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[October, 



narrow yellow sutural rings. In the <J there is a large yellow anterior dorsal spot 

 on nearly all the segments (often inconspicuous in dry examples unless brought out 

 by the application of alcohol or benzhie). In the Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg., xvi, p. 139 

 (1873), I stated, regarding M. incerius, Eambur, " probablement la femelle de 

 I'espece suivante " {inconspicuns) , but Eambur distinctly states that his type of 

 incerius is a ^ without the " pelote " to the wings. I cannot now decide as to sex, 

 for the type has lost its abdomen (there is no " pelote "), but, according to the colour 

 of the head, I now belieye incertus to be distinct from iticonspicuus, and otherwise 

 imknown to me. Hagen (Peters' Eeise) thought an East African species might be 

 identical with inconspicuns. Walker's M. secretus is closely allied to inconspicuns, 

 but the head and thorax differ slightly, and the abdomen of the ? has the large 

 spots which exist only in the S of inconspicuns. Attention should also be directed 

 to M. irroratutn, Olivier (Encyc. Method.), but the description is probably too vague 

 for identification. 



In the Mediterranean district their exist quite a number of small species of 

 MyrmeleonidcE, the synonymy of which remains in much confusion, and they are 

 seldom captured in sufficient quantity, owing probably to nocturnal habits. It must 

 have struck all entomologists who attend to these insects that the perfect insect is 

 Tery seldom seen at large, although the larvaj are very abundant. In the course of 

 my excursions I have never seen the common spotted species (ilf. eiiropcBus) at 

 large, and the common plain-winged species {M. formicarius) only rarely, yet the 

 larva of both abound in suitable localities.— E. McLachlan, Lewisham : Sth 

 September, 1883. {^ f / 



/X. '/^h.-riys ^^^^frU. ^^^^A^. P'.t'^'i. ^ ■ ^^^^'JnS. 



ANNOTATED LIST OF BEITISH ANTHOMYIIBJE. 



BY E. H. MEADE. 



{Concluded from p. 61). 



26. MELANOCHELIA, Eond. 



Gen. ch. — Eyes bare, widely separated in botli sexes ; arista bare ; 



forehead and epistome prominent ; alulets with the lower scale longer 



than the upper ; internal transverse vein of wings opposite to the 



termination of the second branch of the first longitudinal ; (auxiliary*) 



anal vein shortened ; abdomen of male slightly thicltencd at the apox, 



and with small sub-anal appendages. 



M. RIPARIA, Eall. 

 The generic position of this species is very difficult to determine, and it has 

 been placed in various genera by different autliors. Meigcn left it in his restricted 

 genus Anthomyia, though on account of the wide separation of the eyes in both 

 sexes, he ought to have removed it into that of CcBnosia, as he did with the closely- 

 allied species, A. litorea, in which, however, the eyes of the male are more approxi- 

 mated. Eondani originally placed it in the genus whose name I have adopted, 



* In the analytical table published at page 59, it is printed axillary vein by mistake. 



>v, 



