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eubmarginal vein quite straight j face with no prominence. Sp. P. triste, 
Phil. /. c. pi. 27. fig. 38. (Perhaps Cheilosia aurantipes, Big.) 
Put,, g. n., Philippi, 1. c. p. 742. Allied to preceding ; body nearly smooth; 
eyes naked ; epistome prominent, antennae on a protuberance, and beneath 
this a tubercle. Sp. P. cyanea, Phil. 1. c. pi. 27. fig. 40, from Chili. 
New species : — 
Chrysotoxum alpimcm, Rondani, Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. viii. p. 141, from 
Italy. 
Volucella hybnda, Rondani, /. c. p. 127, V. spuria, adulterina, and inces- 
tuosa, Rond. p. 128, from Italy. — V. apicalis, Loew, Berl. ent. Zeitschr. 1805, 
p. 161, from Cuba. — V. concinna, Philippi, 1 . c. p. 733, and V. azurea, Phil, 
p. 734, pi, 26. fig. 35, from Chili. — V. pectoralis, Rondani, Arch. Canestr. iii. 
p. 3, and V. transatlantica, Rond. 1. c. p. 4, from South America. 
Criorhyna picdolii, Rondani, Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. viii. p. 133, from 
Tuscany. 
Eristalis. The following ten new American species are described by Loew 
(/. c.) : — P. gundlachi, p. 166, P. atrimanus, p. 167, and P. senictdus, p. 168, 
from Cuba; P. atriceps, p. 169, from New Hampshire; P. latifrons, ibid., 
from Matamoras; E.kirtus, p. 170, from California; P. obscurus, p, 171, and 
P. inornatus, p. 172, from the Red River; P. melanostomus, p. 173 ( = P. 
Jiavipes, var. Walk. P), from Minnesota and Oregon ; and E.pilosus,^. 174, 
from Greenland. 
Eristalis chilensis and concolor, Philippi, 1. c. p. 743, from Chili. 
Eristalomya chilena, Rondani, Arch. Canestr. iii. p, 6, from Chili; E.ful- 
rUarsis, Rond. p. Q—ruJitarsis (Macq. Suppl. 5), the latter name having- 
been previously used by Macquart for a species of the same genus. 
Enstalomya auricalcica (sic), Rondani, Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. viii. p. 129, 
from the Abruzzi. 
Melophilus pictiis, Philippi, /. e. p. 743, from Chili. 
Priome7'us? luctuosus, Phil. l.c. p. 739, and P. ? liccmorrhoidalis, Phil. I, c. 
p. 740, pi. 27. fig. 42, from Chili. 
Merodon canipilus, Rondani, /. c. p. 131, from Parma. 
Milesia rnanicata and M. digitata, Rondani, 1. c. p. 132, from the Apennines. 
Ti'opidia I'ubricornis, Philippi, /. c. p. 744, T. nigi icoi'nis and Jlavimana, Phil, 
p. 745, from Chili. 
Xylota. Loew (l.c.) describes X. pmchyinera, p. 162, from Cuba; X. 
obscut'a, ibid., and X. subfasciata, p. 104, from the Red River ; X. quadri- 
maculata, p. 163, and X. angustiventris, p. 164, from Illinois. 
Syrphus vertebratus (Phil.), Rondani, Arch. Canestr. iii. p, 10, Chili; 8. 
columbianus, Rond. p. 11, Columbia ; S. decemmaculatus (Phil.), Rond. p. 12, 
Chili ; and S. plurhnacidatus, Rond, ibid.. South America. 
Syrphus 7iigripes and S. prccustus, Loew, 1. c. p. 155, from Cuba. 
Syrphus poocilogaster and hortensis, Philippi, 1. c. p. 746, and S. chalconotns 
and intei'ruptus, Phil. p. 747, from Chili. 
Doi'os? odynci'oidesj Philippi, 1. c. p. 747, pi. 27. fig. 44, from Chili. 
Sphcei’ophoria imdtipunctata, Rondani, Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. viii. p. 134, 
from Bologna. 
