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what species he has mistaken for T. guttularis I have not as yet made 

 out." Loew, Monogr. I, p. 108. 



290. Loxocera. On the european species, see Loew, Schles. Eut. 

 Zeit. 1857. 



291. Calobata lasciva Fab , Wied. = allnmaiia Macq. I assume the 

 synonymy on the authority ot Schiner, who had the advantage of com- 

 paring Wiedemann's types. I do not pretend to decide, whether 

 Macqudrt is right in referring to the same species the specimens from 

 Cuba, Philadelphia, Java and Port Jackson. 



As to Taeniaptera trivittatn, Macquart, Dipt. Exot. II, 3, p. 240, 

 says: ,,The genus Taeniaptera, which I established in the Sidlr* ft Jlu/Jou, 

 has for type a species allied to some exotic Calolmtcie. I suppress it." 

 The reason is not given, but the probable cause may have been the 

 loss of the original specimen, which would explain why Macquart, in 

 giving up the genus, never mentions the species again. I look upon 

 the synonymy of C. albimaiia Macq. (which is a Taeniaptu-a in Macquart's 

 sense), with T. trivittata Macq. as certain. Compare also Loew, Beschr. 

 Eur. Dipt. Ill, p. 254. 



292. About the european , as well as the exotic Micropezae , com- 

 pare Loew, Berl. Ent. Zeit. XII, 1868, p. 161167, also pag. 393. 



293. The third volume of the Monographs of the N. A. Diptera 

 (1873) contains a monograph of the N. A. Ortilidae by Dr. Loew, with an 

 introduction, concerning the classification of the Ortalidaein general, and a 

 review of the work of previous authors on the same subject; however, 

 no notice is taken of the new genera published by Dr. Schiner 

 (Novara etc.); nor of Prof. Rondani's OiiaUdinac itttlicae. The article 

 by Dr. Loew: Die N. A. Uliditta, in the Berl. Ent. Zeitschr. 1867, p. 

 283, was the precursor of his larger publication, but also contains South- 

 American species. 



294. Oxycephala fenestrata and 0. fuscipenr.is. I have seen the 

 types of both in the Museum of the Jardin des Plantes. 0. fcnestmta 

 seems to be a different species. 



295. Pyrgota, valida. When Mr. Loew set aside this name, as a 

 mere catalogue -name, he overlooked its publication by Mr. Harris in 

 the Ins. Inj. to Vegetation. 



296. Ortalis Ortoe^a The specimens in the Brit. Museum bearing 

 this name are Chattopsis acnea. 



297. Eerina splendens I owe this synonymy to Mr. v. Roeder. 



298. Urophora nigriventris Macquart. Dr Loew, in the Monogr. 

 etc. Vol. Ill, p. 337, says about this species that it is a Trypetid of 

 doubtful systematic position; but not an UropJiora. Macquart's de- 

 scription made me suspect that this was simply Caniptonnfm />idrt. As 

 I had overlooked this species, while examining Mr. Bigot's collection in 

 Paris, I wrote to him about it, and he kindly informed me, that ,,after 

 a careful comparison of the types in his collection, labelled in Macquart's 

 own handwriting, he finds no difference between U. iiiyriruiti-iH Mucq. 

 and Camptoneura picta Macq." 



