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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE, 
errors in connexion witli tlie synonymy of the European 
speeies^ 
Schiner replies to the above criticism^ removing some of 
Loewis objections^ 1. c. pp. 296-301. 
Loew also (1. c. pp. 255-258) states that Schiner’s union of Empis morio 
(Fah.), E. cothurnata (Brulltl), and E. hispanica (Loew) is erroneous, and 
indicates the characters hy which the three species may be distinguished. 
Loew (Wien. cut. Mon. Bd. viii. p. 122) describes the male oi llhampho- 
myia marginata (Fab.) = -K. latlpcnnis (Meig.). 
Neio genera — 
Sjihicosa, g. n., Philippi, Verh. zool.-bot. Gesellsch. in AVien, xv. p. 751. 
Allied to Hyhos j 2 siibmargiual cells. Sp. S. nigra, Phil. 1. c. pi. 28. fig. 48, 
from Ohili. 
JScelolabes, g. n., Philippi, 1. c. Allied to Hyhos ) proboscis very short j 
anal cell small. Sp. S. hivittatus, Phil. 1. c. pi. 28. fig. 45, from Chili. 
Ilomaloaiemis, g. n., Philippi, 1. c. p. 752. Allied to Hyhos j posterior 
femora not thickened; joint 2 of antennae elongate, lanceolate-subulate. 
Sp. H nigripennis, Phil. 1. c. pi. 29, fig. 66, from Chili. 
Apalocnemis, g. n., Philippi, 1. c. Allied to Leptopeza ; anal cell very small, 
submarginals 2, posterior 3. Sp. A. ohscura, Phil. p. 753, pi. 29. fig. 65. 
Ceratomerus, g. n., Philippi, /. <?. p. 765. Antennae with joint 1 elongate, 
2 short, 3 equal to 1 and 2 together, tapering into a seta of half its length j 
proboscis perpendicular, palpi enclosed j wings with 2 submarginal and 3 
posterior cells, first basal cell very short, anal wanting. Sp. C. paradoxus, 
Phil. p. 766, pi. 28. fig. 46, from Chili. 
New species 
Empis apicalis, Loew, Berl. ent. Zeitschr. 1865, p. 237, E. fraterna, Loew, 
p. 239, and E, hirta, Loew, p. 240, from Kutais. — Empis hicolor, Bellardi, 
Mem. Accad. Tor. ser. 2. xxi. p. 198, E. cganeus, Bell, ibid., and E. tolipennis, 
Bell. p.',199, from Mexico. 
Empis. Philippi (/.c.) describes the following new Chilian species of this 
genus : — E. pcecila (p. 753), argyrozona, landhecld (p. 754), valdiviana, ochro- 
pus,jiavinervis, tephrodes, gracilipes, hr achy stoma (p. 755), fxdva, dumetorum, 
collina (p. 766), pachy stoma (p, 757), E. ? macrorrhyncha (p. 757, pi. 28. 
fig. 47), E, spinulosa dina dumicola (p. 757). 
Pachymeria. The following new Chilian species are described by Philippi 
(/. c.) : — P. argentata, annulata (p. 758), ohsciirata, hrachygastra, modesta, oh^ 
scuripennis (p. 759), ruhripes, sa\difuloipcs (p. 760). 
Pachymeria contigua, Loew, Wien. ent. Mon. Bd. viii. p. 360, from Greece ; 
P. mediterranea, Loew, p. 364, from Greece and Asia Minor; and P. rujicor- 
nis, Loew, p. 365, from Bessarabia. 
Phamphomyia tephrodes, Philippi, 1. c. p. 760, from Chili. 
Phamphomyia, sp., allied to P. sidcata, Loew, Berl. ent. Zeitschr. 1865, 
p. 241, from Kutais. 
Hilar a, Philippi describes as new Chilian species: — H, lugens (/. e. 
