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Stratiomyid^ : Pachygaster Leachii, Curtis, on windows ; 

 Oxycera pulchella, Mg. ; 0. trilineata, F. ; Nemotelus pantherinus, 

 L.; N.notatus, Ztt. ; A'^. nigrinus, Fin. ; Stratiomys potamida, Mg., 

 common (I have not found *S^. chaiiueleon, L.) ; *S^. fiircata, F. ; 

 Sargus cuprarins, L. ; S. iridatus, Scop. ; Microchrysa jiavicornis^ 

 Mg. ; M. cyaneiventris, Ztt. ; Beris vallata, Forst. ; B. clavipes, L. 



Leptid^ : Leptis tringaria, L. ; L. nigriventris, Liv. ; L. 

 lineola, F. ; Atherix Ibis, L. ; Chrysopilus cristatus, F., very 

 common. 



Tabanid^ : Hamatopota crassicornis, ANhlhg. ; Theriovlestes 

 micans, Mg., common ; T. distingvendus, Verr., is even commoner 

 here than Tabanus bromius, L. ; T. solstitialis, Mg., I have taken 

 in the New Forest, not here ; Atylotus fulvus, Mg. I believe I 

 have seen Tabanus sudeticus, Zlr., at Bloxworth, once only, 

 whereas it is common in the Forest. 7^. autumnalis, L., CJiry- 

 sops ccecutiens, L., C. quadrata, Mg., and C. sepidcralis, F., are 

 all very common, C. relicta, Mg., is somewhat rarer. The 

 melanotic variety of C. ccBcutiens is almost as common as the 

 type. C. sepulcTiilis is confined to the wet heaths. 



BoMBYLiDiE : Bombylius discolor, Mik., B. major, L., B. minor, 

 L., common on many of the heaths, especially those towards 

 Poole Harbour. Anthrax fenestratus, Fin., common. A. drcum- 

 datus, Mg., very common on the heaths, It was more in evidence 

 than almost any other insect on Studland Heath, in 1911, in 

 which year 1 saw a specimen on a roadside hedge, at Moreton,. 

 as early as May ! 



Therevid^ : Thereva nobilitata, F. ; T. plebeia, L. 



AsiLiD^ : Philonicus albiceps, Mg. ; Asilus crabroniforviia, h.,. 

 very common. DysinacJms trigonus, Mg. ; Eutolmus rufibarhxs, 

 Mg. ; Machimus atricapillus, Fin. ; Neoitamus cyanurus, Lw. ; 

 Epitriptus cingulatus, F. ; Dioctriacelandica, L. ; Dioctriarvfipes, 

 Deg. I have two specimens like D. rnfipes, but with almost 

 immaculate yellow femora and the anal cell is closed, even 

 slightly before the margin ! D. Baumhaueri, Mg. ; D. linearis, 

 F. ; Leptogaster cylindrica, Deg. 



PiPUNCULiD^ : Pipuncnlus campestris, Ltr. ; P. confusus, Verr. ; 

 P. xanthopus, Thorns. (?). 



Syrphid^ : Paragus tibialis, Fin. ; Pipizella virens, F. ; Pv 

 Heringi, Ztt. ; Pipiza noctiluca, L. Other forms of Pqjiza 

 occurring here seem to tend towards fenestrata, Mg., bimactdata, 

 Mg., signata, Mg., and lugubris, F. OrtJtoneura elegans, Mg. ;- 

 O. nobilis. Fin. ; Liogaster metallina, F. ; L. splendida, Mg. ; 

 Chrysogaster splendens, Mg. ; C. hirtella, Lw. ; C. virescens, Lw. ; 

 C. chalybeata, Mg. ; C. solstitialis, Fin. ; Chilosia scutellata, Flu. ; 

 C. pulchripes, Lw. ; C. variabilis, Pz. ; C. vidpina, Mg. ; C. 

 illiistrata, Harr. ; C. grossa, Fin. ; C. albipila, Mg. ; C. impressa, 

 Lw. ; C. albitarsis, Mg. ; C. fraterna, Mg. ; C. Bergenstammi, 

 Beck. ; C. proxima, Ztt. ; C. cynocephala, Lw. ; Platychirii^ 



