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the great sti-ides that have been made in our knowledge of these flies during 

 the last eight years, while a comparison of the map with that published in the 

 Monograph, shows at a glance the remai'kable increase in our knowledge of the 

 distribution of these insects. Most of the plates and figvires are reproductions 

 of those appearing in the Monograph, the new plates being those of G. cali- 

 ginea, G. tachinoides, G. brevipalpis (G. fusca of the Monogi'aph re-di-awn), and 

 true G. fusca. The two new species described are G. fuscipleuris and G. medi- 

 corum, while the author considers that maculata, Newstead, is a synonym of 

 palpajns, and suhmorsitans, Newstead, only a form of morsitans. There is every 

 appearance of gi-eat care having been taken in the preparation of this Hand- 

 book, and its publication should be welcomed by those interested in the study 

 of these particiilar flies. 



A TRIP TO SARDINIA IN 1910. 

 BY G. C. CHAMPION, F.Z.S. 



In 1894 (Trans. Eut. Soc. Loud., pp. 225-242) I published an 

 account of an Entomological excursion to Corsica. I propose now to 

 record briefly my experiences in Sardinia, in 1910, when my friends, 

 MM. A. Dodero and F. Solari, of Grenoa, kindly invited me to join 

 tliem in an excursion to that island. Leaving Genoa by the night 

 train on May 26th, we reached Civita Vecchia early the next morning, 

 spent the day there, and then took the steamer starting in the evening 

 for the Sardinian port of Golfo Aranci, arriving there the following 

 morning at 4 a.m. Our objective point being Aritzu, on the western 

 slope of the Grennargentu range of mountains, in the central portion 

 of the island, a very long detoui" by train had to be made to reach that 

 place, first to Cagliari (12 hours), and then again northward, by a 

 narrow gauge line to Aritzu (8 hours) , this branch terminating at the 

 little inland village of Sorgono. Three days were spent at Cagliari 

 (May 28th — 30tli), and Aritzu was reached on May 31st, where we 

 remained till Jime 10th. Fair accommodation was obtained at this 

 mountain village (alt. about 2500 feet), and daily excursions were 

 made from thence to the adjacent slopes, up to perhaps 4500 or 5000 

 feet. The projected visit to the summit of the main Gennargentu 

 range (alt. about 6000 feet, the highest portion of the island) had, 

 however, to be abandoned, on account of the refuge (where rough 

 sleeping-quarters were formerly obtainable) having fallen to pieces 

 during the previous winter. The mountain slopes immediately above 

 and below Aritzu are thickly clothed with small chestnuts and oaks, 

 followed higher up by a dense growth of heather, cistus, &c., this 

 again being succeeded by oak forest. My friends' chief quest was the 



