154 tJ"iy' 



To conclude this record of my New Zealand experiences, on 

 February 27th, 1903, I had a few hours on shore at Russell, on the 

 Bay of Islands, one of the oldest settlements in the colony. The 

 collecting-ground was very poor, the "bush" having long been 

 cleared away and replaced by fern and " tea-tree ; " and my only 

 captures were made on a sandy beach, and included Choerodes Icetus, 

 Br., and single examples of the rare Pachylopus pedator, Sharp, and 

 the Lamelh'corn, Xylosfyguus piceus, Br., which last had, I believe, 

 been previously recorded only from Little Barrier Island, near 

 Auckland. 



H.M.S. " Ringarooma," Sydney, N.S.W. : 

 June loth, 1903. 



SOME DIPTEHOLOGICAL AND OTHER NOTES ON A VISIT TO THE 



SCILLY ISLES. 



BY COL. J. W. YERBURY, R.A., F.Z.S., &c. 



As nothing seems to have been put on I'ecord regarding the 

 Diptera of the Scilly Isles, the following list may be of interest ; 

 though as a hunting ground the islands turned out disappointing, and, 

 except among the seaweed frequenters, specimens were few and far 

 between, and species commonplace. 



The following list records all species of which specimens have 

 been brought away ; it will be seen at a glance that it contains nothing 

 of special interest, except Scatophaga viJlipes and Tephrochlamys 

 flavipes (should the latter be correctly identified). 



Bibio laiiiger, <? <? , St. Mary's, 9 and lU/4/04 ; Tresco, 11/4/01-, very common. 

 B.johannis, $ , Tresco, 11/4/04, apparently uncommon. 



Ptychoptera paludosa, $ , St. Mary's, 9/4/04. 



Limnophila meigenii, <J , St. Mary's, 9/4/04. 



Tipida oleracea, St. Mary's, 10/4/04; Tresco, 11/4/04, very common on the 

 sandhills at Tresco. 



Cli nocera fontinalis, St. Mary's, 10/4/04, not uncommon. 



Eristalis xneus, Tresco, 11/1/04, a single specimen in the Abbey gardens at the 

 flowers of a small pink 31esemhri/anthemum : this plant grows in profusion over the 

 rocks, and later in the year must be a mass of bloom, it was particularly attractive 

 to the JSristalinx and also to Hymenoptera. H. tenax, Tresco, 11/4/04, in company 

 with the foregoing species. E. intriearius, St. Mary's, 9/4/04. E. nemorum, St. 

 Mary's, 9/4/04. 



Sarcophaga yiigriventris, Tresco, 11/4/04. 



Spilogaster dupHcata, cj (? , St. Mary'8, 9/4/04; Tresco, 11/4/04. 



Phorbia cepetorum, St. Mary's, 10/4/04. 



Fucellia maritima, St. Mary's, 9/4/04, probably common on all coasts. 



