A HISTORY OF NOTTINGHAMSHIRE 



some are aquatic. The mature insects are equally diverse in their habits. Many live by sucking 

 the blood of vertebrate animals, others prey upon other insects, and an enormous number live on 

 decaying animal or vegetable matter, or suck nectar from flowers. 



The Diptera have been comparatively neglected in Nottinghamshire, and most of our knowledge 

 of the group we owe to the exertions of the Rev. A. Thornley, who, together with the present 

 writer, is responsible for all the records in the following list unless otherwise stated. Much 

 unidentified material exists in the writer's collection which could not be worked out in time for 

 use in this article. 



The arrangement and nomenclature adopted are those of Verrall's List of British Diptera, 

 2nd edition. 



ORTHORRHAPHA 

 NEMATOCERA 



PULICIDAB 



Pulex irritans, Linn. Abundant everywhere 

 Trichopsylla gallinae, Schrk. S. Leverton, abundant 

 in old fowl-house 



CECIDOMYIDAE 



Cecidomyia bursaria, Bremi. Linby, bred from galls 

 on Nepeta glechoma (G. B. Rothera) 



- clausilia, Meade. Bred from galls on willow 



leaves (G. B. Rothera) 



- crataegi, Winn. Wilford, Ruddington (G. B. 



Rothera) ; S. Leverton, abundant 



- galii, Lw. Wilford, bred from galls on Galium 



verum (G. B. Rothera) 



- marginemtorquens, Bremi. Common on willows 



near Leverton Station 



- plicatrix, Lw. Oxton, galls on Rubus (G. B. 



Rothera) 



- rosaria, Lw. Forms the well-known and con- 



spicuous leaf rosettes on the ends of willow 

 twigs ; common 



- rosarum, Hardy. Nottingham district, bred from 



galls on leaves of Rosa canina (G. B. Rothera) 



- salicis, Schrk. Oxton (G. B. Rothera), forms 



tumours on twigs of Salix caprea and other 

 willows 

 taxi, Inch. Galls on yew hedge at S. Leverton 



tiliae, Schrk. Nottingham, Arnold, bred from galls 



on lime (G. B. Rothera) ; Bcauvale Woods 



- tilicola, Rud. Manton Woods 



- ulmariae, Bremi. Linby, bred from galls on 



Spiraea ulmaria (G. B. Rothera) ; S. Leverton 

 and other parishes around, not uncommon 



- urticae, Ferris. Galls on stinging nettle (Urtica 



dioica), Nottingham (Rothera) ; 5. Leverton and 

 other parishes nr. Retford, common 



- veronicae, Vallot. S. Leverton; all the Veronica 



Chamoedrys in this parish seem to be affected 

 with this gall. Common throughout the Ret- 

 ford district 



Hormomyia capreae, Winn. Bred from galls on 

 leaves of Salix caprea, Linby (G. B. Rothera) 



MYCETOPHILIDAE 



Mycetophila punctata, Mg. \ 



cingulum, Mg. j 

 Glaphyroptera fascipennis, Mg. S. Leverton, rare 



BIBIONIDAE 



Scatopse notata, Linn. S. Leverton 



Dilophus febrilis, Linn. Nottingham ; early in 1899 

 this insect completely destroyed a large crop of 

 spring lettuces in a market garden ; S. Leverton, 

 abundant 



ORTHORRHAPHA (continued) 



NEMATOCERA (continued) 



BIBIONIDAE (continued) 



Bibio marci, Linn. Universally distributed and 

 abundant 



varipes, Mg. S. Leverton 



johannis, Linn. Abundant and widely distributed 



SIMULIDAE 



Simulium reptans, Linn. S. Leverton ; Trestvell Wood, 

 abundant 



CULICIDAE 



Anopheles maculipennis, Mg. S. Leverton 

 Culex annulatus, Schrk. Common ; in 1905 this 

 species was excessively common in Nottingham, 

 and many persons were badly bitten by it 



nemorosus, Mg. S. Leverton 



pipiens, Linn. Common everywhere 



PTYCHOPTERIDAK 



Ptychoptera contaminata, Linn. Worksop (J. T. 

 Houghton) ; S. Leverton 



paludosa, Mg. S. Leverton 

 albimana, Fab. S. Leverton 



LIMNOBIDAE 



Limnobia quadrinotata, Mg. Trestuell Wood 



nubeculosa, Mg. S. Leverton 



analis, Mg. Sheru'ood Forest (R. C. Bradley) 



tripunctata, Fab. S. Leverton 

 Dicranomyia chorea, Mg. S. Leverton, common 

 Rhypholophus lineatus, Mg.U Leverton 



nodulosus, Mcq. j 

 Poecilostola punctata, Schrk. S. Leverton 

 Trichocera hiemalis, Deg. Common and widely dis- 

 tributed 



TIPULIDAE 



Pachyrrhina crocata, Linn. Worksop (Miss Alderson) ; 

 Sherwood Forest, common (R. C. Bradley and 

 C. J. Wainwright) 



histrio, Fab. S. Leverton ; Fkdborough 



- maculosa, Mg. N. and S. Leverton: Grove; 

 Nottingham 



quadrifaria, Mg. S. Leverton 



Tipula pabulina, Mg. (?) ' This small species occurs 

 commonly in the autumn on the windows and 

 walls of the vicarage at S. Leverton, and has to 

 all appearance a subapterous female. Dr. Meade 

 names it doubtfully pabulina ' (A. Thornley) 



lunata, Linn. S. Leverton 



vernalis, Mg. N. and S. Leverton ; Trcstoell Wood 



vittata, Mg. S. Leverton ; Treswell Wood 



gigantea, Schrk. Widely distributed and common 



ochracea, Mg. S. Leverton; Tresviell Wood; 



Clumber (Miss Alderson) 





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