DOLICnOPODID^ — MUSCID^.. 
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figs. lS-20, femoratus, fig. 22, Nematoproctus distendens, figs. 23-28, Dia- 
phorus oculatiis, figs. 29-33, Asyndetus latifrons, fig. 34, figured in detail. 
Tables of the species, ^ , t^re given. Doubtful species are referred 
to, pp. 475 & 47C). 
Machccrium maritime, Hal. ; economy observed by J. Brown, Ent. 
vii. p. 207. Earthen cocoons from Weymouth noted; F. Smith, P. E. 
Soc. 1874, p. xix. 
Sphyrotarsus, g. n., J. Mik, Verh. z.-b. Wien, xxiv. p. 342. Claws 
entirely without pul villi, and with a broad, short, triangular, scoop- 
shaped empodium. /S', argyrostomus, sp. n., id. 1. c p. 337, pi. vii. figs. 10- 
16, Austria. 
Telmaturgus, g. n., id. 1. c., p. 349. Allied to Bympycnus and Synar- 
thrus, Lw. Type, Sympycnus tiimidulus, Radd., pi. vii. figs. 18-24. 
Chrysotus pulchellus^ p. 461, Austria, Germany, fig. 15, blepharoscdes, 
p. 462, fig. 21, Austria, Lyons, inonochcetiis, p. 468, Galicia, microcerus, 
p. 469, fig. 17, Germany, variaiis, p. 471, Tatra Mts., anguUcornis, p. 474, 
fig. 16, Germany ; Kowarz, 1. c. pi. xiii., spp. nn. 
TTydrophorm rogoihnferi, sp. n., J. Mik, 1. r. p. 334, pi. vii. fig. 9, 
Austria. 
Syrphid^. 
Species of the Dee district (Scotland) enumerated ; W. A. Vice, Scot. 
Nat. ii. pp. 203 & 204. 
Eristalis tenax and Syrphus clypeatus clearly proved to eat pollen of 
flowers; A. W. Bennett, J. R. Hort. Soc. (n. s.) iv. p. 158; Ent. vii. 
p. 135. 
Volucclla homhylam. Notes on its development, with special observa- 
tions on the development of the tubular head appendages of its pupa ; 
E. A. Ormerod, Ent. M. M. x. pp. 196-200, figs. 1-7. 
CoNOPlDiE. 
Zodion cinereum, Germ., parasitic on Hylceus 4-strigatus, Latr., and 
observations on the economy of Coi}ops\ 0. Ritsoma, Tijdschr. Ent. xvii. 
Vorsl. p. Ixviii. ; Pot. Nouv. vi. i>. 367. 
Muscidjd. 
General observations on Tacliinides by F. Walker, with a list of some 
European species and the insects on which they are known to be para- 
sitic ; Cist. Ent. pt. x. pp. 279-283. 
Rutilia and allies discussed, the generic characters of it and of AmpTii- 
bolia, Ptylostyliun, Graphostylum, and DiapTiania (which should be re- 
tained), Macq., Amenia, Desv., and Formosia, Gu6r., being tabulated, 
and a synonymic catalogue of the species given. Formnda monnta^ 
Gerst., figured. J. M. Bigot, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (5) iv. pp. 451-460, 
pi. viii. fig. 5. 
3fusca domestica, L. Transformations fully described ; the American 
species is the same as the European (Harris’s M. domestica is probably 
