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ContenU of Vol. I, No. 2, February, 1913 



Pace 



Some Neotropical Syrphida:. By Frederick Knab 13 



Names and Synonymy in Anopheles. By Frederick Knab ... 15 



The Species of Sphida Grote. By Harrison G. Dyar 18 



The Larvc of Xanthopastis timais Cramer. By Harrison G. Dyar 20 



A Note on the Macrothecine. By Hanison G. Dyar .... 22 

 Some Earlier Observations on the Habits of Aphiochaeta juli (Bruet). By 



Frederick Knab 24 



