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Black, with red elytra, the extreme tip of which being blackish ; tarsi 

 reddish brown, lighter at apex. Upper surface furnished with black hairs; 

 body beneath ivith golden pubescence. 



Head coarsely and thickly punctured with umbilicate punctures. 



Thorax completely punctured all over with close umbilicate punctures ; 

 scutellum thickly and coarsely punctured. Elytra closely punctured all 

 over. Long. lo mm. 



From E. pomoiiae it differs in many ways ; the colour 

 of the elytra is a darker red, not so pink ; it is entirely 

 more closely punctured, and consequently not so shining. 

 The black hairs on the whole upper surface are a little 

 shorter, and individually less stout, though more abundant 

 and closer together. The first joint of the antennae and 

 the anterior tibiae are more closely punctured, as is also 

 the head. The scutellum is more coarsely and closely, 

 and the interstices of the elytra more closely and dis- 

 tinctly punctured. One of the most striking differences 

 is the entirely punctured base of the thorax, elytra, and 

 black rims of the latter, which in pomonae are almost 

 impunctate. 



London. 



REVIEWS. 



BRITISH AND IRISH FLIES. 



A Guide to the Literature of British Diptera. By Percy H. 

 Gkimshaw, F.R.S.E., F.E.S. From Proc. R. Phys. Soc. Edinb. 

 Vol. XX., pp. 78-117. Edinburgh: R. Grant cS: Son, 1917. Price 



Students of this most important though most difficult order of Diptera 

 will be grateful for the valuable summary of the literature given by Mr. 

 Grimshaw of the Royal Scottish Museum in his vice-presidential address. 

 There are 416 references beginning with Moses Harris' " Exposition of 

 F3nghsh Insects," 1782 ; the books and papers listed are classified under 

 subjects and families, with plenty of cross-references, so that the use of 

 the bibliography is made as easy as possible. Mr. Grimshaw has not 

 included the writings of foreign entomologists on families and species 

 included in our fauna ; references to these will, however, be found in 

 bibliographies attached to the more comprehensive of the British and 

 Irish memoirs. Irish naturalists will read with pleasure the well-deserved 

 praise bestowed on A. H. Haliday's writings. 



G. H. C. 



