5408 Insects. 



Elachista Poae. Bred, first half of June, from pupas collected at Temple Mills, 

 May 25. 



Lithocolletis emberizaepennella. Common on Wanstead Flats, May 25 and June 1. 



Lyonetia Clerckella. Beat from juniper, Headley Lane. July 6, fine. 



Opostega crepusculella. Common on Wanstead Flats. July 23, at sunset, 

 running up blades of grass and taking short flights. — C. Miller; 17, Silurian 

 Terrace, Broke Road, Dalston. 



Correction of an Error. — My friend Mr. Stain ton informs me my Gracillaria 

 Haighii (Zool. 5295) is Zelleria hepariella of Mann. — C. S. Gregson ; Edge Lane, 

 Stanley, November 10, 1856. 



Captures of Diptera in the New Forest, Hampshire. — As there appears but little 

 notice in the 'Zoologist' respecting Diptera, I submit a list of captures in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Brockenhurst, between the 8th and 16th of September last: nearly all 

 were taken during sunshine, either on flowers or basking, so that remarks to each species 

 are perhaps unnecessary. The list may include several that are common almost every- 

 where, but many are omitted for that reason. I did not observe any of the Tabanidae : 

 possibly I might have had some to record had I adopted a plan which was recom- 

 mended, — namely, to take a quiet horse into the forest, tie him up to a tree, and 

 stand ready, net in hand, to catch the flies that come to torment the animal! 



Sciara Thomae. Beaten out of oak. 



Platyura laticornis. At an old stump, around which were growing some Fungi, 

 inhabited by a species of Phora. 



Ptychoptera contaminata. 



Asilus cingulatus. 



Doliehopus brevipennis. 



Eristalis similis and floreus. 



Xvlota sylvarum and nemorum. 



Paragus obscurus. 



Melithreptus scriptus and Menthastri. 



Conops flavipes and quadrifasciata. 



„ ceriaeformis. One specimen by Mr. Dyson, soon after I left. 



Gymnosoma rotundata. One specimen among thistles. 



Bucentes geniculatus. 



Tachina fera. Abundant in company with Sarcophaga carnaria. 

 „ bijuncta. 

 „ neglecta. Worn. 

 „ vulpina. 



Musca illustris, vespillo, nitens, corvina, maculata, and a species allied to 

 stabulans, but the legs are wholly black ; the third joint of the antenna) is ferruginous 

 at the base, second black, and the eyes in the male are closer. 



Anthomyia praeterita, testacea, depuncta, erratica, pagana, urbana, repulsa, plu- 

 vialis, praepotens. 



Dryomyza flaveola. 



Tetanocera aratoria and sylvatica. 



Sepedon sphegeus and HaefTneri. On rushes. 



Gasterophilus Equi. 



Hippobosca equina. — Benjamin Cooke; 49, Ardwick Place, Manchester, De- 

 cember 4, 1856. 



