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that I have by any means exhausted the number of species in the 

 district, but hope that, if the list may not encourage other collectors 

 to take up this group, it may be of service to those interested in the 

 distribution of our Diptera. 



Conicera atra, Mg., very common on flowers during the summer ; 

 C. similis, Hal., occurring along with atra. 



Gipnnophora arcuata, Mg., common in woods among ferns and 

 undergrowth. 



Trineura aterrima, F., not uncommon ; T. velutina, Mg., common 

 on flower heads in summer; T. schinerl, Beck., common in fir planta- 

 tions on the hills. 



Phora opaca, Mg., not uncommon among furze bushes in an old 

 pasture at Murroch Glen, April and May; P. lugubris, Mg., common 

 almost everywhere during April, May and June ; P. sublugubris, 

 Wood, one of each sex taken September 2 1st, 1907 ; P. curvinervis, 

 Beck., very common, especially under the stones forming weasel traps 

 on the hill. One specimen was taken with the wings still undeveloped, 

 which evidently goes to show that the larva? had fed upon the bait of 

 the previous year. Some specimens have an additional bristle situated 

 between the upper two on the hind tibiae ; P. thoracica, Mg., very 

 common upon the trunks of beech trees in a wood here, the males 

 have the wings either entirely clear, or very faintly infuscated at the 

 tips ; P. urbana, Mg., two of each sex taken upon fence posts and 

 tree trunks ; P. fennica, Beck., one of each sex taken upon tree 

 trunks ; P. crassicomis, Mg., very common ; P. concinna, Mg., very 

 common, extremely variable in size ; P unispinosa, Ztt., common ; P. 

 nudipalpis, Beck., as common as unispinosa, occurring along with it. 



PlIORA PUBEBICOENIS, 11. Sp. 

 Black ; frons shining, of the male about I5 times as broad as high, of the 

 female about equal in height and width ; antennae of the male with the third joint 

 large, somewhat sharply pointed, and covered with a thick yellowish pubescence, of 

 the female much smaller, but also pubescent ; arista almost apical ; palpi of the 

 male inconspicuous, yellow, with weak marginal bristles, of the female very small ; 

 proboscis of the female very prominent, projecting straight downwards, as long as 

 the height of the head ; thorax shining ; mesopleura bare ; scutellum with two 

 bristles ; halteres yellow ; abdomen dull black ; hypopygium yellow, lamella; sym- 

 metrical; legs yellow, hind femora and tibiae darkened at the apices; fore coxae 

 yellow, mid and hind coxae darkened ; fore tibiae without a bristle on the middle, 

 mid tibiae with two on the basal third and the very weak apical bristle present, hind 

 tibiae with a bristle on the basal third ; wings greyish, veins, with the exception of 

 the fourth thin vein, very distinct ; costa to beyond the middle of the wing of equal 

 thickness for the whole length, first division about 1J times the second ; costal fringe 





