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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
Kiistenlandes. Verhandl. zool.-bot. Gesellsch. in Wien 
Band xvi. pp. 301-310, Tafel 1. 
Contains a note of species recently detected by tbe antlior, 
chiefly in the neighbourhood of Gorz, and descriptions of some 
new species. 
Murie, James. On the occurrence of (Estrus tarandi, Linn., 
in a Beindeer in the Society's Garden. Proc. Zool. Soc. 
1866, pp. 590-592. 
ScHiNER, J. B. Die Wiedemann^schen Asiliden, interpretirt 
und in die seither errichteten Gattungen eingereiht. Ver- 
handl. zool.-bot. Gesellsch. in Wien, Band xvi. pp. 649-722, 
Tafel 12 (read June 6, 1866). 
In this elaborate paper Schiner refers the species of Asiliden 
described by Wiedemann to their modern genera, the stability 
of which he discusses. Several new generic groups are pro- 
posed ; and the memoir concludes with a list of the described 
species belonging to the family, generically arranged in accord- 
ance with the author’s views. The accompanying plate contains 
figm*es of 3 characteristic Asilide wings. 
. Nachtrag zu Schiner’s Vortrag iiber die Asiliden Wiede- 
mann’s. Ibid. pp. 845-848 (read October 3, 1866). 
Contains characters of 2 new genera, and remarks upon those 
proposed by Loew in the Berl. ent. Zeitschr. 1866. 
. Bericht iiber die von der Weltumseglungsreise der k. 
Fregatte Novara mitgebrachten Dipteren. Ibid. Band xvi. 
pp. 927-934 (read November 7, 1866). 
Beport on the Nematocera of the voyage of the ^ Novara,’ with 
characters of some new genera. 
Wagner, Balthasar. Diplosis triticiy Kirby, sp., und 
aurantiaca, n. sp. Stettiner entom. Zeitung, 1866, pp. 65- 
96 & 169-187, Tafel 3. 
Walker, F. Synopsis of the Diptera of the Eastern Archipe- 
lago discovered by Mr. Wallace, and noticed in the ^Journal 
of theLinnean Society.’ Journ. Linn. Soc. vol.ix. pp.1-30. 
This paper consists of a table showing the geographical dis- 
tribution of the species of Diptera recorded by Walker as con- 
tained in the collections formed by Wallace in the Malasian 
region, with an introductory summary. 
(Aphaniptera.) 
Guyon, — . Histoire naturelle et m^dicale de la Chique 
{Rhynchoprion penetrans, Oken), insecte parasite des regions 
tropicales des deux Ameriques. (Continued. See Becord,’ 
1865, p. 637.) Bevue ct Magasin de Zoologie, 1866, pp. 
64-70, 111-117, 326-338, 359-363, and 445-461. 
