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ZOOLOGICAL LlTEllATUllE. 
Phytomyza ranunculi, sp. n., Kaltenbach, Verh.naturh. Ver. preuss. Rheinl. 
und Westph. 1867, p, 73. Pale yellow j joint 3 and seta of antennae black j a 
point on the vertex, 3 streaks on the thorax, the metanotum below the 
ecutellum, a larger and smaller spot on each side of the breast, the apical 
margin of the pale-brownish ovipositor, and all the tarsi brown or black j 
tibiae and palpi brownish yellow. Length 1 line. The larva mines the 
leaves of various species of Ranunculus, especially R. Jlammula, acris, and 
repens. 
Phytomyza rhinanthi, sp. n., Kaltenbach, 1. c. p. 79. Allied to P. stylata 
(Meig.) and P. varipes (Macq.) ’, blackish grey ; head, proboscis, palpi, and 
antennae yellow ; ocellar spots and a spot on the orbit black ; last segment of 
the abdomen with a yellow margin ; ovipositor very long, shining black j 
legs black, coxae and femora yellow j wings hyaline. Length of § 1 line j cJ 
smaller. The larva lives in the flower of RhinantJuis minor, and probably 
bores into the young seed-vessel. 
Copromyza alternata, sp. n., Rondani, Ann. Soc. Nat. Modena, iii. p. 31, 
Buenos Ayres. 
Elachiptera aberrans, sp. n., Schiner, 1 . c. p. 244, Columbia. • 
Hydromyzides. 
Packabd figures an Ephydra and its puparium, found with Eristalis 
inhabiting strong brine at some salt-works in Illinois. The puparium is 
furnished with a long, furcate process. A similar puparium has been ob- 
tained on the shores of Narragansett Bay (Amer. Natural, ii. 278, fig. 4). An 
Ephydra is also found in the Mono Salt Lake, California (Leconte, 1 . c. 
p. 329). 
New species : — 
Ectropa, g. n., Schiner, Reise der Novara, Zool., Dipt. p. 242. Allied to 
Ochthera. Sp. E. viduata, sp. n., Schiner, 1 . c. p. 243, Sydney. 
Ochthcra rotunda, Schiner, 1. c, p. 243, Nicobars (Tellnschong). 
Notiphila sinensis, Schiner, /. c. p. 241, Hong Kongj N. triangulifera, 
Schiner, ibid.. South America. 
Paralimna seeunda, Schiner, /. c. p. 241, and P. molossus, Schiner, 1. c. 
p. 242, South America. 
Ephygrohia metallica, Schiner, 1. c. p. 242, South America. 
- Ephydra ciligena, Rondani, Ann. Soc. Nat. Modena, iii. p. 32, Buenos 
Ayres. 
Scatella sancti pauli, Schiner, l.c. p. 243, St. Paul. 
(EsTRIDA2. 
0. Schneider notices (Sitzungsber. Isis, 1866, p. 89) two larv£e obtained 
from under the skin of the head of a young Sparrow, where they had pro- 
duced two large hard tumours. According to Kirsch, they resemble the 
larva of llypoderma, but differ from it in some respects, especially the absence 
of the circlet of spines and in the presence of two speculia ” above the 
mouth. 
Cuterehra approximata, sp. n.. Walker, Lord’s Naturalist in Vancouver’s 
Island &c. ii. p. 338, Vancouver’s Island. 
