INSECTS 



Verr., Birmingham (R. C. B.) ; 

 campestris, Latr., common at Sutton 

 (R. C. B., C. J. W.); unicolor, 

 Zett. (R. C. B.) 



SYRPHID^E 

 SYRPHIN^ 



Paragus tibialis, Fall. (R. C. B.) 



Pipizella virens, F. (R. C. B.) ; flavitarsis, 

 Mg. (R. C. B., C. J. W.), very 

 rare ; Heringi Zett., one so named 

 by Mr. Verrall (C. J. W.) 



Pipiza noctiluca, L., very common ; bima- 

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



Cnemodon vitripennis, Mg. (R. C. B. and 

 C. J. W.) 



Orthoneura brevicornis, Loew, in Black- 

 root Bog every year (C. J. W.) ; 

 nobilis, Fall. (R. C. B.) ; elegans, 

 Mg. (C. J. W., every year). It is 

 noteworthy that these three species 

 all occur in Sutton Park, elegans 

 and brevicornis every year for a 

 short time only in May, and nobilis 

 only in odd ones 



Liogaster splendida, Mg. (R. C. B.) ; 

 metallina, F., very common in 

 Sutton Bog, and occurs with O. ele- 

 gans, Mg., which closely resembles it 



Chrysogaster hirtella, Lw., common in the 

 bog ; solstitialis, Fin., very abundant 

 in the bog ; virescens, Lw., rare, 

 with the other species ; splendens, 

 Mg., very few, also in the bog, but 

 I think it is a later insect, as I have 

 only seen it there in August, whereas 

 the other species are most abundant 

 in May and June 



Chilosialongula,Zett. Sutton (one, C. J. W., 

 in my collection as plumulifera, 

 Loew.) 



scutellata, Fall. One of the com- 



monest species of the genus 



pulchripes, Lcew. ; variabilis, Panz., 



common ; honesta, Rond. (R. C. B.); 

 illustrata, Harris, very rare through- 

 out the midlands, as the only speci- 

 men either of us has seen is one I 

 took in Hay Woods ; grossa, Fall., 

 rare on sallow bloom in spring ; 

 albipila, Meig., rare, with the for- 

 mer ; albitarsis, Meig., common in 

 Sutton Bog ; fraterna, Mg., common 

 in the bogs ; Bergenstammi, Becker 

 (R. C. B.) ; vernalis, Fall. (R. C. B.) 

 Platychirus. This genus is very highly 

 developed in Warwickshire, and 

 occurs freely both in individuals and 

 species ; manicatus, Mg., common 

 everywhere ; discimanus, LCEW., 



SYRPHINJE (continued) 



very common in Sutton Park in May 

 and June on late sallow blossoms 

 and on hawthorn ; I have seen it in 

 great numbers ; peltatus, Meig., 

 common everywhere ; scutatus, Mg., 

 very common, especially in gardens, 

 where I have seen it swarming at 

 flowers of ' London Pride,' etc. ; 

 albimanus, F., very common every- 

 where ; scambus, Stoeg, not common, 

 Sutton only ; perpallidus, Verr., dis- 

 covered by Mr. R. C. Bradley in 

 Sutton Park, and still only known 

 from there and by odd individuals 

 from elsewhere ; it is rare, however, 

 and was only taken in one year, 

 1895 ; clypeatus, Mg., very common 

 everywhere ; angustatus, Zett., com- 

 mon, especially in the Sutton Bogs 



Pyrophaena granditarsa, Forst. ; rosarum, 

 Fab. Both occur not uncommonly 

 in Blackroot Bog; they seem always 

 associated with boggy land. 



Melanostoma is like Platychirus, very 

 highly developed with us : am- 

 biguum, Fall., not uncommon on 

 hawthorn, etc., in spring ; melli- 

 num, L. and scalare, F., both very 

 abundant everywhere, especially 

 amongst long grass 



Melangyna quadrimaculata, Verr., occurs 

 sometimes in great numbers on the 

 sallows in early spring with Syrphus 

 lasiophthalmus, Zett. ; chiefly observed 

 in Sutton Park so far as Warwick- 

 shire is concerned, but I have found 

 it wherever I have collected at sal- 

 low blooms in the midlands 



Leucozona lucorum, L. One of the orna- 

 ments of Blackroot Bog, where it is 

 not uncommon 



Ischyrosyrphus glaucius, L. (R. C. B.) 

 laternarius, Mall, Sutton (R. C. B.), 

 Hay Wood (C. J. W.) ; both these 

 species are rare with us 



Didea alneti, Fall. Sutton (R. C. B.), Hay 

 Woods (C. J. W.) ; fasciata, Macq., 

 Sutton (R. C. B.), Hay Wood(K. H. 

 Martineau) ; intermedia, Loew., Sut- 

 ton (R. C. B.) ; all three species are 

 very rare 



Catabomba pyrastri, L. (R. C. B.), not com- 

 mon ; selenitica, Meig. Mr. R. C. 

 Bradley found this species in 1894 

 in Sutton Park in considerable num- 

 bers, flying high up about the pine 

 trees ; so far as I know however it 

 has not been seen since 



Syrphus. The species of this genus occur 



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