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the mouth by the upper lip, and makes its way back to the hair of the 
neck. The flies are never seen on any other animals than dogs.’’— 
(J. B. D., Cachar, India, July 4th, 1895.) 
The above remarks, it will be seen, embody a good deal of service- 
ably interesting information. For one thing, the still more easterly 
Asiatic locality beyond that of Persia, where the species was found by 
March. A. Doria; also the kind being only noticed in Cachar on dogs, 
and more especially on dogs of very neglected coats, notably the 
pariahs ; and further the great power of the claws in so holding as to 
strip the hair so grasped into shavings. 
Consequently on the insertion of the above letter in the ‘ Field,’ 
some communication on the subject took place in India, during which 
I was favoured with the consignment of specimens mentioned above 
for identification, and once again the writer mentioned, ‘‘ The fly is 
only found in dogs, especially pariahs” (J. B. D.). As the writer in 
his published communications has preferred only to use his initials, I 
have not thought myself at liberty to do otherwise. 
In Prof. Rondani’s notes of geographical locality (quoted pp. 111, 
112), he mentions this H. canina being found throughout Italy, and in 
Europe at least in the southern parts, on various animals, ‘“ together 
with the H. equina”’; and though a tropical or South Kuropean insect is 
not likely to establish itself here, still, in the great amount of trans- 
mission of animals at the present day, we may find the species present 
as an occasional pest, and therefore I mention it. 
Indian or Spotted Forest Fly. Hippobosca maculata, Leach ; 
H. egyptiaca, Macquart (of Rondani).* 
On the 4th of July I was favoured by Dr. Spooner Hart, of Calcutta 
(of the firm of Messrs. R. 8. Hart Bros., Veterinary Surgeons to the 
Viceroy and Governor-General of India), with the following communi- 
cation on the subject of what proved to be, to use its most generally 
known name, the Indian Forest Fly, H. maculata, Leach; this letter, 
* The specimens of Indian Forest Fly sent me agreed, excepting in being of a 
deeper ground colour, with a type specimen of H. egyptiaca, Macq., identified as 
such by Prof. Rondani, and kindly presented me from the Museo Civico di Genova ; 
also they agree with the characteristic distinctions of this species given by Prof. 
Rondani in his ‘ Musearia Exotica,’ previously quoted. As, however, the insufficient 
description and figure of egyptiaca given by Macquart in his Dipt. Exot. ii. p. 274, 
tab. 36, fig. 5 (1843), do not coincide with the specimens, it seems best, though I 
have given the synonym as above, only to use Leach’s specific appellation of macu- 
lata here, as, besides not involving any possible confusion, it has the right of 
priority. I have to express my obligation to Mr, O. HE. Janson, I'.H.S., for being 
good enough to compare specimens of which I had not types with those in the 
British Museum, and also lending me various publications not now purchasable.— 
E. A. O, 
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