A HISTORY OF WARWICKSHIRE 



BRACHYCERA 

 STRATIOMYIDJE 



This family is not at all well represented ; 

 although we have worked the Button bogs 

 thoroughly, and no more suitable place for 

 them exists in the county so far as I know, 

 the following list contains all the species we 

 have observed and probably nearly all likely to 

 occur 



CLITELLARIN.ffi 



Oxycera pygmaea, Fall. Observed by Mr. 



Bradley only 

 STRATIOMYINJE 



Stratiomys potamida, Mg. This is the 

 only species of the genus we have 

 seen in the midlands, and only two 

 specimens have been taken, both in 

 Blackroot Bog, by myself 

 SARGIN.S 



Sargus flavipes, Mg. (R. C. B.) ; cuprarius, 

 L. ? (R. C. B.) ; iridatus, Scop, 

 (infuscatus, Mg.), not common 

 (R. C. B. and C. j. W.) 



Chloromyia formosa, Scop. Button 

 (R. C. B.); Wh'itchurch (J. H. 

 Bloom) 



Microchrysa polita, L. ; flavicornis, Mg. 

 The commonest species in the family, 

 and polita, L. at least occurs every- 

 where 

 BERING 



Beris clavipes, L. (R. C. B. and C. J. W.) ; 

 vallata, Forst. (R. C. B.) ; chalybe- 

 ata, Forst., fairly common ; genicu- 

 lata, Curtis (R. C. B.) 



TABANID.E 



cras- 



Hrematopota pluvialis, L., common 

 sicornis, Whlbg (R. C. B.) 



Therioplectes tropicus, Mg. I have on 

 two occasions captured melanochroic 

 specimens of this genus which may 

 be var. bisignatus, Jaen., of this species. 

 I have however never seen the type, 

 and have often wondered if they 

 were not similar vars. of solstitialis, 

 Mg. 



solstitialis, Mg. Not very common. 



Tabanus sudeticus, Zlr. (R. C. B.). Very 



rare 



Chrysops csecutiens, L., common ; quad- 

 rata, Mg. (R. C. B.; one J , C. J.W.); 

 relicta, Mg. (R. C. B.) 



LEPTID^E 



Leptis scolopacea, L., very common ; 



tringaria, L. ; lineola, F. 

 Chrysopilus aureus, Mg. (R. C. B.) ; aura- 



tus, F. ; the latter very common in 



the bogs at Button 



ASILIOffi 



DASYPOGONIN^E 



Leptogaster cylindrica, Deg. Hay Woods 

 near Kings-wood (R. C. B. and 

 C. J. W.) ; and Wkitchurch (J. H. 

 Bloom) ; not seen at Button 

 Dioctria rufipes, Deg., common ; Baum- 

 haueri, Mg., a few at Button 

 (R. C. B. and C. J. W.) 

 ASILIN./E 



Machimus atricapillus, Fin. The only 

 true Asilid we have seen is however 

 far from common (a few, R. C. B.) 



BOMBYLHXE 



Bombylius major, L. Kingswood (A. H. 

 Martineau) ; no other species seen 

 yet 



THEREVIOfc 

 Thereva nobilitata, F. 



SCENOPINID.S 



Scenopinus fenestralis, 

 (R. C. B.) 



L. Birmingham 



EMPID^E 

 HYBOTINJE 



Hybos grossipes, L. (R. C. B.) ; femoratus 



Mull (R. C. B.) 

 EMPINJE 



Rhamphomyia nigripes, F. (R. C. B.) ; 

 sulcata, Fall. (R. C. B.) ; plumipes, 

 Fall. (R. C. B.); geniculata, Mg. 

 (R. C. B.) 



Empis tessellata, F., very abundant ; livida, 

 L. (R. C. B.) ; opaca, F. (R. C. B.) ; 

 stercorea, L. (R. C. B.) ; trigramma, 

 Mg. (R. C. B.) ; punctata, Mg. 

 (JThitchurch, J. H. Bloom) 



DIPTERA CYCLORRHAPHA 



PROBOSCIDEA 

 PLATYPEZID^E 



Callimyia amcena, Mg., rare (R. C. B.) 

 Platypeza atra Mg. ? (R. C. B.) ; infumata, 

 Hal. (R. C. B.) 



PIPUNCULID^E 

 Chalarus spurius, Fall. (R. C. B.) 

 Verrallia pilosa, Zett. (R. C. B.) ; villosa 



v. ROser (R. C. B.) 

 Pipunculus littoralis, Beck (R. C. B.) ; 



rufipes, Mg. (R. C. B.) ; confusus, 



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