CO [March. 



In a lane about a mile from the wood I was delighted to meet 

 with, for the first time, a fine specimen of the rare Xanthogramma 

 citrofasciatum. 



On June 2nd the new shoots of pine and fir trees in Sutton Park 

 were very attractive to all kinds of insects: bees, wasps, beetles, 

 ichneumons, and even " daddies " were crawling over them, flowers 

 being almost deserted. The principal Diptera taken were Syrphus 

 tricinctus, quadrimaculntiis, Chrysotoxum arcuatum, and Tlrigone vagans. 



Of other captures the following may be noticed : — 



Syrpihus grossidaricg. — One taken in my garden, June 9th ; S. 

 guttatus, one ? in Sutton Park, June 16th, and another at Barmouth, 

 August 20th ; S. nitens, Zett. — A ^ from Wyre, April 14th, and a ? 

 from Barmouth, August 23rd, represent this little known species ; S. 

 compositarum and umbellatarum also from Barmouth. 



Helophilus frutetorum and lineatus. — Yery common in Sutton 

 Park during June and July, lineatus being so abundant at times that 

 half a dozen could be taken at one stroke. H. transfiigus. — I was 

 delighted to meet with this rare species for the first time this July in 

 Sutton Park, about twenty were taken, mostly males. 



Xylota nemorum. — One ? from Cannock Chase, this being also 

 new to me. 



Didea alneti. — At Trench Woods, May 26th, I missed a specimen 

 of the yellow form, and on May 15th saw the pale green form at 

 Sutton, which was also missed, but on August 1st, within a few yards 

 of the same spot, I captured a grand pale green $ . All the Dideae I 

 have seen and captured (a dozen) either occurred in May or August 

 and September. This suggests that they may be double-brooded. 



Pipunculus sylvaticus. — Common at Barmouth, also onejiavipes, 

 same locality. 



Eristalis sepulcTiralis and ArctopJiila mussitans. — Both from 

 Sutton. 



Seris fuscipes, cliaJyleata, and vallata. — These occurred in my 

 garden on RJiododendron leaves, the first named commonly. 



Among Cordyluridcd, C. ciliata, geniculata, C. apicalis, Hydromyza 

 Falleni, Scatopliaga scyhalaria, Tetanocera reticulata, were not un- 

 common in Sutton Park, also Loxocera aristaia, which was very 

 abundant on a small-leaved holly bush, May 11th, over forty taken. 



Echinomyia grossa. — One in Sutton Park ; this is, I believe, a 

 second for the Midlands. 



Limnia marginata, Sphecolyma inanis, Mycophagafungorum, Acidia 

 lychnidis, all occurred in my garden. 



