DOLICHOPODIDvM — SYR^HIU;^:. 
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Dolichopodidj]. 
Notes on rare British species, DoUchopus latilimhatus^ Mcq., D. punc- 
ticornis, Zett., Gymnopterus chrysozygm^ W., G. plagiatus^ Lw., Syntor- 
mon cedicnemus^ Lw., and Xiphandrium auctiim, Lw., being for the first 
time recorded as indigenous. DoUchopus montanus, Lw., = phoiojms, 
Walk. ; D. consohrinus, Zett., nec Walk., renamed maculicornis. O. H. 
Verrall, Ent. M. M. xii. pp. 31-35, 142-148. 
DoUchopus latilimhatus, Macq. ; larva described by T. Beling, Arch. f. 
Nat. xli. 1, p. 63. 
Synarthrus cinereiventris, Head, body, and wings built as in ? , and 
legs as in ^ , in a specimen from Texas ; Loew, Z. ges. Naturw. (n. f.) x. 
[1874], pp. 75-79. 
DoUchopus mediicprnis, pp. 32 & 143, strigipes, p. 143, G. H. Verrall, 
1. c. spp. nn., England. 
Psilopus vilUpes, sp. n., Rondani, Ann. Mus. Genov, vii. p. 445, 
Borneo. 
Empidjk. 
Empis trigramma^ Meig. ; larva and pupa described by T. Beling, 
Arch, f . Nat. xli. 1, pp. 39 & 40. 
Hyhos hrachialis^ sp. n., Rondani, 1. c. p. 446, Borneo. 
PHORIDJ3. 
Phora. The larva feeding on beetles and Mollusca {Helix and Buli- 
WMs), placed in a bottle during an expedition in Algeria ; general 
remarks added. A. Laboulbene, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. (6) v. p. cxxxi. It 
also feeds upon young ‘ triungulins ’ from the eggs of Cantharis vesica- 
toria ; id. 1. c. p. clviii. 
SYRPHlDiE. 
Trybom, Filip. Bidrag till kannedomen om Syrphusflugornas larfver 
och puppor. (Efv. Ak. Forh. xxxii. No. 2, pp. 75-89, pi. ii. figs. 
1-13.^ 
The minute external anatomy described and figured, chiefly from 
larvee and pupae of Syrphus arbustorum and S. floreus. 
D’Herculais, Jules KOnckel. Recherches sur Torganisation et le 
d^veloppement des Volucelles, Insectes Dipteres de la famille des 
Syrphides. Premiere partie. Introduction, Historique, Moeurs, 
Syst^me t^gumentaire, D^veloppement du syst^me t%umentaire, 
Systeme musculaire, D^veloppement du systeme musculaire. Paris : 
1875, 4to, pp. 1-208, with atlas, pis. i.-xi. his. 
The title affords a sufficient indication of the nature and scope of this 
valuable addition to the literature of insect physiology. ' The work ob- 
tained the first prize in physical science given by the French Academy 
of Sciences in 1875. Volucella zonaria^ pellucens^ inanis^ and bombylans 
and varieties, are discussed and figured. 
