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INSECTA, DIPTERA. 
MuSCIDiE. 
A. Miiller, Ent. M. M. viii. p. 181, describes puparia, dubiously referred to 
the Muscid(B, found in gall-like nidi on fronds of Athyrium JUix-fodmina, 
Schiner, Verb. z.-b. Wien, xxii. p. 74, records capture of rare species of 
Tachinides by Koch at Nuremberg. 
Triptocera exoleta, Meig., parasitic on Folia Jlavicincta (Lepidopt.), Tricho- 
lyga properans, Rond. ( Tachina festinans, Meig., $ , diluta, Meig., rujiscutel- 
lata, Macq., c?), on Liparis chryssorhoea and aurifliia (Zep.), Cyrthophlieba 
{Plagia) ruricola, Meig., on Spintherops spectrum (Lep.), Masker a girovaga^ 
Rond., MS., on Lophyrus rufus (Hym.) : Rondani, Bull. Ent. Ital. iv. p. 210 
et seq. 
Tachina {Masieey-d) anonyma. C. V. Riley, iv. Rep. Ins. Mo. p. 129, refers 
under this name to an undescribed species bred by him from Attacus poly- 
phemuSf atheroma regalis, Prodenia autumnalis, Noctua sp., Cynthia car did, 
Heliothis armigera, Datana ministra, Danais archippus, and ? var. from Sphinx 
Carolina Lepidopt.). 
Tachina heelzebul and diaholus : affinities with Megistogaster fuscipentiis, 
Mcq., = Cordyligaster petiolata, Wied., discussed : they should form a new 
genus : v. d. Wulp, Tijdschr. Ent. (2) vii. p. Iviii. 
Degeei-ia seria, Meig., parasitic on larvae of Ctenophora rnjicornis and pec- 
tinicornis (Dijjt.) : Weyenburgh., ibid. 
Exorista leucanice, Kirk, var. cecropice, Riley, parasitic on Attacus cecropia 
(Lep.) : economy described, Riley, I. c. p. 108. 
Cynomyia mortuorum, F., breeds in corpses of any vertebrate animal; 
its economy referred to : J. Portchinsky, Hor. Ent. Ross. viii. Bull. p. xxii. 
Lucilia hominivorax ? : death to human beings in Peru caused by larvae of 
a fly proceeding from eggs laid in the nose : Jelski, Pet. Nouv. No. 65, 
p. 260. 
Anthomyia spreta, Mg. Economy recorded by Giraud, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 
(5) ii. p. 502 et seq. It lives in Sphceria typhina, Dec, a fungoid growth in 
Holcus and other grasses. 
Anthontyia [surely Tachina] larvarum bred from cocoons of Saturnia car- 
pini : W. D. Roebuck, Ent. vi. p. 182. 
Sclicenomyza shows affinities to many families, and is placed in the Antho- 
myides provisionally : Loew, B. E. Z. xvi. p. 96. 
The specific name of Phytomyza ih'cis, being preoccupied, is changed to 
ilicifolia : id. c. p. 114. 
Leiicopis obscura, Ilal., parasitic on Chermes (Adelges) jncecB and coHicalis 
(Rhynch.) : economy &c. described : J. Hardy, Scot. Nat. i. pp. 256-258. 
Trigonomctopus, Mcq., usually associated with the Cordylurides^ should 
possibly be placed in the Heteroneurides : Loew, /. <?. p. 114. 
Schiner, Verb. z.-b. Wien, xxii. p. 75, notes the occurrence of 5 examples 
of Chclifer hahnij Koch, on the hind legs of a living specimen of Chloria de- 
mandata. 
Ccratitis hispanica occurs in Algeria, C. citriperda in the island of Bourbon 
and the Azores. Pet. Nouv. no. 4.'3, p. 171. 
Urophora solstitialis, L., bred from galls in flowor-heads of Serratida tine- 
toria : E. A. l^'itch, Ent. vi, p. 142. 
Chlorops. Schiner, Verb. z.-b.Wien, xxii. pp. ()1-7.S, discusses at great length 
