54 [March, 



i. — a ^, taken 22/7/9S, was sitting on a roughly squared log 

 which formed a foot bridge across a stream near Kinrara. 



ii. — ? , taken 30/7/98, on the slope of Cudha Mor above Loch 

 an Eilan, close to the limit of the pine trees; this specimen w^as 

 flying round me when caught, and made a loud humming noise while 

 on the wing, the note was in quite a different key to that of Tahanus 

 sudeticus, and I realized at once that some new insect was flying 

 round me. Alas, this locality has been, I fear, devastated by the 

 recent fire, the locality is probably, however, a hint to the true home 

 of the insect. 



iii. — a $ , taken 10/7/99, found sitting on pebbles in the bed 

 of the Spey. 



Strphus annulipes, Zett. 



So far as I can ascertain only five specimens of this species have 

 been taken in England, and these all in the west country (Hereford- 

 shire, Gloucestershire, and Devonshire). Until I met with this 

 species in abundance at Nethy Bridge in August, 1898, the only 

 specimen I had seen was one taken by Dr. Wood at Tarrington, 

 Herefordshire, on 15/8/95, and now in the B. M. collection. The 

 species appears, however, to be very common in Scotland, as, besides 

 the locality referred to above, I found it in numbers at Forres in 

 August, 1899, while Mr. Grimshaw records it in the Annals of Scottish 

 Natural History (on the first occasion [January, 1897] erroneously aa 

 " new to Britain ") from various places in Perthshire. Syrphus an- 

 nulipes affects thistle and ragwort blossom, and when visiting the 

 former flower (which it seems to prefer) is very shy and difiicult to 

 capture, in fact it is a case of striking at it on sight. 



Ceiorkhina (Ctnorhina*) fallax, L. 



Mr. Verrall recorded (The Scottish Naturalist, vol. 2, p. 200, 

 1873-74) the capture at Braemar in July, 1873, of the first British 

 specimen of this species (a ? ), and from that date until July, 1898, 

 no second capture appears to have been made ; on October 5th, 1898, 

 I exhibited at a meeting of the Ent. Soc, two $ specimens taken on 

 the golf links at Kingussie on July 20th, 1898 ; while at Aviemore 

 during the month of July of the present year (1899), I succeeded in 

 catching five more specimens (4 ^J and 1 ? ). 



The conclusion I have arrived at regarding the habits of this 

 species is, that the flowers of the wild raspberry have an undoubted 

 attraction for it; of the seven specimens taken by myself five were 



* Vide Williston Syrphidce, N. 'America, p. 209. 



