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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
SCEN0PINID.E. 
Scenopinus nigra (Deg.). The metamorphoses of this species are de- 
scribed hy Damiauitsch, Verb, zool.-hot. Ges. in WieU; xv. pp. 237-238, 
with figure of the pupa. 
AsiLIDiE. 
The following known species of this family are described as inhabitants of 
Mexico by Bellardi, Mem. R. Accad. Tor. ser. 2. tomo xxi. : — Mydas ruhi- 
dapex (Wied), p. 105; M. tihialis (Wied), p. 100; M. vittatus (Macq.), 
p. 107; M, basalts (Westw.), p. 110; Lampria mexicana (Macq.), p. 113; 
i. clavipes (Macq.), ibid., pi. 1. fig. 15 ; Laphria formidolosa (Walk.), p. 116, 
pi. 1. fig. 18; Mallopliora infernalis (Wied), p. 121; Promachus fuscipentns 
(Bell.), var., p. 124, pi. 2. fig. 1 ; Ommatkis 2 nimilus (Macq.), p. 159 ; Ccra- 
turgus rufipetmis (Macq.), p. 159; C. ? dimidiatus p. 161; Dasypogon 
secabilis (Walk.), p. 103, pi. 1. fig. 4 ; P. brunneus (Wied), p. 167 ; P. ni- 
gripemiis (Macq.), p. 176 ; P. Candidas (Macq.), p. 178; P. magnijicxts (Walk.), 
p. 179, pi. 1. fig. 11; Piscocephala nitida (Wied), p. 184. 
Philammosius (Bond.). This genus is characterized by Bondani, Aichh io 
Canestr. yoI. iii. p. 45. 
Mallopliora rvjipes (Macq. 1850) =il/. tisip>hon€s (Bond. 1848), Bondani, 
1. c. p. 47. 
Tra 2 ianea (Macq.). Bondani (/. c. pp. 47-48) remarks that Loew, in 
subdividing this genus, has entirely eliminated the old name, and that Bigot 
has reintroduced it, but for a new species differing in certain characters 
from Trupanea as originally established. Bondani proposes to adopt the 
new genera Alcymas and Fhilodicus of Loew, and Megaphorus and Eicoi- 
chemns of Bigot, and to apply the name of Trupanea to the group named 
Promacus by Loew. For Traptanca (Big.) he proposes the new name of 
Telejoneura. 
Neio genera : — 
Apio2i1iora, g. n., Philippi, Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellsch. in Wien, xv. p. 682. 
Allied to Cephalocera ; antennic 4-jointed; wings with a transverse venule in 
the middle of the posterior margin. Sp. A. 2 ^aalseni, Phil. 1. c. pi. 25. fig. 22, 
from Chili. 
Megaschelus, g. n., Philippi, 1. c. Allied to 3Iidas) wings with all 
except the fourth posterior cells closed. Sp. 3£ nigricornis, Phil. p. 683, 
pi. 25. fig. 21, from Chili. 
Pasypecus, g. n., Philippi, 1. c. p. 692. Allied to Pasyiwgon] wings with 
four posterior cells, of which three are closed, the second and third remote 
from the margin. Sp. P. Iieteronmrus, Phil. /. c. pi. 28. fig. 54. 
Clavator^ g. n., Philippi, 1. c. p. 699. Allied to Asilus ; antennee longer 
than head, first two joints thick, nearly equal, third longer than two pre- 
ceding together, narrowed at the base, nearly ovoid towards apex, with a 
short thick style. Sp. C. punctiptennis, Phil. /. c. pi. 26. fig. 31, C. nigri- 
barbisj rubricornis, brevicornis, and rufescens, Phil. p. 700, from Chili. 
Pasycyrton, g. n., Philippi, 1. e. p. 701. Antennae cylindrical, joint 3 as 
long as two preceding together, slender, style half its length ; thorax very 
gibbous and compressed. Sp. P, yibbosiis, Phil. /. c. pi. 26. fig. 30. 
Anypcmis, g. n., Philippi, 1. c. p. 702. Myslax and head-bristles want- 
