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 A HISTORY OF HEREFORDSHIRE CYCLORRHAPHA {continued) Oestrus ovis, L. Meigenia egens, Egg. ; Clifford's Castle (Y.). M. bisignata, Mg. M. floralis, Mg. Viviana cinerea, Fin. ; Woolhope, 15 July, 1899 ; Longtown, 24 June, 1904 ; singly on each occasion Ceromasia machairopsis, B. and B. C. juvenilis, Rnd. ; Tarrington, twice, 8 July, 1902, and 3 Sept. 1902. C. senilis, Mg. ; myiodea, Dov. C. parva, Mcq. ; Stoke Edith, and Tar- ringion, rarely. C. stabulans, Mg. ; Bodenham, once, 18 August, 1897. C. brevipennis, Mg. C. florum, Mcq. ; rutila, Mg. ; Westhide $ 30 May, 1906, Stoke Wood ? 6 June, 1906 Gymnochaeta viridis. Fin. Exorista vetula, Mg. E. cheloniae, Rnd. E. agnata, Rnd. ; Clifford's Castle, and Tram Inn (Y.). E. flmbriata, Mg. ; Cusop Dingle, once, 10 August, 1901. E. jucunda, Mg. E. lucorum, Mg. ; Bodenham, 29 July, 1897. Epicampocera succincta, Mg. Blepharidea vulgaris. Fin. Myxexorista fauna, Mg. Parexorista glaucans, Rnd. ; Pembridge, once, 23 July, 1903 Frontina instabilis, Rnd. ; Cusop Dingle and Woolhope, referred rather doubtfully to this species by Mr. Wainwright Phorocera serriventris, Rnd. ; concinnata, Mg. ; Nash Scarr, once, 18 June, 190 1. P. cilipeda, Rnd. P. pumicata, Mg. ; not rare Bothria caesifrons, Mcq. B. segregata, Rnd. Blepharipoda atropivora, Rnd. ; morosa, Mg. Sisyropa acronyctarum, Mcq. S. gnavae, Mg. ; lucorum, Rnd. ; Stoke fVood, a pair, 28 May, 1900. S. lota, Mg. Chaetolyga analis, Mcq. C. amoena, Mg. Tachina erucarum, Rnd. T. rustlca, Mg. Gonia fasciata, Mg. ; not common Monochaeta leucophaea, Mg. Aporomyia dubia. Fin. Somolia simplicitarsis, Ztt. ; rebaptizata, Rnd. Pelatachina tibialis, Fin. Macquartia tenebricosa, Mg. M. nitida, Ztt. ; Stoke Wood, once, 28 May, 1900. M. affinis, Schin.; Stoke Wood, once, 28 August, 1903. M. grisea. Fin. ; not uncommon in late autumn. M. spinicincta, Meade ; rather common. M. flavipes, Mg. Macroprosopa atrata, Mg. ; Woolhope (Y.) Loewia setibarba, Egg. Ptilops chalybeata, Mg. P. nigrita. Fin. ; viridely distributed and not rare Anthrocomyia nana, Mg. A. anthracina, Mg. Hyalurgus lucidus, Mg. ; Nash Scarr, Shobdon Marsh, and Tarrin^on ; on cow-parsnip in July, the male very rart Ptychomyia selecta, Mg. ; widely distributed Degeeria medorina, Schirr. Trichoparia seria, Mg. ; Ztoke Wood, not rare Thelaira leucozona, Pz. Demoticus frontatus. Boh. Myiobia fenestrata, Mg. M. longipes, Mg. ; Tram Inn (Y.), Woolhope ; only singly. M. inanis, Fin. Rhynchista prolixa, Mg. Olivieria lateralis, F. CYCLORRHAPHA {continued) Erigone radicum, F. E. strenua, Mg. E. vagan% Mg. E. caesia, Fin. E. rudis. Fin. E. trun- cata, Ztt. ; Black Mountain district, common. E. pectinata, Girsch. ; Tarrington, a female taken by Col. Yerbury, I August, 1903, the only known British example. E. nemorum, Mg. ; Westhide, four 2 $ in May, 1899, (Wainwright) Echinomyia fera, L. Fabricia ferox, L. ; the Dozoard, scarce. Servillia lurida, F. S. ursina, Mg. ; both species common in Woolhope district Plagia ruralis. Fin. P. curvinervis, Ztt. ; not com- mon. P. trepida, Mg. Anachaetopsis ocypterina, Ztt. Phorichaeta carbonaria, Pz. ; Stoke Wood, once, 1 1 Sept., 1897. P. tricincta, Rnd. ; Woolhope and Cusop Dingle. P. succincta, Rnd. ; Whitchurch, 12 June, 1903 ; a single example, referred to this species Syy Mr. Wainwright with some doubt. P. latifrons, Rnd. ; Whitchurch, 3 June, 1903, also at Tarrington, by Col. Yerbury Ptychoneura rufitarsis, Mg. Discochaeta muscaria. Fin. ; Woolhope, several in June. D. separata ; Tarrington, 9 June, 1902 (Y.) Admontia blanda. Fin. Roeselia antiqua, Mg. R. pallipes. Fin. ; Stoke Wood, Westhide, and Ashperton Park ; three males and two females, the dates extending from the last day of April to June 6. For the distinction between these two species see Mr. Wainwright's paper {E. M. M. xvi. New Ser. p. 202). One of the above females is in lovely condition and shows that this sex also has the dark bands on the abdominal segments. A Roeselia taken indoors, 13 July, 1906, has the fourth vein complete, but with none of the other characters of pallipes, and its general appearance as well as the date point to its being antiqua Digonochaeta spinipennis, Mg. Craspedothrex vivipara, B. and B. ; Woolhope, not un- common Thryptocera pilipennis, Mg. T. crassicornis, Mg. T. cognata. Seisin. T. frontalis, Mcq. ; Cusop Dingle and Shobdon Marsh, twice at each place Phytomyptera nitidiventris, Rnd. ; Stoke Wood, 1 1 July, 1902, once Blepharomyia amplicornis, Ztt. Pembridge, 23 July 1903, once Siphona cristata, F. S. geniculata, Deg. Cercomyia thoracica, Mg. ; Haugh Wood, once ; Mains Wood, commonly, buzzing at the flowers of the common tormentil, 31 July, 1900 Phasia fasciola, Ztt. ; Tarrington, once, 12 May, 1898 Alophora hemiptera, F. ; rarely. A. pusilla, Mg. Syntomogaster viduus. Egg. ; Westhide and the woods of Woolhope. Usually swept in shady paths where fallen oak leaves collect ; in two distinct sizes, the larger and much the commoner being twice as big as the smaller Trixa oestroidea, Dsv. Fortisia foeda, Mg. Phyto melanocephala, Mg. ; Woolhope, scarce. P. nigra, Dsv. ; Woolhope, scarce Stevenia maculata. Fin. 102