Diptera on Grassholm Island, Pembrokeshire.

G r a s s h o l m i s a s m a l l r o c k y i s l e t , a b o u t t w e n t y acres i n ex-
t e n t , s i t u a t e d a b o u t e i g h t m i l e s off t h e P e m b r o k e s h i r e c o a s t .
A b o u t o n e - t h i r d of the island is o c c u p i e d by a l a r g e c o l o n y ot
g a n n e t s , a n d t h e rest i s m o s t l y c o v e r e d w i t h r o u g h r a n k g r a s s ,
w i t h very few flowers (no t h r i f t , b r a c k e n o r gorse). Prof. J u l i a n
H u x l e y and M r . R . M . L o c k l e y o f S k o k h o l m visited the island
i n J u n e , 1934, f o r t h e p u r p o s e o f s t u d y i n g t h e b i r d s , a n d w h i l e
there collected some insects w h i c h he s u b m i t t e d to the B r i t i s h
M u s e u m for d e t e r m i n a t i o n . On 27th A u g u s t , 1934, I paid a
b r i e f v i s i t t o the island i n c o m p a n y w i t h M r . and M r s . L o c k l e y ,
and was able to spend half an h o u r in s w e e p i n g lor insects.
I also e x a m i n e d the g a n n e t s ' nests, b u t f o u n d p r a c t i c a l l y n o t h i n g
m them.
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T h e f ol l o w i n g i s a l i s t o f t h e D i p t e r a c ol l e c t e d b y P r o f .
H u x l e y , M r . L o c kl e y (*) a n d m y s el f ( ) . I a m i n d e b t e d t o M r .
+

J. E. C ol l i n f o r a s s i s t a n c e in t h e d e t e r m i n a t i o n of m a n y of t h e
Cyclorrhapha: —
SCIARINAE. CALYPTRATA.

+Sciara autumnalis Winn. +Calliphoraerythrocephala

+ S c i a r a nitidicollis Mg. Mg.
+ Sciara v i v i d a W i n n . * Lucilia sericata Mg.
Sciara sp., ♀ (? fenestralis +Mydaea duplicata Mg.
Mg.) +Fannia canicularis L.
*+Anthomyia pluvialis L .
SCATOPSIDAE.
ACALYPTRATA
*+Scatopse notata L.
+Scatophaga stercoraria L.
CHIRONOMIDAE. + L e p t o c e r a h e t e r o n e u r a H al .
+Cricotopus vitripennis Mg. *+Themira putris L.
+Sepsis cynipsea L.
DOLICHOPODIDAE. +Sepsis orthocnemis Frey.
+Dolichopus plumipes Scop. *Opomyza germinationis L.
*+ Medeterus dendrobaenus *Oscinis n i t i d i s s i m a M g .
Kow. + O s c i n i s frit L .
+ Medeterus petrophilus Kow. + Oscinis frit L . , v a r . vastator
+ Aphrosylus fero
x W al k . Hurt.
+Scatella stagnalis F l n.
LONCHOPTERIDAE.
+ S c a t e l l a tenuicosta C oll i n .
*Lonchoptera sp., ♀ . +Scatophila caviceps Sten.
PHORIDAE. + Scaptomyza graminum Fl n .
+Megaselia rufipes M g . + Scaptomyza incana M g .
*+Meoneura sp.n.
+
M e g a s e l i a pleuralis W o o d .
+ D i o y g o m y z a luteiceps H e n d .
SYRPHIDAE. + Phytomyza nigra M g .
+Syrphus corollae F. +Cerodonta denticornis Panz.

T h e m o s t a b u n d a n t lf i e s w e r e t h e species o f Medeterus,
Lucilia, Fannia, Themira, Oscinis a n d Meoneura, l al of w h i c h
were present in l arge n u m b e r s . M r . C oll i n s t a t e s t h a t D .
luteiecps H e n d . i s a n a d d i t i o n t o t h e B r i t i s h l i s t , b u t t h a t h e has
o n e f e m al e o f t h i s species f r o m C h il l e s f o r d D e c o y ( S u f f ol k ) .
F. W. EDWARDS.