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ocean, but Dr. Loew, in 1864,* has been the first to 

 notice at any length insects of other suborders found in 

 brine. He has found the following species of Diptera 

 living in the brine of the salt works of Diirrenberg, 

 Saxony: — Ephydra riparia Fallen {Hahnopota salinaria 

 Loew) , Lispe crassiuscula Loew, Thinophilus flavipalpis 

 Zetterstedt, Meclpterus tenuicauda, Loew and Atissa sp. 



Chironomus oceanicus, n. sp. 



While dredging on the first of August in Salem harbor, 

 our attention was called to numerous larv93, which had 

 apparently attained their full size, and were ci-eeping 

 briskly over the surface of the floating leaves of the eel- 

 grass, Zostera marina ; while others were concealed in a 



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