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ZOOLOGICAL LITEIIATUIIE. 
Obelosia, Lioy, 1. c. p. 77. Allied to preceding ; forehead with bristles 
directed downwards j posterior tibiae with small spines ; intermediate naked, 
terminated by a long spine. Sp. Phora rvfipeunis (Macq.). 
Aneurina, Lioy, 1. c. p. 77. Allied to preceding; face often with an im- 
pressed line j legs setulose, posterior tibiae usually very spinose ; wings slightly 
ciliated on the margin, anal vein wanting. Sp. Phora urhana (Meig.) and 
P. opaca (Meig.). 
Diploneura, Lioy, 1. c. p. 77. Allied to preceding ; palpi usually broad ; 
legs setulose, tibiae often neaify naked ; wings with a strongly ciliated margin, 
submarginal vein arcuate both at base and extremity. Sp, Phora nitidulu 
(Meig.), &c. 
Nemosia, Lioy, 1. c. p. 78. Allied to preceding ; vertex with a transverse 
tubercle ; anterior tibiae with two or four lateral bristles, intermediate not 
ciliated, posterior with one lateral bristle; wings ciliated; marginal vein 
simple, produced beyond the middle of the wing. Sp. Phora mcrassata (Meig.). 
Hypocera, Lioy, 1. c. p. 78. Allied to preceding; legs setulosej wings 
ciliated, often projecting at base, marginal vein simple. Sp. Phora mordel- 
hria (Meig.), &c. 
Gymnoptera, Lioy, 1. c. p. 79. Allied to preceding ; forehead and legs setu- 
lose ; wings not ciliated ; marginal vein simple, not quite reaching the middle 
of the wing, distant from the mediastinal at its extremity. Sp. Phora vitri^ 
pennis (Meig.). 
Lissometopia, Lioy, 1. c. p. 79. Allied to preceding ; forehead naked ; legs 
setulose ; wings ciliated only at base, marginal vein simple, reaching beyond 
the middle of the wing. Sp. Phora nudifrona (Macq.). 
Tachinides, 
MuSCIDiE. 
Girard has published some notes on the Dipterous parasites of the silkworm, 
which he says belong to this group. The Ailantus silkworm {Anthercea 
cynthid) is subject to the attacks of Phorccera pumicata (Meig.). Ann. Soc. 
Ent. Fr. 4® s^r. tome iv. pp. 165-157. 
New genera : — 
Andrina^ Lioy, Atti 1st. Ven. 3* ser. tom. x. p. 72. Allied to IFeSena (R.-D.) ; 
abdomen without appendages beneath the second segment ; copulatory organ 
of <S much elongated, dilated posteriorly ; first posterior cell closed, with a 
short peduncle. Sp. Phania Jiavipalpis (Macq.). 
Entomophaga^ Lioy, Atti 1st. Ven. 3^ ser. tom. ix. p. 1332. Allied to Actia 
(R.-D.) ; second joint of antennae short, third three times as long as second; 
externo-median vein complete, submai’ginal spinose. Sp. Thryptocera exoleta 
and bicolor (Meig.). 
Echinogaster, Lioy, 1. c. p. 1336. Allied to Echinomyia ; third joint of 
antennae dilated at extremity, first division with the arista nearly as long as 
the second. Sp. Echinomyia argentifrons (Macq,). 
Sphyricera, Lioy, 1. c. p. 1336. Allied to Echinomyia \ body cylindrical; 
antennae with the third joint nearly as long as the second, much dilated and 
rounded anteriorly ; arista black, geniculate, first two joints equal, elongate. 
Sp. Echinomyia sphyricera (Macq.j, Cyphocera palustris (Rond.). 
