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3. H. germanus Wied. : I cannot satisfactorily distinguish this at 



present from the next species, but I believe they are two 

 distinct species, and that both occur in Britain. 



4. S. chcerophylli Meig. : a small common species, which often occurs 



in abundance on the flowers of TJmbellifercd. 



5. H. nigriplantis Stann. : the only place where I have found this is 



Snailwell in Cambridgeshire, where it used to be not uu- 

 common from June to September on a wooden sluice down 

 which water was running. Col. Terbury has taken one 

 specimen at Porthcawl in Glamorgan, and Mr. C. G. Lamb 

 one at Wells in Somerset. 



6. H. nigripennis Fall. : a small blackish species, with a rather long 



proboscis, very similar to Orthochile, but its proboscis is not 

 nearly so long as that of Orthochile. Common from Corn- 

 wall to the Highlands of Scotland. 



7. R. chrysozygos Wied. : this very pretty and very distinct species 



was abundant at Wicken in July, 1875, even occurring in 

 ditches close to " The Five Miles from Anywhere." I have 

 since taken it at Chippenham Fen, and even on a window in 

 this house. 



8. H. plagiatus Lw. : I introduced this species as British on a speci- 



men taken at Abbey Wood in Kent on July 24th, 1870, and 

 a few specimens have since occurred at TJpware and Tudden- 

 ham near here. 



9. H. fulvicaudis Walk. : this still remains recorded as British from 



only a single male found near Bristol, and taken probably 

 at least 70 years ago ; that is, however, the specimen from 

 which the species was originally described. It has since 

 been recorded as not uncommon in Germany, and I possess 

 several specimens from Mecklenburg, while Kowarz has 

 recorded it from Hungary. 



10. H. atrovirens Lw. : I caught one male at Footscray in Kent on 



July 7th, 1869, and Dr. D. Sharp took a female in the New 

 Forest in June, 1902. 



11. H. parvilmnellatus Macq. : I took a few specimens at Blackboys 



in Sussex on June 15th, 1876. 



12. H. nanus Macq. : various localities in Sussex, Surrey, Cambs., 



Suffolk and Norfolk. 



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