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7 he Irish Naturalist. 
June, 
NOTES ON SOME DIPTERA TAKEN IN THE 
SOUTH OF IRELAND. 
BY H. W. ANDREWS, F.E.S. 
In view of the paucity of records of Irish Diptera generally, 
the following lists of species taken in the course of several 
holiday visits will, I trust, be of sufficient interest to justify 
their publication. I should mention, however, that as I 
was working with a view to increasing my own collection 
rather than compiling a list for publication, I have omitted 
to note in my later visits several species I had already taken 
on my earlier ones. I would further mention that a good 
many of the records are based on single specimens, and 
that I mainly confined my collecting to the families 
mentioned in the lists following. Finally, I would thank 
those kind friends who helped me in the task of identifi- 
cation, especially Mr. Colhn, Mr. Grimshaw, Mr. Malloch, 
and Mr. Wainwright, while Colonel Yerbury, by sending me 
a copy of his "List" of 1901 put me in possession of 
much useful information as to localities. 
The localities and dates of my visits were as follows - 
Stradbally (Co. Waterford), 3-1 ith August, 1906 ; 22- 
30th June, 1907 ; i9-25th July, 1908. 
Kenmare (Co. Kerry), i-5th July, 1907 ; 26th July-ist 
August, 1908. 
Glengariff (Co. Cork), 2-8th August, 1908, and 20-26th 
May, 191 1. 
The two latter localities are well-knowoi tourist resorts, 
and have also been worked for Diptera by Colonel Yerbury^ 
in 1901. Stradbally, however, is off the main road, a 
coastal hamlet between Waterford and Dungarvan about 
four miles from the latter town. Most of my collecting 
here I owe to the kindness of Mr. J. G. Beresford, who gave 
1 Irish Naturalist, vol. xi., pp. 74-93. 
