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•what it is. It has the antennae of a Leptid, but, nevertheless, only four 

 posterior cells. I saw the typical specimen in Vienna and it seemed 

 to agree with Wiedemann's figure. It is singular that another specimen 

 of this species has never turned up in the United States; it would 

 have allowed a more thorough investigation than the fragile type in 

 Vienna, which one is afraid to handle. 



156. Anisctamia eximia M;icq. I douht very much whether this 

 species is well placed in that genus of Macquart's own creation, but 

 established originally for two African species. It has nothing to do 

 with Anthrax, as the bifurcation of the second and third veins takes 

 place long before the small crossvcin. It belongs in the group o,' 

 Lomntma, as characterized by me in the Western Dipt. p. 220, and 

 may, at least temporarily, be placed in the genus Oiicodoccra. 



157. Bombylius. About this and the related genera, see the elaborate 

 paper by Loew, Neue Beitriige, III. 



158. Bcmbylius aequalis Harris (nee Fabricius). I have omitted 

 the species of Fabricius' in my list, liccuise it is impossible to make 

 anything of the short descrij)tion, unless it means 7>. fratelhif<. Wiede- 

 mann's description refers to a different species, and Macquart's apparently 

 again do a differmt one. The references are: 



Fabricius, "Slant. Ins. II, 3b5, 2; System. Antl. p. 128, 2. 



Olivier, Encycl, method. I, 826, 2. 



Wiedemann, Auss. Zw. I, 350, o2. 



Macquart, Dipt. Exot. II, 1. 99, 34; Tab. VII, f. 3. 



159. Bombylius fulvita is. The original type was from Mr. Bigot's 

 collection. I saw two specimens there; the one is perhaps the same 

 as JB. philaddiihicus; the other is B. atricepfi Loew. 



160. Comastes, BomhuUns ba'^ilans Wied. from Brazil and B. 

 fefniffinetis F. from S. Thomas belong to the genus Comastes. In 

 establishing this genus, I was aware of the existence of Comaster 

 Agassiz, Radiata, the derivation and termination of which are different. 



161. Bombylius brevirostris. I saw Macquart's type in the Jardin 

 des Plantes in Paris. B. L'herminieri, which is also there is, to all 

 appearances, likewise SpamopoUns fuhms. 



162. Adelidea flava Jaennicke, the type of which I have seen in 

 Darmstadt, appeared to me like a small specimen of Lordotus gibbtis. 

 The description likewise, reads that way. 



163. Allccotus Loew, lfc72; Allocotus Mayr, Hemipt. 1864; Allocota 

 Motchoulsky, Coleopt. 1854. 



164. Poecilognatbus Jaennicke, is simply Phthiria. 



165. Tixophora Je'cop'ga. I saw the tj'pe in Vienna; it has no 

 longitudinal yellow stripe on the abdomen, thus resembling th;* figure 

 of Jhha Gray. Is the Toccophora fnlva, described by me, which has 

 such as stripe, a different species or a mere variety? I leave the question 

 open. 



166. Epibates. In establishing this genus, I overlooked the 

 existence of Edhims Loew, Stett. Ent. Z. 1844, which would have very 

 nearly answered my purpose. 



