DIPTERA 



Fam. HIPPOBOSCIDAE. 



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This species is represented in the collection by three distinct species, but owing to 

 the want of material for comparison I have been unable to come to any conclusion 

 regarding their identity. The largest (? an Ornitlioniyia) measures from 6 to 8 mm. in 

 length, and seven examples were taken from specimens of the Short-eared Owl in Kona, 

 Hawaii, in June 1892. An eighth specimen was obtained at Lanai, at a height of 

 2000 ft., in February 1894. 



The second species is somewhat smaller, with the thorax tawny, and was captured 

 in the mountains of Molokai at a height of over 3000 ft., on the 12th May 1893. 

 Unfortunately the specimen is headless. 



The third species only measures from 2 to 2\ mm. in length. One was obtained 

 in Kona, Hawaii (3000 ft.) in June 1S92 on a Short-eared Owl, two in the same region 

 (1500 ft.) in September 1892 on a specimen of I'estiaria coccinea, 2lX\A a fourth was 

 found on Hiniatioiic stcjncgcri, but the locality is not indicated. 



Bibliography. 



1. C. G. Thomson. Eugenics Resa omkring Jorden. Diptera (1868). 



[Describes Snirop/ui^^a /'aiimfa, S. dux, S. /xr/Z/m'/Tis, Dyscriiomyia {Catapiccphala) limbipennis, 

 Alusca flai'incrvis, var. , Lispe metatarsalis, and Tnpeta crassipesi\ 



2. J. M.-F. Bigot. Dipteres nouveaux ou pen connus. ij)" P^irtie- xli. Tachinidae. .\nn. .Soc. 



Ent. Fr. (6) vni. pp. 77 — loi (1888). 



[Describes Chadogacdia {Bhpharipeza) inonticolal\ 



3. D. W. CoQUiLLETT. A new Trypetid from Hawaii. Ent. News Philad. 1899, p. 129. 



[Describes Dacus cucurbitae?^ 



4. L. O. Howard. Diptera collected in Hawaii by H. W. Henshaw. P. Ent. Soc. Washington, Vol. iv. 



No. 4, p. 490, 1901. [List of 19 species, but none described.] 



