DIPTERA. 273 



Platypezidfp. 



1. Callomyia elegans, Fab. Very rare. A single 



specimen only was taken by my father in the 

 withy-bed, July 15th, 1862. 



2. C. amcena, Meig. Very rare. Taken by my father 



in Mullett's Copse, June 6th, 1861; also by 

 myself in Ferny knap, May 28th, 1873, and in 

 Pelles, July 17th, 1873. 



1. Platypeza modesta, Zett. A single specimen only 



of this exceedingly pretty little fly was taken by 

 myself in Wootton Wood, June 29th, 1875. It 

 has not been previously recorded as British. 



2. P. rufa, Meig. Kare. Taken by myself in Wootton 



Wood, September 17th, 1873; in the Green 

 Wall, September 12th, 1874 ; in Wootton Wood, 

 September 25th, 1876; in Fernyknap, Sep- 

 tember 26th, 1876 ; and in Haywood, September 

 29th, 1876. It -has not been previously recorded 

 as British. 



3. P. picta, Meig. Very rare. A couple were taken 



by my father off ivy bloom, October 23nd, 

 1846 ; a single specimen also was taken by 

 myself in Nursery Lane, September 24th, 1877. 



4. P. infumata, Hal. Rare. Taken by my father in 



Mead Copse, September 29th, 1870 : also by 

 myself in Sandhill's Copse, October 3rd, 1873 ; 

 in Babbitts, September 30th, 1874 ; in Wootton 

 Wood, September 25th and 26th, 1876; in 



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