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In Bomhylidec he recognized satisfactorily seven British 

 species, but we had about 32 * names ' of other species 

 reputed as British, and those 32 names belonged to about 25 

 good species, which were some of the handsomest species in 

 all the Diptera. He accounted for this in the belief that our 

 early English workers occasionally travelled on the Continent, 

 and while doing so collected and naturally pinned their speci- 

 mens in their accustomed way, and by and by these specimens 

 found their way into their general collection, and were thus 

 believed to be British-caught specimens ; naturally, when 

 travelling they would have been attx'acted by the showy 

 Bomhylidx. 



He added a comparison between the British and the 

 Palsearctic species in these Families. 



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141 



But even of our 141 he could not at present guarantee 

 above 122 as well-distinguished British species. 



Colonel J. W. Yerbury said that on behalf of Professor 

 E. B. Poulton, F.R.S., he had been asked to exhibit some 

 specimens belonging to the Dipterous Families Stratiomyidx 

 to Cyrtidx according to Verrall's List. 



The exhibit was of interest mainly on accovint of the 

 specific names used, which names were useful as showing the 

 nomenclature employed by a past school of dipterologists, and 

 might give a clue to the manner in which some reputed 

 species have found their way into the British List. 



