VARIETIES. 



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neighbourhood of Edinburgh, the case would be different ; nay, 

 the work might have been contained on a single page. To me it 

 appears that this, and all similar catalogues, are particularly 

 useful, not only for local entomologists, but as contributing 

 valuable materials to a better knowledge of the distribution 

 and range of species. Who would have known that these 

 common London insects were also common round Edinburgh, 

 but for this publication ? 



W. Swainson. 



13 th June, 1834. 



42. A List of described Diptera, new to Britain. — Sir, 

 The dipterous insects contained in the following list have not, 

 as I believe, been hitherto recorded as British. If you deem 

 its insertion of any value, it is at your service. 



I remain yours, &c. 



London. F. WALKER. 



Chironomus leucopogon, Meig. 



ictericus, Meig. 

 Limnobia occulta, Meig. 

 Hexatoma nigra, Latr. 

 Zygoneura sciarina, Winth. 

 Sciara minima, Meig. 



nitidieollis, Meig. 

 Mycetophila fenestralis, Hgg. 

 Scatopse leucopeza, Meig. 



brevicornis, Meig. 

 Dilophus albipennis, Meig. 

 Sargus pallipes, Meig. 

 Callomyia speciosa, Meig. 

 Rhagio notata, Giirtl. 

 Empis nigritarsis, Meig. 

 Hilara tboracica, Macg. 

 Ocydromia nigripennis, Fabr. 

 Hemerodromia oratoria, Fall. 

 Elaphropeza ephippiata, Fall. 

 Drapetis nigra, Meig. 

 exilis, Meig. 

 exilis, Macq. 

 Platypalpus ciliaris, Fall. 



longicornis, Meig. 



flavipalpis, Macq. 



articulatus, Macq. 



flavicornis, Meig. 



rapidus, Meig. 

 Lonchoptera rivalis, Meig. 



flavicauda, Meig. 

 Tachina longicornis, Fall. 



Tachina pallipes, Fall. 

 plebeia, Fall. 

 ignobilis, Meig. 

 vetusta, Meig. 

 egens, Wied. 

 luctuosa, Meig. 

 laticornis, Meig. 

 Musca agilis, Meig. 



tempestiva, Fall. 

 Anthomyia ruralis, Meig. 

 variata, Fall. 

 ciliata, Fabr. 

 cunctans, Meig. 

 varicolor, Meig. 

 compuncta, Wied. 

 Cordylura flavicauda, Meig. 



liturata, Wied. 

 Sapromyza albiceps, Fall. 

 Lauxania ElisEe, Wied. 

 Sciomyza fuscipeunis, Meig. 



obtusa, Fall. 

 Tetanocera reticulata, Meig. 

 punctata, Meig. 

 Helomyza olens, Meig. 



griseola, Meig. 

 Notiphila nigriceps, Meig. 

 calceata, Meig. 

 nigrina, Meig. 

 nigella, Meig. 

 Drosophila littoralis, Meig. 

 Ochthiphila Juncorum, Fall. 



Gymnopa subsultans, Fabr. 

 Chlorops nasuta, Gmel. 

 notata, Meig. 

 scalaris, Meig. 

 speciosa, Meig. 

 circumdata, Meig. 

 tarsata, Fall. 

 palposa, Fall. 

 vindicata, Meig. 

 Agromyza nigripes, Meig. 

 ornata, Meig. 

 latipes, Meig. 

 exigua, Meig. 

 pusilla, Meig. 

 amoena, Meig. 

 variegata, Meig. 

 Phytomyza nigripennis, Fall. 

 obscureUa, Fall. 

 atra, Meig. 

 agromyzina, Meig. 

 albipennis, Fall. 

 affinis, Fall. 

 rufipes, Meig. 

 notata, Meig. 

 praecox, Meig. 

 fasciata, Meig. 

 albiceps, Meig. 

 terminalis, Meig. 

 pallida, Meig. 

 flava, Meig. 

 Phora opaca, Meig. 





43. Mode of destroying Ants. — These modes for destroying 

 them, or attracting them to the end of their being destroyed, 

 have been published in the Gardener's Magazine, V. 730. 

 VII. 315. Baits: the refuse part of melons, slices of raw 

 turnip rubbed over with honey, recently cooked bones of roast 

 or boiled meat or fish. Poisons : a well-compounded mixture 



