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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
Paohypeza, g. n., Lioy, Atti 1st. Ven. 3*^ ser. tomo ix. p. 723. Allied to 
Cyrtoma ; first joint of post, tarsi elongate, thick, the rest slender ; wings 
with an oblique transvei-se vein near the base and three posterior cells. Type 
Cyrtoma palUpes (Meig.). 
Neio species : — 
JEmpis, Loew has described four new species of this genus from North 
America (Berl. entom. Zeits. 18G4) : namely, Empis Icemgata^ 1. c. p. 75, E. 
stenoptera^ ibid., and Z?. rufesoens,l. c. p. 7G, from New Hampshire j and E. 
longipes, ibid., from New York. 
Empis salicina, Lioy, Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. vol. vi. p. 380. Lioy notices 
its occurrence at Vancimuglio, in the Vincentino, in immense numbers. 
Hilar a tristis, Loew, 1. c. p. 82, II. seriata, Loew, ibid., and II testacea^ 
Loew, ibid., from New Hampshire. 
Ilormopeza brevicot'nis, Loew, 1. c. p. 83, and II nigricans, Loew, ibid., from 
Yukon River. 
Rhamphomyia. Nine new species of this genus from New Hampshire are 
described by Loew (Berl. entom. Zeitschr. 18G4) : namely, Rhamphomyia 
umbrosa, 1. c. p. 77 j R. basalis, ibid. ; R. macilenta, 1. c. p. 78 j R. rustica, 1. c. 
p. 79 ; R. luteiventris, ibid, j R. nigricans, 1. c. p. 80 j R. hirtipes, ibid, j R. irre- 
gularis, 1. c. p. 81 ; and R. candicans, ibid. 
Gloma obscura, Loew, /. c. p. 84, and G. rufa, Loew, ibid., from New Hamp- 
shire. 
Cyrtoma femorata, Loew, 1. c. p. 84, from New Hampshire, and C. procera, 
Ijoew, l.c. p. 86, from Sitka. 
Tachypeza. Loew (Berl. entom. Zeitschr. 18G4) describes four new North 
American species of this genus : namely, Tachypeza rapax, 1. c. p, 85, T. cla- 
vpes, 1. c, p. 8G, and T. pusilla, 1. c. p. 87, from Illinois } and T. rostrata, 1. c. 
p. 8G, from New Hampshire. 
Platypalpus. Of this genus Loew describes seven new species from N. 
America (Berl. entom. Zeitschr. 18G4) : Platypalpus cequalis, 1. c. p. 88, from 
Rlinois ; P. trivialis, ibid., from Maine and Columbia ; P. pachycnemus, 1. c. 
p. 89, from Columbia ; P. lateralis, ibid., P.Jlavirostris, 1. c. p. 90, and P. Icetus, 
1. c. p. 91, from New Hampshire j and P. apicalis, 1. c. p. 90, from Pennsylvania. 
DoLICHOPODIDiE. 
Loew (Mon. N. Amer. Dolicli. pp. 11-13) gives the following 
tabular arrangement of the genera of this family : — 
I. First antennal joint hairy above. 
A. Hypopygium disengaged . 
* First joint of hind tarsi bristly, 
a. Face descending as far as the anterior angle of the eye. 
1. Hygroceleutuus. 
/3. Face not descending as far as the anterior angle of the eye. 
2. Bolichopus. 
t First joint of hind tarsi not bristly, 
a. Palpi of (S unusually large 
/3. Palpi of c? small. 
12. Diostracus. 
