DIPTERA. 66§ 
VoluccUa scxpunctata (Loew). Loew describes both sexes of this species, 
1. c. p. 151. 
Syrphiis simplex (Loew), the $ described by Loew, 1. c, p. 164 j S. Jac- 
tator (Loew), the (S described, 1. c. p. 166. 
Xylota pretiosa (Loew), the cf is described by Loew, 1. c. p. 161. 
Temnocera puhescens (Loew). Loew describes tlie ^,1. c. p. 160. 
The aphidivorous habits of the species of the genus Syrplms are described 
by Tascheiiberg (Wirbell. Thierc, <&c., p. 204), who also figures the larva, 
pupa, and imago of S. pyrastri {1. c. pi. 7. fig. 6). 
Notes on the occurrence of VolucelleB in Wasps’ nests are given by Stone. 
Proc. Ent. Soc. 1866, pp. 63-66. 
New genera : — 
Azpeytia, g. n.. Walker, Proc. Linn. Soc. viii. p. 113. Body broad, stout; 
head somewhat produced in front; eyes pubescent; antennjB short, third 
joint elongate-conical, seta naked; scutellum very broad ; legs robust ; wings 
long. Sp. A. scutellaris, sp, n.. Walk. 1. c., from New Guinea. 
Cnemoclon, g. n., Egger, Verb, zool.-bot. Ges. in Wien, xv. p. 673. Allied 
to Pipiza ; antennae short, joint 3 round, seta naked ; thorax convex ; scu- 
tellum unarmed. Sp. C. latitarsis, sp. n., Egger, p. 673, and C. brevidenSf 
Egg. p. 674, from Vienna. (Pipiza vitripennis (Meig.) and P. acuminaia 
(Loew) probably also belong to this genus.) 
Planes, g. n., Rondani, Canestr. Archivio, vol. iii. p. 9. Allied to Xylota ; 
third joint of antennae prismatic and elongate, about three times as long as 
the preceding ones united ; posterior tibiae terminated by a strong internal 
apophysis. Sp. Xylota vagans (Wied). 
Xiloteja, g. n., Rondani, 1. c. p. Myolcpta, p. (Newm.). Antennae with 
third joint lenticular, seta naked ; eyes naked ; second and third longitudi- 
nal veins separate to apex, fourth and fifth united near apex, fourth not sinuate, 
fifth not appendiciilate. Sp. X. vara (Fab.), dubia (Fab.), and Ilelophihts 
luctnosus (Bigot). 
Pahimbia, g. n., Rondani, Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. viii. p. 129. Allied to 
Eristalis ; eyes naked ; face excavated in the middle, not tuberculate above 
the mouth. Sp. P. sicida, sp. n.,Rond. 1. c. p. 130. 
Eviopliora, g. n., Philippi, Verh. zool.-bot. Gesellsch. in Wien, xv. p. 736. 
Allied to Pdecocera ; body broad ; antennae with a long thin arista. Sp. E. 
aureo-rnfa, Phil. p. 736, pi. 26. fig. 36, from Chili. 
Stilbosoma, g. n., Philippi, 1. c. p. 736. Antenniferous tubercle very much 
produced ; eyes naked, Sp. S. cyanea, Phil. 1. c., and S. nigrinervis, Phil, 
p. 737, from Chili. 
Sterplms, g. n., Philippi, 1. c. p. 737. Allied to Priomerus ; posterior femora 
not serrated ; submarginal vein nearly straight. Sp. S. antennalis, Phil. 1. c. 
pi. 27. fig. 37 (autumn alls), S. ? cyanocephalus, Phil. p. 738, and S. ? Jlavipes, 
Phil. ibid. (= Cheilosia aurantipes. Bigot ?), from Chili, 
Macrometopia, g. n., Philippi, 1. c. p. 740. Eyes hirsute; forehead much 
produced as a tubercle for the antennee ; first basal cell very long, first poste- 
rior cell reaching the apical margin. Sp. M. atra, Phil. 1. c. pi. 27. fig. 39. 
Penium, g, n., Philippi, 1. c. p. 741. Allied to Eristalis ; eyes hirsute ; 
