BLEPHAROCERIDJE LKPTIDJF.. 
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Blepharoceridje. 
Bihiocephala, g. n., C. R. Ostcn-Sacken, in Hayden’s Report [sw^rd], 
p. 5G4, fig. Closely allied to Blepharocera, but dif?ering in the vena- 
tion of wings (an intercalary longitudinal vein between 1st and 2nd 
veins), shortness of antennae, and structure of the head. Confirms the 
relationship between the Blepharoceridce and Ptychopterina. B.grandis, 
sp. n., id. 1. c. p. 666, Colorado Mountains. 
CULICIDJ!. 
CtiUx mosquito. A. M. Mayer, Am. J. Sci. (3) viii., pp. 89-103 (re- 
printed, with corrections, Am. Nat. viii. pp. 577-692, fig. 92), from ex- 
periments on the antennae of the $ of this insect, confirms the idea that 
the antennal fibrils are auditory organs. Cf. also Am. Nat. viii. p. 236. 
A very strong infusion of roots of Triticum repens is successfully 
used at Simbirsk as a preventative against attacks of mosquitoes, &c. ; 
Bull. Ent. Ross. x. p. 10. 
TlPULIDiE. 
Observations on the synonymy, &c., of Dutch species; V. d. Wulp, 
Tijdschr. Ent. xvii. pp. 145-148. 
Tipula oleracea. A minute illustrated account of the anatomical 
structure of the mouth of the crane fly ; A. Hammond, Sci. Goss. 1874, 
p. 155-160, figs. 97-112. 
Dolichopeza oj)aca, Mik, = sijlvicola, Curt. ; D. sylvicola, Mik, nec 
Curt., is described as nitida^ sp. n. ; and observations on the synonymy 
are made : J. Mik, Verb. z.-b. Wien, xxiv. pp. 350-363. Packyrhina 
aurantiaca, Mik, nec Macq., is re-named euchroma ; id. 1. c. p. 353. 
Eutonia, g. n., V. d. Wulp., 1. c. p. 147. Allied to Pmcilostola. Type, 
Limnohia harhipeSy Meig. (wing, and that of P. angustipenniSy Meig., 
figured, pi. /iii. figs. 11 «& 12). 
Tipula senexy sp. n., (A. White) A. G. Butler, Zoology of Voyage of 
Erebus & Terror, ii. p. 27, pi. vii. fig. 15, New Zealand. 
Stratiomyid;e. 
Diphysa apicaliSy sp. n., (A. White) id. 1. c. pi. vii. fig. 17, New 
Zealand. 
Xylophagid^. 
Rhachicerus nigripalpiSy sp. n., H. Loew, B. E. Z. xviii. p. 378, Mexico. 
Leptid;e. 
A list of the species known in N. America ; C. R. Oston-Sackon, Bull. 
Buff. Soc. ii. pp. 171-174 (47 spp., 6 genera). 
A iAeWa; swarming; H. Tournier & A. de Borre, CR. Ent. Belg. 
1874, pp. Ixxxix.-xci. 2 figs. 
