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of the Museum, although at present very limited, includes specimens 
from such widely distant localities as the North Cape, Norway, and 
the South of France. 
Chrysops sepulcralis, Fabr. 
This species was not known to be British until two males were 
taken on Studland Heath, near Swanage, Dorset, on August 3rd, 1895, 
by Captain Savile Reid, by whom they were presented to the British 
Museum (Natural History). No further specimens of C. sepulcralis 
have since been received by the Museum, but a female was taken on 
Parley Common, near Ringwood, Hants, on August 8th, 1904, by 
Mr. G. H. Verrall. Chrysops sepulcralis, which, in the British Islands, 
consequently appears to be decidedly rare and local, is a small species ; 
the two males referred to above are 8j mm. in length, while a female 
from Germany measures only 7! mm. In this species the body is 
entirely black in both sexes, the outer margin of the dark transverse 
band across the wing is concave instead of, anteriorly at least, convex, 
and the face (except immediately beneath the base of the antennae) 
is wholly shining, the facial and jowl-tubercles being confluent. 
The geographical range of Chrysops sepulcralis includes Scandinavia, 
Germany, and Russia. 
