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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
TiPULIDiE. 
Tipula albovittata (Macq.) is described by Loew as a species of Ilolorusia. 
Berl. ent. Zeits. 1866, p. 67. 
Tipula hicolovy sp. n., Loew, Berl. ent. Zeits. 1866, p. 55, from Siemen j T. 
strigata^ Loew, 1. c. p. 66, from Nubia. 
Pachyrrhina ei'ocea, sp. n., Loew, 1. c. p. 58, from Caffraria. 
Pachyrrhina aurantiaca, sp. n., Mik, 1. c. p. 304, Gorz. 
Limnohia atomaria, sp. n., Loew, 1. c. p. 68, from Caffraria. 
Gnophomyia incompicua^ sp. n., Loew, 1. c. p. 59, from Oaffi’aria. 
Cylindrotoma glahrata (Meig.) cf described by Siebke, Entom. Unders. p. 46. 
Stygeropis dimidiata, sp. n., Loew, Berl. ent. Zeits. 1865, p. 129, Hudson’s 
Bay ; and S. fuscipennis^ Loew, Illinois. 
Thaumastoptcraj g. n., Mik, Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellscli. in Wien, xvi. p. 302. 
Allied to Limnohia j antonna3 rather short, 16-jointed \ radial vein not fur- 
cate anteriorly ; posterior transverse vein on the middle of the wing, and 
posterior basal cell scarcely more than half the length of the anterior one. 
Sp. T. calceata, sp. n., Mik, 1 . c. p. 303, Taf. 1 a. fig. 7 (wing), Gorz. 
Cloniophora^ g. n., Schiner, Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. in Wien, xvi. p. 932. 
Allied to Gynoplistia ; epistoma produced into a short muzzle ; antennae 18- 
jointed, joint 2 short, cuplike, 3-13 with lateral processes on the inside ; 
ovipositor nearly half as long as abdomen j legs stout, tibiae spurred, empo- 
dium large ; mediastinal vein long, united near its apex by a transverse vein 
with the subcostal. Type Gynoplistia stihfasciata (Walk.). 
Paratropesa^ g. n., Schiner, 1. c. p. 932. Cubital vein forked ; discoidal cell 
emitting 4 simple veins ; uppermost simple branch springing from the middle 
of the discoidal cell. The venation of the wing is described at considerable 
length, as illustrating the author’s view of the venation in the Diptera. 
Type P. singidaris, sp. n., South America (not described). 
Peripheriptera, g. n., Schiner, 1. c. p. 933. Head nearly triangular when 
seen from above, shortly pedunculate ; antennse short, 14-jointed, joint 2 
thick and short, remainder roundish, close together, gradually decreasing ; legs 
very long and slender, tibifo not spurred ; wings clavate in outline, medias- 
tinal vein long, with a transverse vein to the subcostal about the middle, 
subcostal bent down to radial, which originates beyond middle of wing and 
is simple, discoidal cell emitting 3 veins. Type P. nitens, sp. n., South Ame- 
rica (not described). 
Stratiomyid^. 
Odontomyia ornata. Jaennicke (Berl. ent. Zeits. 1866, p. 218) records his 
having bred this insect from a larva found in water near Frankfort. 
Jaennicke (/. c.) also discusses the characters and distribution, with special 
reference to the neighbourhood of Frankfort, of the European species of this 
family. The larva of Ephippium thoradcum was taken by Von Heyden in a 
nest oi Formica fuliginosa (/. c. p. 226). Several new species are described. 
New species : — 
Pachygaster robustus, Jaennicke, Berl. ent. Zeits. 1866, p. 219 (=P. tarsalis, 
Zett. part.), P. arge?itifer, Jaenn. l.c. p. 221 (= P. minutissinms, Zett. part.), 
and P. tonellus, Jaenn. 1. c. p. 222 (= P. minutissimus^ Zett. part.), Germany. 
Nemotdus siculus, Jaennicke, 1. c. p. 224, from Sicily j N. alyericus^ Jaenn. 
1. c. p. 225, from Algeria. 
