Thornley: Lincolnshire Diptera in igoo. 



of mine, who was born at the beginning of the nineteenth 

 century, telling me a story of a large stone, part of a fire- 

 place, in an old house in Skelmanthorpe. The stone was 

 accidentally broken and a live toad was found embedded in 

 it. He said, 'You know the toads with the yellow mark 

 down their backs, that walk about in Ben Haigh's quarry, 

 are not like other toads and frogs. They have all come 

 out of stones where they have been for hundreds of years.' 

 I said I thought not. At this my uncle was very cross, and 

 said they told him so when he was a boy. Some thirty 

 years ago I could always find a few in Haigh's quarry, but 

 after the quarry was broken up and sold for building 

 purposes, I lost sight of them until some ten years ago, 

 when, while out mothing w ith a friend, w e came across one 

 near Jacob's Well. Every year since then I have seen one 

 occasionally, till last year 1 missed my old friend. I am 

 afraid I shall see it no more. It might be that it died of 

 old age, or some cruel boys killed it in sportive play, or 

 perhaps 



When there was no response 

 To his amorous croak, he sickened, 

 The last of his race, and died. 



NOTE on LINCOLNSHIRE DIPTERA. 



Diptera Captured in Lincolnshire in 1900. — I have seen the follow- 

 ing - species, taken at Skegness by Prof. J. W. Carr, M.A., F. L.S., of 

 Nottingham: — 



Thereva annulata. Philonicus albiceps. 



Common, 30th June 1900. One J 1 , 30th June 1900. 



Chloromyia formosa. 30th June 1900. Xernotelus uliginosus. 

 Stratiomys chamczleon. One ^ , 23rd July 1900. 



One example, 18th July 1900. 



The following were captured at Bottesford, Div. 2 S., during 1900, by 

 Mr. Max Peacock : — 



Sarcophaga carnaria. Platychirus manicafus. 



Tipula oleracea. Melophagus ovinus. 



Lucilia ccesar. 



The following were collected at Manton Common, Div. 2 S. , and sent tre 

 by Mr. Max Peacock in November 1900: — 



Sarcophaga canaria. $ . Pollenia rudis. 



Musca corvina, Eristalis tenax. 



Stomoxys calcitrans. 



The following were collected at Skellingthorpe Wood, near Lincoln, 

 Div. 13 W., on the 27th May 1900: — 



Eristalis intricarius. Two $ s. Rhingia rostrata. 



— Alfred Thornley, South Leverton, 5th January 1901. 



Naturalist, 



