DIPTERA* 
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Neto genera ; — 
Straiiomys. Eondani (/. c. p. 77) discusses tlie question of the generic 
subdivision of the old genus Stratiomys, and proposes the establishment of 
three new genera, as shown in the following table : — 
I. An oblique venule (beyond the stigmatic venules) uniting the mar- 
ginal and costal veins. 
A. First joint of antennse at least three times as long as the follow- 
ing one. 
1. Eyes nahed .... Stuatiomys (Geoff.) (type S. cJimncelcon). 
2. Eyes hairy Thyueodontha, g. n. (type S. strigatd). 
B. First joint of antennae not more than twice as long as the follow- 
ing one. 
1. Eyes hairy Psellidotus, g. n. (type 0, elegans, Macq.). 
2. Eyes naked .... Odonthomya (Latr.) (type O. furcatd). 
II. No subapical oblique venule. 
Oplodontiia, g. n. (type O. viridula, Lat.). 
Cyanauges, g. n., Philippi, Ver. zool.-bot. Gesellsch. in Wien, xv. p. 732. 
Eyes smooth j scutellum with 8 spines, the lateral ones small. Sp. C. valdi- 
vianuSj Phil. p. 733, pi. 26. fig. 34, from Chili. 
Neiv species : — 
Stratiomyia ( = Stratmnys), Loew describes fifteen new North American 
species of this genus (Berl. ent. Zeitschr. 1865) : — 8. quadrigemina, p. 129, 
from Connecticut ; 8. normula, p. 130, from New York ; 8. unilimhata^ p. 131, 
from Wisconsin j 8. scnaria, p. 132, from Florida ; 8. lativentris, ibid., from 
liake Superior; 8. baihata, p. 133, from California; 8 melastoma, p. 134, 
from California ; 8. ohesa, ibid., 8. quateniana, p. 135, 8. ajncula, p. 136, 
and 8. dtscalts, ibid., from Illinois; 8. nigyivcntris, p. 137, and 8. notatoy 
p. 139, from Nebraska ; 8. angularisy p. 138, and 8, marginalis, ibid., from 
Philadelphia. 
8tratiomys himaculatay Bellardi, Mem. Accad. Tor. ser. 2. xxi. p. 207, pi. 3. 
fig. 7, from Mexico. — 8. atraria and 8.paralklay W’^alker, Proc. Linn. Soc. viii. 
p. 106, from New Guinea. 
Odontomyia. Of this genus Loew describes the following ten new Americp n 
species (Berl. ent. Zeitschr. 1865) : — O. nigrirostris, p. 140, from Wisconsin ; 
O. incgaceplialay ibid., from California; O. varipes, p. 141, from Carolina?; 
0. hinotaia, p. 142, from Illinois ; O. lasiophthalma, ibid., from New York; 
O. itucqualis, p. 143, from Hudson’s Bay Territory ; O. rufqjes, p. 144, and 
0. scalaris, p. 145, from Cuba; O pilimana, p. 146, from Illinois; and O. mi~ 
crostoma, ibid., from Massachusetts and New York. 
Acanthina nana, Bellardi, 1. c. p. 206, from Mexico. 
8argus lateritins, Eondani, Arch. Canestr. iii. p. 76, from Madagascar. 
8argus versicolor y Bellardi, 1. c. p. 210, pi. 3. fig. 8, from Mexico ; 8. fortisj 
Walker, 1. c, p. 107, from New Guinea. 
CUtillaria (sic) responsalisy Walker, 1. c. p. 106, from New Guinea; C, 
suhulata, Loew, /. c. p. 147, from Virginia ; C. pygmecaj Bellardi, 1. c. p. 209, 
pi. 3. fig. 5, from Mexico. 
Cyphomyia ruhra and C. marginaia yluo&w, l.c. p. 148, from Cuba. — Cipho~ 
mia (sic) puhiventriSy Eondani, 1. c. p. 86, from the Cape of Good Hope, 
