272 



[November, 



Silphii atrata, var. subrotundata. 

 Necrophorus hiimator. 

 Corymbitos tessellatus. 

 Onthophagus f'racticornis. 

 Doiiacia bidens. 

 „ lemnae. 

 Liophloeus iiubilus. 

 Otiorrhynclius blandus. 



,, rugifrons. 



,, ligneus. 



Meloc violacous. 



Horsell : October Uth, 1901. 



Valentia Island 

 (August 7th— 12th). 



Harpalus latus. 

 Pterostichus striola. 

 Badistei' bipustuhitus. 

 Taphria nivalis. 

 Anchonienus parumpunctatus. 

 Ocj'pus ater. 

 Necrophorus vcspillo. 

 Otiorrhynehus blandus. 

 Lagria hirta. 



BALEARIC mSECTS.—DIFTEEA. 



Collected in Majorca and Minorca (March and April, 19ul.) by 

 E. B. PouLTON, Oldfield Thomas, and R. I. Pocock. 



BY COL. J. W. YERBURY, late R.A., F.Z.S., (fee. 



The Diptera collected by Professor Poultoii and Messrs. Thomas 

 and Pocock are not of any particular interest, but are such as may be 

 collected in any part of Europe ; the most interesting species are 

 Fhorantha siibcoleoptrata and Bombylius pollens. 



Where the name of the island is omitted, Majorca is always to 



be understood ; where a reference to the collector is omitted, Poultou 



is to be accepted. The names Thomas and Pocock are indicated by 



their initial letters, 



B1B10NID.S;. 



Dllophus Immeralis, Zett. ?, 3 ? , PoUensa, slope of Puig de Maria. humer- 



aZis, ? Zett., April 2nd, 1900, 2 ?, Mirauiar, garden of Hospidcria, March 27th, 

 1900, in bad condition (gummed on card), and therefore difficult to determine. 



Bihio Marci, L., S and ? , PoUensa, base of M. Sentuiri ; 2 S and 1 ? . 

 Miramar, garden of Hospideria, March 27tii, 1900; 1 Palma, March 25th, 1900, 



outside Castle Bellver, 400 ft. sp. inc., 1 <? , PoUensa, Puig de Maria, April 2nd, 



1900, gummed on card. 



Chieonomid^. 



Chironomus, sp. inc., Albufera, April 13th, 1900 (T. and P.), fragment. 



CULICID.ffi. 



Culex, sp. inc., 2 ? specimens, 1 near Maracor, Porto Cristo, March Slst, 

 1900 ; 1 Palma, near Porto Pi, March 24.th, 1900, different species in bad condition. 



T1PULID.S). 



Pachyrhlna maculosa, Meig., $ and $ , in coitu, PoUensa, slopes of Monte 

 Sentuiri, April 2nd, 1900 ; 1 (? , PoUensa, April 2nd, 1900, slopes of Puig Maria 

 1 ,? and 2 ? , Inca (T. and P.). 



