DIPTERA. 497 
rops tasniopus). Jaliresber. scliles. Gesellsch. fiir vaterl. 
Cultur, 1866, pp. 71-79. 
Frauenfeld, Georg von. Zoologische Miscellen, vii. 2. Be- 
schreibung der Larven und Puppen von Ditomyia fasciata 
(Mg.). Verliandl. zool.-bot. Gesellsch. in Wien, Band 
xvi. p. 200. And viii. 4. Thereva, Ibid. pp. 447-450. 
Jaennicke, F. Beitrage zur Kenntniss der europaischen Stra- 
tiomyden, Xylophagiden, und Coenomyiden, sowie Nach- 
trag zu den Tabanidcn. Berliner cntom. Zcitsclirift, 1866, 
pp. 217-237. Beitrage zur Kenntniss der Tabaniden Eu- 
ropa^s. Ibid. pp. 65-91. 
These papers consist chiefly of a revision of the species found 
in the neighbourhood of Frankfort on the Maine and in the 
Upper Engadine, with remarks on synonymy and descriptions 
of some new species. 
Loew, H. Ueber zu Durrenberg beobachtete halophile Di- 
pteren. Zeitschr. ges. Naturw. 1864, xxiii. pp. 336-347. 
. Ueber die in der zweiten Ilalfte des Juli 1864 auf der 
Ziegelwiese bei Halle beobachteten Dipteren. Ibid. 1864, 
xxiv. pp. 377-396 : November. 
Contains a list of species observed, with notes on some of 
them and descriptions of new species. The latter and the more 
important notices of known species will be recorded in their 
proper places. 
. Ueber einige bei Danzig gefangcne Dipteren bei denen 
die Fliigel vcrkiimmert sind oder ganz fehlen. Schrift. 
naturf. Gesellsch. Danzig, neue Folge, Band i. pp. 8. 
. Diptera Americae septentrionalis indigena. Centuria 
septima. Berliner entom. Zeitschrift, 1866, pp. 1-54. 
This paper includes descriptions of 100 species of Diptera, 
chiefly from the continent of North America, but with the addi- 
tion of some from Cuba and New Granada. The following 
known species arc described : — Plesiomma funesta, P. macra^ and 
Bacclia parvicornis (Loew) . 
. Beschreibung einiger afrikanischen Diptera nemocera. 
Ibid. pp. 55-62. 
Meinert, F. Endnu et par Ord om Miastor, tilligemed 
bemserkninger om spired annelsen hos en anden Ceci- 
domyia-larve og om seggets dannelse og udvikling i dyre- 
riget overhovedet. [Another word or two on Miastor j to- 
gether with remarks on gemmiparous reproduction in an- 
other Cecidomyide larva, and on the origin and development 
of the egg in the animal kingdom generally.] Naturhist. 
Tidsskr. 3rd series, vol. iii. pp. 1-14. 
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