DIPTERA. 
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Seraca ahhreviata, Wallccr^ 1. c. p, 117, from New Guinea. 
Scatina estotilandica, Ronclani, I, c. p. 35, from Labrador. 
Elffiva (Meg.)= Tetanocera (Dum.). E. truquii, llondani, /. c. p. 3G, from 
Syria. 
Tetanocera spinicornis, Loew, Berl. ent. Zeitsclir. 18G5, p. 181, from Cuba. 
Eumetopia varipes, Loew, 1. c. p. 181, from Cuba. 
Conhflnra. Of tbi.s genus Loew (Wien. ent. Mon. Bd. viii.) describes 
eight new species: — C. unicolor, p. 17, from Andalusia; C. femoralis, p. 18, 
C. opaca, p. 19, from Carintliia; ( 7 . nigriventris, ibid., from Posen; C. biseta, 
p. 21, from Denmark and Germany ; C. picticornis, p. 22, from Siberia ; C. 
glaucescem, p. 23, from Kreuth ; and C. dasyprocta, p. 26, from Sweden. 
Peratochetus limhipennis and P. philippii, Bondani, 1. c. p. 43, from Chili. 
Sapromyzides, 
Saqn'omyza affra (sic), sp. n., Bondani, Arch. Canestr. iii. p. 36, from the 
Cape; S. lateritia (Phil.), Bond, ibid., from Cuba. 
Ortalides, 
Tephritis. Frauenfeld discusses the characters of various species of this 
genus, and enters upon a consideration of the nature of species, criticising 
some of LoeAv’s views. Verb, zool.-bot. Ges. in Wien, xv. pp. 269-2G2. 
New genera and species : — 
Rhyncheterm, g. n., Bondani, Arch. Canestr. iii. p. 37. Allied to Ensina ; 
antennm reaching epistome, second joint not oblique at apex, third about 
twice its length ; arista naked ; proboscis produced, geniculate at apex ; 
palpi somewhat porrect, subclavate ; no spinule on the costa, anal areola not 
acuminately produced behind ; scutellum with six marginal setae. Sp. R, 
damasceniis, sp. n., Bond. 1. c., from Syria. 
Soita, g. n.. Walker, Proc. Linn. Soc. viii. p. 135. Body elongate, slender; 
head with two thickened and curved bristles on the vertex ; eyes naked ; 
antennae longer than face, third joint linear, four times as long as second ; 
anterior feet short, slender, posterior elongate, with the tibiae spinose. Sp. 
S. psiloides, sp. n.. Walk. 1. c. p. 136, from Salwatty. 
Dorycera inornata, Loew, Wien. ent. Mon. viii. p. 8, from Corsica. 
Oi'talis. Five new European species of this genus are described by Loew 
(1. c.) : namely, Ortalis murma, p. 10, from Carinthia ; O. fraudidosa, p. 11, 
from the Balkan ; O. gyrans, p. 12, from Dalmatia ; O. parva, p. 14, from the 
Schneeberg ; and O. latifrons, p. 16, from Andalusia. 
Ortalis picipes, Looav, Berl. ent. Zeitschr. 1865, p. 242, from Spain. — O. con- 
tigna, Walker, Proc. Linn. Soc. viii. p. 123, and O. semivitta, Walk. p. 124, 
from New Guinea. 
Trypeta diver sata and T. hrevivitta, Walker, 1. c. p. 124, from New Guinea. 
Tephritis heiseri, Frauenfeld, Verb, zool.-bot. Ges. in Wien, xv. p. 262, 
from Moravia. — T. capensis, Bondani, 1. c. p. 39, from the Cape of Good Hope, 
Nerius extorris, Bondani, 1. c. p. 40, of unknoAvn origin. 
Grallomya alhivola, Bondani, 1. c. p. 41, from Equatorial America. 
Tanipoda (sic) hradliana, Bondani, 1. c. p. 41. 
