INSECTS ORTHORRHAPHA (continued) BRACHTCERA (continued) TABANIDAE (continued) Haematopota pluvialis, L. The Rain Cleg. Evi- dently generally distributed throughout the county and often uncomfortably abundant ; specially troublesome on farm stock in and after stormy weather during the summer and on very hot days H. crassicornis, Whlbg. Botus Fleming (M.) ; common on the Middle Lynher, I June, 1900 Therioplectes solstitialis, Mg. Near Trebartha; above Altarnun Atylotus fulvus, Mg. Two females captured near Marazion Marsh, 1 2 June, 1 904 Tabanus bovinus, (L.) The Gnat Gadfly. Common above the Cascade Wood at Trebartha in July 1902 ; plentiful near Draynes Wood, Liskeard, in 1 904 ; not uncommon Bishop's Wood, Truro (T.) ; Pencalenick ; Budock Bottoms. T. sudeticus, Zlr. Altarnun ; sparingly taken near Bodmin, 14 June, 1904 autumnalis, L. E. Cornwall (M.) ; Millook ; Looe (A.) ; Swanpool, 18 September, 1903 bromius, L. E. Cornwall (M.) ; Millook; Lost- withiel; IV. Cornwall (Q.) maculicornis, Ztt. Middle Lynher, I June, 1900 cordiger, W. Near Calstock ; Looe (A.) ; Lost- ttiithiel glaucopis, Mg. Two females taken on the banks of the Inney near Altarnun, o July, 1 90 1 Chrysops caecutiens, L. Widely spread throughout the east of the county in 1901, and annoy ingly abundant about Altarnun ; common locally at Millook'm 1905 ; Liskeard; plentiful at Bishop's Wood, Truro (T.), at Pencalenick and Ruan-Lani- horne ; Newquay ; W. Cornwall (D.) quadrata, Mg. Altarnun, 10 July, 1901 ; Tre- bartha, August 1902 relicta, Mg. Near Calstock, 4 June, 1 904 LEPTIDAE Leptis scolopacea, L. Penwethers, Truro (T.) ; W. Cornwall (D.) tringaria, L. W. Cornwall (D.) lineola, F. Trebartha; Liskeard Chrysopilus aureus, Mg. Padstow (L.) ; W. Cornwall (D.) auratus, F. Padstow (L.) ; W. Cornwall (D.) Atherix marginata, F. Middle Lynher ; Looe (A.) ibis, F. Looe (A.) ; Falmouth Ptiolina Wodzickii, Frfld. One specimen on Porth- cothan Bay, blown down there by high wind ; true place of origin not found (L.) Xylophagus ater, F. Liskeard; Doublebois ASILIDAE Leptogaster cylindrica, Deg. Padstow (L.) ; W.Corn- wall (D.) Dioctria Baumhaueri, Mg. Above Trebartha ; Altarnun flavipes, Mg. W. Cornwall (D.) Isopogon brevirostris, Mg. Above Trebartha; Lis- keard Asilus crabroniformis, L. Padstow (L.) ; five or six just beyond the Grammar School, Truro (T.) ; W. Cornwall (D.) ORTHORRHAPHA (continued) BRACHTCERA (continued) ASILIDAE (continued) Philonicus albiceps, Mg. St. Ives (L.) Epitriptus cingulatus, F. Padstow (L.) Neoitamus cyanurus, Lw. E. Cornwall (M.) ; Mount Edgcumbe Machimus atricapillus, Fin. Padstow (L.) Eutolmus rufibarbis, Mg. W. Cornwall (D.) Dysmachus trigonus, Mg. Padstow (L.) ; W. Corn- wall (D.) BoMBYLIDAH Anthrax paniscus, Rossi. Padstow (L.) ; Camborne ; St. Ives ; Land's End Bombylius canescens, Mik. Padstow (L.) Phthiria pulicaria, Mik. Padstow (L.) THEREVIDAE Thereva nobilitata, F. Padstow (L.) ; W, Cornwall (D.) funebris, Mg. Padstow (L.) annulata, F. Padstow (L.) SCENOPINIDAE. Scenopinus niger, Deg. W. Cornwall (D.) EMPIDAE Hybos gossip*, L. ) femoratus, Mttll. J c ^ (D } W. Cornwall (D.) Rhamphomyia nigripes, F. cinerascens, Mg. spinipes, Fin. tarsata, Mg. Newjuay - flava, Fin. W. Cornwall (D.) Empis tesselata, F. E. Cornwall (M.) ; Looe (A.) ; W. Cornwall (D.) livida, L. . stercorea, L trigramma, Mg. > W. Cornwall (D.) punctata, Mg. lutea, Mg. pennipes, L. Looe (A.) ; W. Cornwall (D.) pennaria, Fin. W. Cornwall (D.) Pachymeria femorata, F. E. Cornwall (M.. ); W.Corn- wall (D.) Hilara cilipes, M maura, F. obscura, Mg. thoracica, Mcq.J Microphorus velutinus, Mcq."j Oedalea flavipes, Ztt. I W. Cornwall (D.) Ocydromia glabricula, Fin. J Clinocera bipunctata, Hal. Middle Lynher ; W. Corn- wall (D.) Heleodromia stagnalis, Hal. W. Cornwall (D.) fontinalis, Hal. W. Cornwall (D.) ; St. Martin's Scilly (Y.) Wiedemannia bistigma, Curt. Hemerodromia precatoria, Fin. melanocephala, Hal. unilineata, Ztt. Ardoptera irrorata, Fin. guttata, Hal. Lepidomyia melanocephala, F. W. Cornwall (T).) W. Cornwall (D.) 231
