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females taken in the spring. Phf/lloloma microcephala was recorded by Cameron 

 as common at Cadder, Clober, &c.— And. Adie Dalglish : Februart/, 1904. 



Diptera from Jersey in, 1903. — During Mr. E. Saunders' visit to Jersey last 

 May and June he collected a few Diptera which he very kindly gave to me. The 

 Tenthredinid,v, the Hemiptera, and the Aculeate Eymenoptera then taken have 

 already been enumerated in this Magazine (Vol. xxxix, pp. 172, 173, 245), and I 

 now send a list of the Diptera. So little is known of the Diptera of Jersey, that I 

 give them all, however usually common they may be: Chloromyia formosa, Scop. ; 

 Chrt)sopilus auratus, F.; Dysmachus trigonus, Mg., $ and ? ; Anthrax velutina, Mg., 

 St. Ouen's Bay ; this species does not occur in Britain — there are several very 

 nearly allied species. It has been taken also in Jersey by Mr. Luff. Thereva 

 nobilitata, F., ^ and ? ; T. annulata, F., three ^ and two ? ; Empis trigramma, Mg.; 

 Sydrophorus prsecox, Lehm., running over rock pools at low tide ; and Aphrosylus 

 raptor, Hal., two $ . The SyrphidcB were much better represented than the pre - 

 ceding families ; tiiey were, Liogaster metalUna, F. ; Chrysogaster splendens, Mg. ; 

 C. hirtella, Lw. ; Chilosia illustrata, Harr. ; C. impressa, Lw. ; Platychirus mani- 

 catun, Mg. ; P. albimanus, F. ; the handsome Xanthogramma ornatum, Mg. ; with 

 Volucella bombylans, L. ; and Merodon eqtce.ttris, F. ; these two look at first sight 

 exactly alike, both being black with the terminal segments red, and both seeming to 

 mimic Bombus lapidarius ; Xylot a segnis, Jj. ; Syritta pipiensjjj. ; Eumerus sabii- 

 loniint. Fin.; and Chrysotoxum festivutn, L. Only a few of other families were sent ; 

 these were — Myopa buccata, L., two specimens, one of them from Bel Koyal ; the 

 two fine Tachinids, Gonia ornata, Mg., and Zophomyia temula, Scop. ; Fucellia 

 maritima, Hal.; and (Edoparea buccata, Fin.; this last also taken by Mr. Luff. All 

 the above were from St. Brelade's, except the two for which localities are given. I 

 have to thank Mr. Collin for determining those species which I did not recognise, and 

 confirming several otliers. — E. N. Bloomfield, Gruestling : January, 1904. 



Diptera from the Shetlands and Orkneys. — Wlien the Rev. F. D. Morice visited 

 these Islands in the autumn of 1894, as recorded in Ent. Mo. Mag., Vol. xxx,p. 259, 

 of that year, he brought home a few Syrphidx which it may be well to put on record. 

 His stay in the Shetlands was from August 27th to September 13th, but he was only 

 one day, September 14th, in the Orkneys. The species taken were : Chilosia illus- 

 trata, Harr., and Platychirus peltatus, Mg., both from the Orkneys ; Syrphus 

 corollx,¥., horn Unst and Lerwick; Helophilus pendulus,!!. ,JJnst, herwick, and 

 Orkneys ; Eristalis arbustorum , L., Unst and Scalloway ; and Sericomyia borealis, 

 Fin., Lerwick and Orkney. — E. N. Bloomfield, Guestling : January, 1901. 



Flies dying on Jessamine Leaves. — The following correspondence on tlie cause 



of death of house flies in Ceylon has been forwarded to us by Mr. E. Ernest Green, 



which we think may interest our readers : — 



"Lunugala : Jan. 9th. 



" Sir, — Can you, or any of your readers, explain whether jessamine leaves are 



fatal to the common house fly, and, if so, why ? Some jessamine bushes just in frouk 



of our house are at present bearing a heavy crop of dead flies, as per sample leaf 



enclosed.— VASTATOR." 



