MUSCID^ — PULICIDiE. 
427 
Pelina nitens, p. 309, Calabria, ventriiosa, p. 310, Silesia, id. Eur. Dipt, 
iii. spp. nn. 
Drosophilides. 
Drosophila ruffrons, sp. u., id. B. E. Z. xvii. p. 50, Hungary. 
Geomyzides. 
Scyphella latifrons, sp. n., id. ibid.^ Hungary. 
Anthomyza ungulata, sp. n., id. Eur. Dipt. iii. p. 301, Lake Baikal. 
Balioptera divergens, p. 302, adusta, p. 303, id. I. c, Bavaria, spp. nn. 
Helomyzides. 
Blepharoptera brachgpterna, sp. n., id. B. E. Z. xvii. p. 49, Hungary. 
Scatophagides. 
Strongylogaster pannonius, sp. n., id. I. c. p. 45, Hungary, 
Chirosia fallax, sp. n., id. I. c. p. 46, Hungary. 
CESTRID^. 
CEstrus sp. (? ovis) : larva taken out of an ulcer on the shoulder of a 
boy in Texas. S. J. Stroop, Am. Nat. vii. p, 437. 
Nycteribiid^. 
Nycterihia frauenfeldi, Kol. (? = pedicularia, Westw.), re-described 
and figured : it occurs in Belgium, but the species of bat infested by it 
is not known. F. Plateau, Bull. Ac. Belg. (2) xxxvi. pp. 332-335. 
(APHANIPTERA.) 
PULICIDJ!]. 
A list of 17 species occurring in the Netherlands, with the animals on 
which they are parasitic, and localities, is given by C. Ritsema, Tijdschr. 
Ent. (2) viii. Versl. pp. Ixxxiv. & Ixxxv. 
Pulex felis^ Bouche, and P. fasciatus, Bosc. Observations on the 
larvae of these species, and on the Pidicidce generally, by J. Ktinckel, 
Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (5) iii. pp. 129-142, pi. vi. figs. 1-11. The larva before 
hatching has a frontal point, used in breaking the shell of the egg. Cf. 
also I. c. Bull. pp. vi. & vii. 
Pulex irritans. W. H. Furlonge, J. Quek. Club, iii. pp. 12-25, pis. i. 
& ii. describes the alimentary and digestive, respiratory, and reproductive 
systems, figuring in detail various organs. The copulative operation is 
also described. 
Rhynchoprion penetrans^ Oken ; observations on economy of this 
species, known as the "Nigua" or " Earth-flea " in South America, by 
Franz Engell, Das Ausland, xUi. (1869), pp. 1088-1091, figs. 1-4 ( ? well 
figured). 
