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 A HISTORY OF HEREFORDSHIRE ORTHORRHAPHA (continued) Diaphorus oculatus, Fin. D. hoffinanseggii, Mg. ; the Monnow, one male, 3 July, 1906 Argyra diaphana, F. A. leucocephala, Mg. A. argyria, Mg. A. argentina, Mg. A. confinis, Ztt. ; common in Woolhope district. A. atriceps, Lw. ; the Muwwojc, several, 20 June, 1906 Leucostola vestita, Wied. ; distributed Thrypticus sp. ; Clifford's Castle, two males, 1 2 July, 1906. Not bellus, Lw., but apparently identi- cal, according to Verrall, with a species taken in Scotland by Colonel Yerbury Porphyrops antennata, Carl. ; C/iffora's Castle, a male, 13 August, 1902 (Y.) P. spinicoxa, Lw. P. elegantula, Mg. ; Clifford's Castle, 13 August, 1902 (Y.). P. nemorum, Mg. ; the Monnow, a few, 3 July, 1906. P. crassipes, Mg. Xiphandrium fasciatum, Mg. ; Tairington (Y.). X. monotrichum, Lw. X. auctum, Lw. ; not rare in one of the small bogs of Hough Wood. X. caliginosum, Mg. X. appendiculatum, Ztt. Achalcus flavicoUis, Mg. ; Woolhope, once, 8 July, 1905. Syntormon pumilus, Mg. S. denticulatus, Ztt., var. biseriatus, Lw. S. spicatus, Lw. ; Stoke Wood, a male, 30 June, 1906. S. pallipes, Fabr. Medeterus muralis, Mg. M. tristis, Ztt. M. apicalis, Ztt. M. jaculus, Mg. M. truncorum, Mg. Scellus notatus, Lw. Hydrophorus litoreus, Fin. H. bipunctatus, Lehm. ; Leech Pool Liancalus virens, Scop. Campsicnemus scambus. Fin. ; Clifford's Castle (Y.). C. curvipes, Fin. C. armatus, Ztt. ; Tram Inn and Clifford's Castle (Y.) Teuchophorus spinigerellus, Ztt. ; Woolhope and Pem- bridge. T. monacanthus, Lw. ; the Monnow, a few, 28 August, 1906. T. calcaratus, Mcq. ; a few at the same time and place as the preced- ing. T. pectinifer, Kow. ; common and generally distributed. T. simplex, Mik. ; in most of the small boggy spots in the Woolhope Woods, late in the autumn Sympycnus annulipes, Mg. Bathycranium bicolorellum, Ztt. ; in boggy spots in some of the Woolhope Woods, August to October Chrysotimus coucinnus, Ztt. ; Westhide, 28 August, 1904, Haugh Wood, 25 Sept. 1906, singly Xanthochlorus tenellus, Wied. ; Shobdon Marsh. X. ornatus, Hal. ; Tarrington (Y.) Lonchoptera lutea, Pz. L. flavicauda, Mg. L. tri- lineata, Ztt. ; Malvern Hills (Y.). L. fusci- pennis. Boh. ; Woolhope Woods, very common CYCLORRHAPHA Opetia nigra, Mg. ; common Platycnema pulicaria. Fin. ; rather scarce, probably overlooked Callimyia speciosa, Mg. C. amaena, Mg. ; both species common in damp shady parts of woods. C. elegantula. Fin. ; three females, Coldborough Pork, 23 May, 1904 ; Longtown, 24 June, 1904 ; Stoke Wood, 1 1 August, 1905. Has not apparently been taken elsewhere CYCLORRHAPHA {continued) Agathomyia antennata, Ztt. A. virduella, Ztt. ; Woolhope district, by no means scarce, though not so common as the preceding species. A. boreella, Ztt. ; Shobdon Marsh, not uncommon ; Stoke Wood, scarce. A. sp. inc. ; one female. Stoke Wood, 14 Oct. 1905. Allied to boreella, but with a grey thorax, the abdomen more extensively orange at the base, and the stalk of the halteres yellow Platypeza consobrina, Ztt. P. modesta, Ztt. P. rufa, Mg. P. atra, Mg. ; Stoke Wood, not common. P. furcata. Fin. ; Haugh Wood and Stoke Wood a few, always in May or June. P. dorsalis, Mg. P. fasciata, Mg. P. hirticeps, Verr. ; Cusop Dingle, where it was first dis- covered. P. infumata, Hal. P. picta, Mg. ; rather scarce, especially the male Chalarus spurius. Fin. Verrallia pilosa, Ztt. V. aucta. Fin. Pipunculus furcatus. Egg. P. zonatus, Ztt. P. fas- cipes, Ztt. ; widely distributed, but not com- mon. P. modestus, Hal. ; Cusop Dingle, 4 July, 1903, Longtown, 24 June, 1904, singly. P. fuscipes, Ztt. ; common and distributed. P. arimosus, Beck. ; Shobdon Marsh, a female, 1 8 August, 1 904. The name was suggested by Mr. Verrall with some doubt ; the insect is remarkable for the presence of four long black hairs at the bend of the hind tibiae. P. vit- tipes, Ztt. ; Cusop Dingle, two females, 26 July, 1902. P. campestris, Ltr. P. pratorum, Fin. P. flavipes, Mg. ; Cusop Dingle and Woolhope, not rare. P. strobli, Verr. P. pulchripes, Thorns. ; Woolhope, common among bracken in August. P. confusus, Verr. ; not common, but widely distributed. P. rufipes, Mg. ; Woolhope, Doward, Shobdon Marsh, scarce. P. haemorrhoidalis, Ztt. ; Congleton Marsh, near Ross, common in May. P. xanthopus, Thorns. ; Congleton Marsh, 14 May, 1902 ; Shobdon Marsh, 18 July, 1903 ; Tram Inn, 22 June, 1905, always singly. P. semimaculatus. Beck.; Wall Hills, near Ledbury, two males, 2 1 June, 1901 ; 4 July, 1902, in a boggy spot. P. geniculatus, Mg. P. maculatus, Wlk. ; Cold- borough Park, Woolhope, and Ross, scarce. P. sylvaticus, Mg. ; Cusop Dingle Paragus tibialis, Fin. Pipizella virens, F. P. maculipennis, Mg. ; Welsh Newton, a female, 27 July, 1900. P. flavitarsis, Mg. P. heringi, Ztt. Pipiza luteitarsis, Ztt. ; scarce or overlooked. P. quadrimaculata, Pr. ; Woolhope, a male, 7 May, 1898. P. nocticula, L. P. fenestrata, Mg. In May, 1900, both sexes were common in Stoke Wood. P. lugubris, F. ; a few, Woolhope and Westhide. P. bimaculata, Mg. ; spring and autumn ; P. signata, Mg. P. notata, Mg. Cnemodon vitripennis, Mg. Orthoneura brevicornis, Lw. ; not rare. O. nobilis. Fin. Liogaster splendida, Mg. ; Shobdon Marsh, in July. L. metallina, F. Chrysogaster splendens, Mg. C. hirtella, Lw. C. macquarti, Lw.; Black Toren, near Longtown, not rare. C. chalybeata, Mg. C. solstitialis, Fin. 100