234 [October, 



THREE SPECIES OF DIPTERA NEW TO THE BRITISH LIST. 

 BY J. E. MALLOCH. 



I captured at Bonhill, Dunibartoiishire, on .Tune 9th, 190G, a ^ 

 of a small Antbomyid-lil^e Dipteron, which at first I could make 

 little of. Unfortunately T only obtained one specimen, and it was 

 hardly typical. I made it out as Cnemacantha miiscaria, Eln., or a 

 species closely allied to it. This specimen I submitted to Mr. J. E. 

 Collin, but he did not care to give a decided opinion on it. Later on 

 I discovered a typical ? , and was convinced that the identification 

 was correct. T sent the pair on to Mr. Collin, and he agrees with my 

 determination. The description in Schiner is fairly correct, only 

 I make the distance between the cross veins about one-half the 

 length of the last portion of the fourth vein. 



In July of this year Mr. A. H. Hamm, of Oxford, sent on a lot 

 of Diptera, freshly killed for identification, and amongst them I found 

 a specimen of Eccoptomera nrnofa^ Lw. This species differs from 

 longisetn^ Mg., which has also the thorax yellow, in having the cross 

 veins infuscated. The locality for this specimen is Oxford. Mr. Collin 

 informs me that he has lately seen in Cambridge University Museum 

 a specimen of this species taken by Dr. Sharp at Logie in July, 1908. 

 Judging from this, the species has evidently a wide distribution. 



Last year, in sending some insects to Mr. A. E. Carter, of Blair- 

 gowrie, I included a few specimens of a Pegomyia, which I could not 

 place, not having Stein's paper. Mr. Carter gave it as his opinion 

 that the species was P. scitenstettensis, Strobl. He wanted to see the 

 ^ to make sure, but unfortunntely I did not then possess this sex ; 

 but I kept a look out this year for the species, and obtained a good 

 series of both sexes. I was sending on some specimens to the Edin- 

 burgh Museum, and enclosed two pairs of the species, requesting 

 Mr. Grimshaw to check the identification. He reports that they are 

 correctly named. The species bears a resemblance to P. /lavipes,¥\i\., 

 and P. univittata, v. Eos., but may be known from either by its entirely 

 black antennae, and by the fore tibiae being blackened in both sexes. 

 The species is common in one particular part of the Bonhill district. 



Bonhill, Dumbartonshire : 



September 12th, 1909. 



African Entomological Rpsearch Commiltep. — All Entomologists will be pleased 

 to hear of the appointment of this Committee, recently announced in the public 

 Press. 



