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more specimens of the same fly from a longeared owl, which 

 I preserved for a friend, in March. I may state that the 

 green tint of the body soon disappears when the fly is 

 immersed in spirits of wine. I never detected it on any 

 species of bird except the owl above named, but I am 

 informed by a friend that a fly somewhat similar, if not 

 identical, abounds on grouse in the Highlands. — G. B. 

 Corhin. 



[I do not much hesitate in expressing an opinion that this 

 parasite was Ornithomyia avicularia, but I shall at all times 

 feel greatly obliged for specimens of any of this remarkable 

 order of insects : they are certainly allied to Hippobosca, but 

 as certainly not of that genus. — Edward Newman.^ 



Captures in the New Forest during parts oj April, 

 June, July, and August, 1873. — I paid four visits to Lynd- 

 hurst last season : on the first two occasions the weather was 

 simply villanous, more especially at Whitsuntide, when a 

 drenching rain, combined with a rather high and not very 

 mild wind, rendered butterfly-hunting far from profitable, and 

 larva-hunting by no means pleasant, owing to the saturated 

 state of the bushes and trees : in spite of very favourable 

 weather during my other excursions I did not do as well as I 

 had hoped to do, and can quite endorse Mr. Tugwell's 

 remarks as to the general scarcity of insects. As will be 

 seen, however, I did not find sugar quite so unprofitable as he 

 appears to have done, though it was not nearly so attractive as 

 in 1871. I am indebted to Mr. George Tate, of Pondhead, for 

 a knowledge of the locality where all my captures by means of 

 sugar were made, and also for a great deal of other valuable 

 information respecting the forest. The following is a list of 

 my best captures. L. Sinapis was common in May and 

 June, but owing to bad weather at the time of my visit I only 

 succeeded in capturing a series. L. Sibylla, common. T. 

 Rubi, one. L. .^gon, very common. N. Lucina, four. 

 L. Testudo, one, beaten out of a beech tree. N. strigula, one 

 very bad specimen, at sugar. C. miniata and L. mesomella, 

 not rare. L. aureola, one, bred from larva. L. helveola, one. 

 L. quadra, larvae not uncommon in June, imago very rare ; I 

 only know of five having been captured, two of which fell to 

 my share. E. cribrum, one. E. russula, one. L. monacha, 

 very common the only day I was able to go after it. A. pro- 



