1905.] 227 



AN ADDITION TO THE BRITISH LIST OF DIPTERA. 



BY W WESCIIB, F.Il.M.S., &c. 



Ill July, 1902, I found a single specimen of the genus Ulidia at 

 BircliinL'ton, Kent ; this I placed in my cabinet without identification 

 of the species. In August of this year (1905) 1 obtained a number 

 on some weeds, w'ilh three pairs in cop., two of which I gave to the 

 British Museum, where Mr. E. E. Austen has identified them as 

 Ulidia nigripennis, Lw., and where they may be seen in the British 

 Collection. 



There are only two species in Mr. Verrall's list, and this will 

 make a third. The fact of my finding it twice at an interval of three 

 years shows that it is without doubt an established inhabitant of these 

 islands, and not a wind blown insect from the continent, and it has 

 probably hitherto escaped notice owing to its small size. 



139, Castellain Mansions, 



Maida Vale, W. : 

 September Uh, 1905. 



ANTIPODEAN FIELD NOTES. 

 IIL-A SKETCH OF THE ENTOMOLOaY OF SYDNEY, N.S.W. 



BY JAMES J. WALKEE, M.A., E.N., F.L.S. 



{Continued from page 220). 



The handsome Charaxes sempronius, Fab., one of the finest of 

 the Australian butterllies, is said to be at times not rare near Sydney, 

 but I never succeeded in taking it, and indeed saw it only once or 

 twice. Pyrameis cardui, var. Jcershawi, McCoy, and Junonia vellida, 

 Fab., are both very plentiful in waste open places, especially in early 

 summer, when P. itea, Fab., is also fairly common, though less so 

 than in some other Australian localities that I have visited. Its spiny 

 larva may be easily found on the formidable stinging-nettle, TIrtica 

 incisa. The Sati/ridce are perhaps more in evidence than any other 

 group of butterflies in the Sydney district. Several closely allied 



