762 REPUTED BRITISH SPECIES 



interesting because the sand-hills on the Welsh or Somerset coasts (where 

 Pamponerus germanicus still survives) are possible localities for a Lomatia. 

 I have noted under Anthrax circumdatus that a specimen of that species 

 stood in the Hope Museum at Oxford under the label of Anthrax Belzehuh. 



44 Exo-prosoim Jacchus Fabr. Walker said (Ins. Brit. Dipt., i., 78), " Very rare. In 



" the British Museum (E.)," and included Pandora Fb., Megcera Hms., italica 

 Pi,si., and ^jfcto Wdm. as synonyms, but E. italica Meig. is a distinct species 

 and has a variety Megoera Meig. 



45 E. Pandora Fabr. Stephens and Curtis included this species in their Catalogues, 



and Stephens subsequently figured it (Illustrations of British Entomology, 

 Suppl. 27, T. xlvi., fig. 4, 1846) and said " Taken near Dover, in July." Walker 

 included it in Ins. Brit. Dipt., i., 77 (1851) as a synonym of E. Jacchtis. In 

 1869 (Entomologist, iv., 215) Newman again introduced ^''Anthrax Pandora, a 

 " new British Dij)teron of the Family Anthracidce" and stated that the 

 Entomological Club cabinet contained some specimens from the south-west 

 of England which had been standing under the name of Anthrax fenestratus. 

 In Dale's note-book (now in the Hope Museum at Oxford) a reference is 

 given to " Dr Cocks, Devon." 



46 Argyramoeha anthrax Schrank. Some of the very ancient British authors such 



as Stewart and Turton recorded Anthrax morio Fabr. as British, Fabricius' 

 species being a synonym of A. anthrax Schrank. 



47 A. binotata Meig. I include this species because I possess a specimen from the 



late W. W. Saunders' collection, which was said to have been captured at 

 Barmouth, but I conclude that a similar mistake has occurred about this 

 specimen as with Saropogon jugnlnm Lw. (No. 76). 



48 Anthrax morio L. Anthrax semiatra Meig. which is a synonym of A. morio 



L. was recorded by the very ancient British authors, and Newman re- 

 introduced it in 1869 (Entom., iv., 215) as new to Britain on the strength of 

 a pair " pierced with English pins " which had been presented to the 

 Entomological Club collection. Newman added that fuU descriptions would 

 appear in the " Year-Book," but I have not collated that work. 



49 A. maui'us L. It is probable that Linne's description of this species included 



A. fenestratus, and Haliday (Stett. ent. Zeit., xii., 138) recorded that the 

 specimen in Linne's collection belonged to that species. It is therefore 

 only natural that some of the old English writers should have recorded 

 A. maurus as British. Newman however in 1869 (Entom., iv., 215) deliberately 

 introduced A. hifasciata Meig. (which is a synonym of the true A. maurus) 

 upon the strength of a specimen (apparently without history) in the 

 Entomological Club collection. 



50 A. hottentottus L. Walker (Ins. Brit. Dipt., i., 78) recorded this species as 



" Rare. (E.I.) " ; there is however no doubt that his species was the compara- 

 tively common A. Paniscvs (even though he gave ^. circumdata as a synonym). 

 Several earlier English authors recorded A. hottentotta as British, but 

 probably always in mistake for A. Paniscus, though I still think that a large 

 clear-winged Anthrax occurs in Britain. 



51 A. Jlavtis Meig. Bezzi has sunk this as a synonym of A. hottentottus L., but 



until definite descriptions have been given of the species belonging to this 

 group it may be well to keep records separate. A. flava was recorded by 

 Stephens in his Catalogue, and Curtis in 1824 (Brit. Ent., 9) described it as 

 British, but almost certainly in mistake for A. cimimdatus as at any rate 

 Curtis's species had a banded abdomen. 



