Andre, in those days 'mihi' was added to denote 'mine', or 'by me'. Inconvenient if you do not know who the specimen was identified by, so it is now hoped someone will recognise the writing or know of a manuscript or even publication containing the name. Your 'You will have to find his description.'was the exact intention of the initial post, I think. ;)<br>
<br>Paul<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 21 October 2010 00:40, eckvana <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:eckvana@xs4all.nl">eckvana@xs4all.nl</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
Dear Frances and Andrius,<br>
<br>
First, I do not understand the connection with the first picture, which<br>
shows a Chrysotoxum?<br>
Second, the second pic is very vague... but Mihi probably must be Miki.<br>
<br>
You will have to find his description.<br>
<br>
Greetings, André<br>
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On Wed, 20 Oct 2010 16:22:54 +0100, Francis Gilbert<br>
<<a href="mailto:Francis.Gilbert@nottingham.ac.uk">Francis.Gilbert@nottingham.ac.uk</a>> wrote:<br>
> Can anyone help Andrius ?<br>
><br>
> Francis<br>
><br>
> Dr Francis Gilbert<br>
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> -----Original Message-----<br>
> From: <a href="mailto:Andrius.Petrasiunas@gf.vu.lt">Andrius.Petrasiunas@gf.vu.lt</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:Andrius.Petrasiunas@gf.vu.lt">Andrius.Petrasiunas@gf.vu.lt</a>]<br>
> Sent: 20 October 2010 16:08<br>
> To: <a href="mailto:francis.gilbert@nottingham.ac.uk">francis.gilbert@nottingham.ac.uk</a><br>
> Subject: Question regarding old syrphidae specimens - Scaeva lithuanica<br>
><br>
> Dear dr. Gilbert,<br>
><br>
> I would like to ask for some help or guidelines finding the old<br>
> publication, mentioning "Scaeva lithuanica". The thing is, we found<br>
> some old (1840-1844) syrphid specimens in our department collection,<br>
> but it is not clear who collected them. One specimen has a label<br>
> "Scaeva lithuanica Mihi" and I thought that might help. Unfortunately,<br>
> I wasn't able to find any information on this species.<br>
> I tried to post my inquiry on <a href="http://syrphidae.com" target="_blank">syrphidae.com</a>, but unsuccessfully, with<br>
> some unclear errors showing up... As you are the moderator of Hoverfly<br>
> discussion list, I thought I will try asking you.<br>
> I have attached a picture of that specimen as well as one other with<br>
> rather similar writing pattern, supposedly collected by the same<br>
> person at the same period of time.<br>
><br>
> I would be very grateful if you could find some time answering my<br>
> e-mail, maybe pointing to some older bibliographic works on hoverflies<br>
> or something else.<br>
><br>
> Best wishes from Lithuania,<br>
><br>
> Andrius<br>
><br>
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> Dr. Andrius Petrasiunas<br>
> Department of Zoology<br>
> Faculty of Natural Sciences<br>
> Vilnius university<br>
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