1886.] 231 



69. Calliphora azurea, Fin. : in this Magazine for December, 1881, 

 I practically excluded this species from tlie British lists on the grounds 

 that all British specimens were C. grosnlandica, Ztt. : I find, however, 

 that true C. azurea, Eln., does occur rather rarely in England, as I 

 have taken odd specimens at Boxhill, Abbots Wood in Sussex, Exeter, 

 Barton, and even a pair in this house, one occurring in my own study 

 just as I was working at the species ; the male is very like grosnlan- 

 dica but rather stouter, and the acrochsetal bristles are distinct, those 

 bristles being almost obsolete in G. groenlandica ; the females are very 

 distinct, those of C. grcenlajidica resembling the male, while those of C, 

 azurea have the thorax with dull stripes, whence L. Dufour called the 

 species C. dispar. 



70. Fyrellia cyanicolor, Ztt. : the lovely bright purplish Fyrellia 

 with three faint lines on the thorax and quite bare eyes seems to me 

 to be P. cganicolor, Ztt. It is not uncommon at Lynton and at Loch 

 Maree and E-annoch. 



71. Hcematohia stimulans, Mg, : I do not consider this species or 

 the next (both commonly known as Stomojcgs) have ever been clearly 

 identified as British. S. stimulans is very much like Stomoxys calci- 

 trans, but the short proboscis and long palpi at once distinguish it, 

 while in H. stimulans ^ the eyes touch. I do not consider it rare, as 

 since I first saw it at Eannoch I have taken it at various localities, 

 amongst which (to show its distribution) I may mention Gairloch, 

 Arran, Ivybridge, Lynton, Abbots Wood in Sussex, &c. 



72. I£. irritants, L. : this is the H. serrata, Dsv. ; it is only half 

 the size of the others, and very distinct. I used to catch specimens 

 on a cow at Denmark Hill. 



73. Sjnlogaster trigonalis, Mg. : this somewhat abnormal species 

 (probably allied to S.fuscata) occurred freely at Lynton in June, 

 1884, and I have also taken it at Ivybridge, Teignmouth, Three 

 Bridges, and last June even at Tongue. 



74. S. perfusa, Mg. : closely allied to >S'. consimilis, Eln. ; it is not 

 very rare in the north, I took several at Braemar in 1873 and I have 

 odd specimens from the Lake District and North Sutherland. I 

 mention this species because Meade omits it, otherwise it has been 

 reported British. 



75. Homalomyia Roserii, Und. : this very distinct species occurred 

 abundantly under one tree in a wood close to Three Bridges Station 

 on July 31st, 1882 ; I had previously caught one at Eotherfield, also 

 in Sussex, on September 8th, 1875. Unfortunately I have been 

 unable to find the female. 



