Excerpt from Statiomyidae and Succeeding Families of the Diptera Brachycera of Great Britain This volume requires very little preface, even though it has taken a long time to produce. The delay has been partly caused by the abundance, rather than the paucity, of literature upon the subject, as our British species are very few in number as compared with those on the Continent, while the common and more ancient species have, as a rule, been very inadequately described. Very few of the British species can be considered common, while many are exceedingly rare or local, and consequently difficulties have arisen in obtaining specimens in first-class condition and in identifying them. My special thanks are due to Col. J. W. Yerbury, who has not only given me innumerable specimens which have been taken by him in recent years, but who has criticised in detail every line of the proofs as the work has been going through the press; I may not have accepted all his suggestions, but have done so in hundreds of cases. My thanks are also due to Mr P. H. Grimshaw, who has also examined all the proofs, and has given valuable information as to localities, especially for Scotland. I hope I have acknowledged other help in the body of the work. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.