List of Insects, etc.. collected in N. China 

 By Captain H. £. M. Douglas, V.C., D.S.O., R.A.M.C. 



DiPTERA. 



By E. E. Austen, F.E.S. 

 Fam. Mycetophilidae (Fungus Midges). 

 Sciophila sp. incert. (a fragment). 



Yiin-t'ing Shan : in open ground 6,974 ft., 5-X-1908. 



Fam. Bibionidae. 



Bibio sp. incert. (Near B. johamis L.) i ? 



Yiin-t'ing Shan : in village 6,974 ft., 5-X-1968. 



Fam. Chironomidae (Midges). 

 Chironomus sp. incert. i $ 



T'ai-yiian : in grass, near pond (no date mentioned). 



Fam. Culicidae (Mosquitoes). 

 Culex fatigans Wied i ? 



T'ai-yiian Fu : in Chinese courtyard, 9-VIII-1908. 

 Grabhamia sp. incert. i ^ 6 $ ? 



T'ai-yiian : feeding on horse, 28, 29-VIII-igo8 ; in grass, near pond, 

 30-VIII-1908. 



Some 9 or 10 other mosquitoes, including i Anopheles (sensu stricto) 

 were brought back, but the condition of these specimens is such as to 

 render definite determination impossible. 



Fam. Stratiomyidae. 



Stratiomys sp. incert. 2 larvae. 



Yii-lin Fu : 14-XI-1908. The larvae of species belonging to the 

 genus Stratiomys are aquatic. 

 Fam. Asilidae (Robber-flies). 



Genus et sp. incert. allied to Cyrtopogon. Lw. i <? 



Kan-ts'ao-kou : caught in open ground, 4,226 ft., 20-X-1908. 



Fam. Syrphidae (Hover-flies, etc.). 

 Catabomba pyrastri L,. 1 ? 



Yii-lin Fu : on sand, 3,169 ft., 11-XI-1908. 



A common and very widely distributed palaearctic hover-fly, 

 which also occurs in N. America. 

 Sphaerophoria sp. incert. 2 ^ ^ i ? 



T'ai-yiian : in grass, near pond, 24-VIII-1908. 



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