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I. stihquadratus, Tlioins., three at Siiinmer PTill with the above, 14.xii.05. I. ler- 

 mino.toriu.i, Grrav., two at Edeutubbei* in the nioantaiiis at Co. Louth, 5.iv.06, in 

 moss ; til is species appears commoner in Ireland than witli us. I. extensorius, 

 Linn., found commonly both with the last and at Poyntzpass. /. gracilentus, 

 Wesm., one at Summer Hill, 14.xii.05. "J. aJbiffer" {cf. lehn. Brit., i, 138), 

 several at Summer Hill, lkxii.05, and Poyntzpass, 5.vi.06. /. hisidiosu.i, Wesm., 

 one at Summer Hill, 14.xii.05. Pk:naffenes planifroas, Wesm., two at Poyntzpass, 

 one of which was in moss on S.iii.06. P. infirmus, Wesm., one in moss at Eden- 

 tubber in the mountains of Co. Louth 5.iv.06. P. rusticalmt, Wesm., one specimen 

 of this inicommon species at Poyntzpass. Centeterus opprimalor, Q-rav , one at 

 Poyntzpass, 17 ii.06, in moss. Microcryplu^ galactimm, Grav., the first indigenous 

 female I have seen of this species, was taken in moss at Poyntzpass, 10.xi.04. 

 M. nigrocinctus, Grav., four in moss at Poyntzpass, IT.ii.Ol, lO.si.Oi, and Jan., 

 lOOfi ; and one at Summer Hill, Fermanagh, 14.xii.05. Cri/ptus tuherculatv.s, 

 Grav., one at Poyntzpass in July, 190G. I'lmpla turioiiellx, Linn., one at Bosses 

 Point, Sligo, in June, 1905. P. ocidatoria, Fab., one in a furze hedge at Poyntz- 

 pass, among spiders, 24..iv.07. A $ and two "f? ? of the Braconid, CcnHnius 

 gracilis, Hal., originally described from Ireland, were also taken on the sandhills 

 at Enniscrone in Co. Sligo, in August, 1904. — Cl.\ude Morlev, Monks' Soham 

 House, Suffolk : 3Iag 15th, 1U07. 



Note on the life-hiatonj of Mgcetaiilus blpiDictattts, Fin. (Sepsid;c). — On Mar. 

 17th, 1007, on the Go"; Hills, near Cambridge, I found three larvse of this fly in an 

 old bird's nest. The part in which they were was composed entirely of hairs ; and I 

 never observed the larva3 leave the small portion of the nest in which I carried them 

 away. They were whitish translucent maggots, in general appearance much like 

 miniature blowfly larva) ; broader jiosteriorly, mucli narrowed anteriorly. The main 

 trachese were plainly visible through the integument, also the dark chitinous head- 

 skeleton, which appeared very similar to that of the blowfly larva. They pupated 

 in the hairs late in April, the pupse being of a warm light brown colour. The flies 

 emerged May 10th and I3th, 2 ? ? and 1 S- Being ignorant of the fact that 

 very little was known as to the life-liistory, I unfi)rtnnately gave the larva; very little 

 observation. — Hugh Scott, Cambridge : June, 1907. 



Hgpophyllas crinipes, Stip,(i.,in the Forth District. — On page 87 of the current 

 volume of this Magazine Mr. Mallocii records tlie capture of this Dipteron last June 

 from IMurroch Glen in the West of Scotland, but he does not mention that the 

 species is an addition to the British list. I am glad to be able to record it from the 

 East of Scotland, as I have an undoubted <? taken here on June 24th, 1905, and 

 also two V ? , which I believe belong to the same species, taken here on June 

 17th and 19th, 190 1. I had set them aside for further examination, and on showing 

 them to Mr. Grimshaw he confirmed my identification. 



The (J characters are well marked : front metatarsus longer than the tibia, and 

 bearing inside a row of hairs, long at the base, gi'adually becoming shorter, and, 

 according to Schiner, "auf der mitte ganz aufhoren," but in my specimen continued 

 well past the middle of the joint ; the last joint of the front tarsi is o\\\y slightly 



