". June 15 ; Kenmare, June 



28. Common everywhere. 



lYIcscmbrina mcridiana, Linn. — Glengariff", June 17. Common 

 everywhere, although only one specimen has been brought away. 



Lucilia caesar, Linn. — Valencia Island, Aug. 7. Probably common. 



No specimens have been brought away of several common Muscidae 

 — e.gs^ Musca domestica, Calliphora vomiton'a, Polleniq rudis^ Oncsia 

 sepuhhralis, &c., &c. 



