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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
\D.^ capnoptei'us (Wied.)=D. alhitarsis (Macq.). LAPHRiN-as: Atornosia 
(^Laphria) viducita (Wied.) ; Laphria rujipennis (Wied.) j Maira (Z.) spec- 
tabilis (0\XQV.) = splendida (GtWQv.^^kollari (Dolesch.) =soc/a, replens, comes, 
Rnd consohrina (Walk.) ; M. (Z.) tristis (Dolescli.)=Z. taphius (Walk.)j M. 
(Z.) villipes (Dolesch.) j M. (Z.) pellucida (Dolesch.) ; Andrenosoma (Z.) 
^rythrogastra (Wied.). AsiLiN^as : Craspedia (Z.) splendidissima (Wied.) = 
C,audouini (Macq.)=Z/<?^j/mro^<?s abdominalis (Westw.); Mallophora (Asil.) 
calida (Fab.) j M. geniculata (Macq.) ; M. opposita (Walk.) j M. (A.) ruji- 
cauda (Wied.) ; M. (Dasyp,) nigritarsis (Fab.), of wliicb M. nigrifemorata 
(Macq.) is probably $ ; M. heteroptera (Macq.) probably = -4. laphr aides 
(Wied.), of which M. clausicella (Macq.) is perhaps a var. j M. singularis 
(Macq.) ; Promachus {Asil.') trichonotus (Wied.) ; P. {A.) nigripes (Fab.) j 
P. {A.) vagator (Wied.) j P. (A.) vertehratus (Say) j Philodicus {Trupaned) 
rubritarsatus Qil^cc[.) ) Alcimus {Asil.) fraternus (Wied.)j A. {A.) sericans 
(Wied.) j Proctophorus {A.) pyrrhomystax (Wied.) ; Prax {Dasyp.) striola 
(Fab.) ; P. maculatus (Macq.) j P. {A.) riijinus (Wied.) j P. {A.) mellinus 
(Wied.) j P. {A.) copulatus (Wied.) \ P. {A.) lascivus (Wied.) \ P. {A.) 
lades (Walk.) j P. cinerascens (Bell.) ; P. albiharbis (Macq.) ; P. bastardi 
(Macq .) ) Proctacantlius {Asil.) leucopogon (Wied.) j P. {A.) longus (W’ied.) j 
P. {A.) heros (Wied.) ; Pccritosia {A.) plinthopyga (Wied.) ; Asilus pelago 
(Walk.) ; Lophonotus {A.) chalcogaster (Wied.) j Z. auribarbis (Macq.) j Z. 
{A.) pellitus (Wied.) j Z. {A.) molitor (Wied.) ; Z. {A.) comatus (Wied.) ; 
Synolcus {A.) acrobaptus {Wied.) = S. signatus {Loqw) Itamus {A.) alcetas 
(Walk.) j Ommatius minimus (Dolesch.) j O. noctifer (Walk.) = minor 
(Dolesch.) j O. angustivcntris (Macq.) probably =0. coercebus (Walk.); Alio- 
cotosia {0mm.) scitula (Walk.) j and Atractia {Asil.) psilogaster (Wied.). Of 
a great number of these species Schiner gives detailed and corrected descrip- 
tions. 
Jaennicke (Berl. ent. Zeitschr. 1867, pp. 81-91) remarks upon the Euro- 
pean species of this family, chiefly with regard to their geographical distri- 
bution and comparative .abundance or rarity. Some new species are described 
by him, and the following synonymic indications may bo cited : — Dioctria 
hawnhaueri (JsieiQ.) ==.Jlaci2)es (Moig.) ; Lasiopogon macquarti (Schin.) is dis- 
tinct from the species so named by Perris; Laphria ignca (Meig.) appears 
to be a var. of giloa (Linn.) ; Z. dioctriceformis (Meig.) is probably a var. 
of marginata (Linn.). 
Jaennicke substitutes Holcoccphala for Discoceqyhala (Macq.), the latter 
name being preoccupied in llemiptera. lie also notices tliat Plesiommu 
nigra (Macq.) = Dasy^oyo» fidiyinosus (Wied.). Abh. Sonck. Gesollscli. 
vi. p. 359. 
Asilus impendens (Wied.) belongs to Senoprosojns (M.acq.), and A. ludens 
(Wied.) to Trupanea (Macq.), 1. c' p. 366. 
V. Mayet has observed the parasitism of the larva of Asilus barbarus 
upon that of Phyllognathus silenus. Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1866, p. Ixiv. 
Neio genera 
Mcocles, g. n., Jaennicke, Abh. Senck. Gesellsch. vi. p. 355. Allied to 
Plesiomma ; forehead broad ; abdomen flat, base narrow, apex globular, flask- 
shaped. Sp. N. analis, sp.n., Jaen. l.c. p. 355, pi. 43. flg. 13, Mexico. 
Psecas, g. n., Jaennicke, 1. c. p. 359. Allied to Craspedia ; middle tibiic di- 
