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

 By Captain H. E. 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). 



Yun-t'ing Shan : in open ground 6,974 ft., 5-X-igo8. 



Fam. Bibionidae. 



Bibio sp. incert. {Nea.T B. johannis h.) i ? 



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



Fam. Chironomidae (Midges). 

 Chironomus sp incert. i J 



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



Fam. Culicidae (Mosquitoes). 

 Culex fatigms Wied i 2 



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

 Grabhamia sp. incert. i J 6 $ J 



T'ai-yiian : feeding on horse, 28, 29-VIII-1908 ; 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). 



Gems et sp. incert. allied to Cyrtopogon. Lw. i 3 



Kan-ts'ao-kou : caught in open ground, 4,226 ft., 20-X-igo8. 



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

 Catabomba pyrastri L. i 2 



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 <? J I 2 



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



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