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var. leonina, Rond., being also very common, of this species I took over 90 specimens. 

 Hylemyia strigo&a and variaia were also common, I took with tliese species one 

 pullula and some specimens of two species which appear to be flavipennis and 

 seticrtira, Hyetodesia basalis, and popiili, Polietes lardaria and two or three unde- 

 termined species of Fkorbia or Choi-fophila were all very common. The Syrphid(B 

 were very poorly represented, only four species being taken, Syritta pipiens, 

 Platycheirus fulviventris and clypeaivs, and a Chrysogaster 1 have not determined. 

 JEmpis tessellata was common in a hedge alongside a stream, and I took five or six 

 species of miara, also two Rhamphomyia nigripes. One Leptls iringaria represented 

 Leptid<B, and a dozen or so Dilophus rulgan's the Bibionid(2. Dolichopodidce were 

 rather abundant. The species I captured were D. vitripennis, 70 specimens, pluvialis, 

 festivus, confuszis, signatus and oeneus, Gymnopternus assi.milix, Argyra diaphana, 

 and a very small species I have not yet recognised. The few Acalypterata I have 

 had time to make out were Scatophaga stercoraria, 80, werdaria, 40 (these two 

 species swarmed everywhere and were continually filling my net), luiaria, 3, anills?, 

 1, and two or three of what appears to be another species I do not know. Two or 

 three species of Borborus were very common (80 specimens), two species of Tephritis 

 (6), three of Chlornps (6), a very small Palloptera or allied genus (20), and two or 

 -three species of Lapromyza (12), also a species which is labelled in the British 

 Museum as Heteromyza nervosa (30), but which name I look upon with some 

 suspicion, as Schiner, in his "Cat. 83-8. Eur. Dip.," makes no mention of such a 

 species. Altogether, I took about 950 Diptera,a,wd the other orders are represented 

 as follows, though it must be understood that I confined myself intentionally to the 

 collecting of Diptera, and that the other insects were taken by chance whilst 

 sweeping rushes and grass : — 



Hymenopfera (GQ specimens) : Aiidrenidas (2), Kematus (5 or 6), Ckrysididce (1), 

 and the rest small Ichneumon idee, which appeared tolerably common. 



Coleoptera (90 specimens) : Noiiophilus (1), Pcederns (1), Tachyporus hypnorum, 

 and 3 other species of StaphyJlnidee, Aphodius, 2 species, Telephorus, 4 species, 

 ElateridcB, 4 species (17 specimens), Phyllobius argentatus (6), uniformis (30), 

 pomoncB (10), Strophosomux coryli (1), Ceuthorhyiichvs sp. ? i^V), Apion (1), and 

 two other species of two genera of other Carculionidre I do not know. One species 

 of Halticidce completes the list of beetles. 



Semiptera were scarce ; and in the way of Lepidoptera I saw only a few 

 P. Phlceas and one of the skippers and a species of Tineina flying over the furze. 



A small Orthopteron and eight or ten spiders (which were most unpleasantly 

 abundant, as they spun most annoyingly during their short sojourn in my net) bring 

 the list to a close. In all, I took about 1050 specimens, not counting a 100 or so I 

 threw away as being too damaged to preserve ; of course many are too much broken 

 for keeping as cabinet specimens, but will be valuable as recording the species of this 

 locality. To any one who desires Diptera, Coleoptera, or Hymenoptera, I can 

 confidently recommend Esher. — E. Bexjnetti, 129, Grosvenor Park, Camberwell : 

 June 2\st, 1887. 



Earintis nitidulus, Nees. — Mr. Bridgman's note in the Magazine for this month, 

 p. 15, leads me to say that I have a bred specimen of this species, which was de- 

 termined for me in the year 1870 by the Rev. T. A. Marshall. Its cocoon agrees 



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