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range of hosts ; Dermacentor variabilis, Say (dog or wood tick) ; 

 Dermanyssus gallinae, Redi (chicken mite) ; Celaenopsis lalus, Bks. ; 

 Laelaps muUispinosus, Bks., on musk-rat ; Pediculoides ventricosus, 

 Newp., causing a skin eruption in man ; Cneniidocoples gallinae, Railliet, 

 on chickens, burrowing near the base of the feathers ; C. mutans, 

 Robin (itch mite), attacking legs, comb and neck of chickens, and 

 causing " scaly leg." 



DE Meijere (J. C. H.). Diptera aus Nord-Neu-Guinea. [Diptera from 

 northern New Gumeai,.]—Tijdschr>fl v. Entomologie d. Nederl. 

 Entom.Ver., s'Gravenhage, Win, 1-2, 15th March 1915, pp. 98-139, 

 1 plate. [Received 8th July 1915.] 



The Diptera from northern New Guinea recorded and described in 

 this paper include a Hippoboscid, Ormthoctona nigricans. Leach, and 

 the Tabanids, Tabanus basifasciatus, sp. n., T. ceijhnicus,^ Schmer, 

 T. insurgens, Walk., T. albithorax, Ric, T. breviusculus. Walk., end 

 T. cohaerens, Walk. 



^ Winn (A. F.) & Beaulieu (0.). A Preliminary List of the Insects of 

 the Province of Quebec. Part ii— Diptera.— 7^/^ Rept. Quebec Soc. 

 for tie Protection of Plants, Quebec, 1st May 1915, pp. 108-159. 



This list includes the following biting and other flies :— 



CuLiciDAE : Anopheles punciipennis, Say, Aedes canadensis, Theo., 

 A. cantans, Meig., A. cinereoborealis. Felt, A. consobrinus, Rob.-Desv., 

 A. dyari, Coq., A. pagetonotum, D. & K., A. jpuUatus, Coq., A. sub- 

 cantans. Felt, A. sylvestris, Theo., Culex pipiens, L. 



SiMULiiDAE : Simulium hirtipes, Fries ; S. invenmtum. Walk., 

 S. moleslum, Walk., S. pictipes, Hagen. 



Tabanidae : Pangonia tranquilla, 0. S., Chrysops aestuans, Wulp, 

 C. caUidus, 0. S., C. carbonarius, Walk., C. celer, 0. S., C. cuclux, 

 Whitney, C. excitans, Walk., C.frigidus, 0. S., C.fugax, O.S., C. Indus, 

 0. S., C. mitis, 0. S., C. niger, Macq., C. obsoletus, Wied., C. sackeni, 

 Hine,' C. vittatus, Wied., Tabanus affinis, Kirby, T. astutus, 0. S., 

 T. bicolor, F., T. epistates, 0. S., T. lasiopthahnus, Macq., T. lineola, F., 

 T. nigrovittatus, Macq., T. orion, 0. S., T. recedens. Walk., T. rein- 

 wardiii, Wied., T. septentrionalis, Lw., T. trispilus, Wied., and 

 T. zonalis, Kirby. 



Oestridae : Gastrophilus equi, F., and Hypoderma bovis, De Geer. 



MusciDAE : Pollenia rudis, ¥.. Chrysomyia macellaria, F., Cynomyia 

 cadaverina, R.D., Calliphora erythrocephala, Meig., C. vomitoria, L., 

 Lucilia caesar, L., Phormia regina, Meig., P. ten ae-novae, R.D., 

 Pyrellia serenci, Meig., Morellia micans, Macq., Musca domestica, L., 

 Grapliomyia maculata. Scop., Sfomoxys calcitrans, L., Lyperosia 

 {Haematobia) irritans, L., Muscina assimilis, Fall, M. stabulans, Fall., 

 Myosjnla meditabunda, F., Pseudopyrellia (Orthellia) cornicina, F. 



HiPPOBOSciDAE : Pseudolfersia maculata, Coq., and Melophagus 

 ovinus, L. 



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