S. Mahunka szerk.: Folia Entomologica Hungarica 59. (Budapest, 1998)

Budapest some species were actually labelled as M. stigma, while another specimen was labelled as M. testacea var. stigma. I collected a female in the Pilis Mountains on Labiatae on April 22nd, 1995. Although M. stigma seems rather rare, it is maybe often overlooked, because of its small size, or taken for a small specimen of M. testacea. Myopa strandi Duda, 1940 This species has not been recorded from Hungary before. It is one of the first species in spring. I collected a series of 14 specimens (10 males, 4 females) from April 6th till April 8th, 1996 in Ócsa on flowering willow-trees. Among the many thousands of honeybees from the 10 beehives nearby I observed more specimens. During the following spring of 1997 I collected two males in the first week of March on the same spot. They are easy to be recognized among the bees even from a greater distance, owing to their big whitish head, which reflects the sunshine, yet it is very difficult to catch them. They are very alert and fast flying animals. I wonder who will collect the first specimen of Myopa vicaria Walker, 1849 in Hungary. We may expect this species, which is even hairier than M. strandi in the same time of the year on blossoming willows. Myopa tesselatipennis Motschulsky, 1859 M. tesselatipennis has neither been recorded from Hungary, although, it does not seem rare at all. I collected it in Ócsa, the Pilis Mountains, Budaörs, Inárcs, Budakeszi and Budapest from the end of April till the middle of May. It is often collected together with specimens of M extricata, M. testacea and M buccata. Recognition is only possible with certainty after the publication of Mr. Smith's article (1970) Dalmannia dorsalis (Fabricius, 1794) It is one of the most exciting events for an amateur dipterist to catch a Dalmannia. None of the four species mentioned in the literature as Hungarian is common, yetD. dorsalis is rare indeed. I caught my specimen, a male on May 19th 1996 by sweeping flowering Euphorbia in Ócsa. Further sweeping in the same area proved fruitless. Dalmannia punctata (Fabricius, 1794) As D dorsalis belongs to the very rare species of the genus, D. punctata is the most common one, or, rather, the least rare representative of Dalmannia. My first specimen, a female, was caught on flowering Brassica sp. on June 4th 1995 in Ócsa. The three males in my collection were taken in the Pilis on other Cruciferae on May 11th 1996. Acknowledgement -1 thank Dr. L. Papp for the discussion we had concerning the collecting of flies. Furthermore I wish to thank Miss Katalin Veres for supervising the english of this paper.