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tratus, Fin., and the strange little Oncodex f)ibbosiis,'L. Tlie Si/rphidre were well 

 represented, though mostly by common species ; the following, however, are usually 

 scarce, Melangyna quadrimaculata, Verr., Xanthogramma citrofasciatum, Deg., of 

 this there was only one specimen, thoagli there were several of the much commoner 

 X. ornatum, Mg., Eriitalis cryptarum, F., J and ? , Xylota lenta, Mg., and Chry- 

 sotoxum elegans, Lw. ; this latter though usually scarce would seem to be not 

 uncommon in the Forest. 



The best Conopidie were Conops vencularis, L., ^ and ? , and C. cerilformis 

 Mg., the former used to be considered a great rarity, but is apparently not so now 

 To these I would add Sypoderma? lineatiim, VilL, probably common in the larva 

 state, the two fine Tachinids, Echinomyia grosaa, L., and Alophora hemiptera, F., 

 neither of which seem scarce, Helomyza pectoralis, Lw., Phieoniyia fuscipennis, 

 Mg., Pteropwctria afflicta, Mg., and P. palustris, Mg., and last, but not least inter- 

 esting, the rare Icterica westermanni, Mg., of which ten specimens were taken by 

 sweeping rushes at Milford soon after harvest. 



Mr. Andrews has kindly sent me a list of species from the New Forest, taken 

 during the last and previous seasons. The following seem worthy of mention, 

 besides those given in his note (Ent. Mo. Mag., March, 1903, p. 71), Xanthandrus 

 comtus, Harr., Didea fasciata, Mcq., D. intermedia, Lw., T^olucella inanis, L. (taken 

 by Mr. Brameld), Mallota cimbiciformis, Fin , and Myiolepta luteola, Gmel. — E. 

 N. Bloomfield, Guestling : March, 1905. 



Rhamphomyia tenuirostris, Fal., taken in the New Forest. — Among some 

 Diptera recently received from Mr. Carter was a specimen of this species, taken in 

 Arran, and on placing it in my cabinet I was surprised to find three specimens under 

 this name, about which I had quite forgotten. On referring to my catalogue they 

 proved to have been taken at Lyndhurst ; two in September, 1900, and the other in 

 September, 1901 ; and there is also a note showing that at the time I was doubtful 

 as to the name being correct, as this species is not included in the British list. 

 Mr. Grimshaw, in his " Diptera Scotica," records a single female taken at Glencorse, 

 September 8tli, 1898, and adds : " The only other British record of this species 

 with which I am acquainted is that given by Col. Yerbury in the ' Irish Natui'alist,' 

 March, 1902,' where he mentions a specimen taken at Loo Bridge, in Ireland." 

 Curtis, however, recorded it about the year 1825 from a female specimen taken in 

 the Isle of Wight, so although it may not be often met with, it is evidently widely 

 distributed. I am informed Mr. Grimshaw considers the generic name, Macros- 

 tomus, Wied., has priority. — F. C. Adams, 50, Ashley Gardens, S.W. : March 

 2nd, 1905. 



Dr. Renter on the Urostylinss. — In his interesting remarks on this subfamily of 

 the Pentatomidss {ante, p. 64), Dr. Reuter — who follows Dallas in considering that 

 the Urostylinx constitute a distinct family — has made some reference to my first 

 volume on the Rhynchota of British India, which may perhaps create a wrong im- 

 pression. His remarks may be taken to suggest that I have not noticed his genus 

 Eurhynchiocoris, which he described in 1881. This, however, is not the case ; at 

 the foot of my Synopsis of the genera I have added the following note : — " The 



