THE DIPTERA OF SUFFOLK (Cont. from Vol. vii, page 117)
FAMILY xxiv: LONCHOPTERIDAE (Except where otherwise stated the records are from the collection of Claude Morley. MS denotes Monks Soham and NF denotes New Forest. For the Lonchopteridae see Verrall, List Diptera 1901 ; J. E. Collin in E.M.M. 1938 - 74, page 60 et seq ; Sir J. Lubbock " On the Development of Lonchoptera "—Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. (3), 338-44, 1862 ; also, De Meijere, J. C. H., " Ueber Die Larve Von Lonchoptera," Zool, Jahrb. Syst. 14, 1900. Brit. Spp. 7. * denotes Suffolcian. Genus: LONCHOPTERA. Species : *L. lutea Pz.—This very variable species is considered common by Colyer and Hammond but the only Suffolk records are 29.ix.44 MS window and 19.viii.20 at Cratfield Church on grass; Mr. Morley had an unlocalised example 9.ix.01. *L. punctum Mg.—Observed frequently near the coast— 17.ix.13 Buss Creek, 31.vii.24 Southwold Pier, 29.iv.28 Dunwich. 9.ix.36—many at light on Covehithe shore by 9 p.m. 19.viii.35—Fritton Lake. 8.vii.37—dancing in the air at Fritton. lO.iv. 43—Haiesworth. 11 .ix.29—Wangford Wood. *L.flavicaudaMg.—Ryde, 17.iii.98. Mildenhall, 25.ix.07. Louisburgh, 17.vii.10. On front gates MS, 6.X.31. KessinglandDenes, 15.ii.37. Denny Wood NF, 23.vi.38. On an upper window at MS after a frosty morning, ll.iv.38. At Barking light, 4.xi.45. *L. lacustris Mg.—l.iii.1895, unlocalised. Ipswich, 8.ix.97. Easton Broad, 23.ix.1900. On a window at Pinmill, 19.viii.03. Cromer, August 03. Southwold, 29.V.05. Peterborough, 14.vi.08. Brandon, 10.vi.08. Mablethorpe, Lines., June 1912. Killaloe, Tip., Eire, 16.vi.13. Pondhead, NF, at light, 18.vii.34. Blyth Wood, 15.vii.43. *L. tristü Mg.—Foxhall, 23.iii.96. Brandon, Norfolk, 20.vi.14. MS, 13.V.26. Fritton, 9.viii.34. Gorleston Parade, 19.iv.36. Gorleston, on a window, 19.ii.37. Thelnetham, 8.ix.40. MS lanes at light, 3.viii.45.