ASILIDiE PIPUNCXJLlDiE. 387 
Emphysomera peregrina, id. 1. c. p. 253, pi. 12. figs. 9-11, Borneo, Ternate, 
Sumatra. , 
Ommatius concinens (? Dasypogon Jlavescens^ F., var.), p. 260, Timor, 
dilatipennis, p. 261, pi. 12. figs. 13 & 14, despectus, p. 268, argyrochirm^ p. 270, 
insularis, p. 272, pinguisj p. 275, Java, excurrens, p. 263, pi. 12. fig. 16, Mo- 
roi^\,fulvimanus, p. 264, Obi, ^pinibm-his, p. 265, pi. 12. fig. 16, Ilalmaheira, 
Borneo, Ternate, aruemis,^. 269, pi. 12. fig. \7 yhxMjWipedittzs, p. 270, Borneo, 
sufusm, p. 271, Sangir, in/lrmus, p. 273, Gilolo, Ternate, Morotai, serenus, 
p. 274, Waigioii, rubicunduSj p. 276, Java, Borneo, Sumatra: id. l.c. 
Empid^. 
The specific name of Ehamphomyia lugens^ being preoccupied, is changed 
to lucttiosa : Loew, /. c. p. 114. R. latipennis^ Meig,, corroborated as (J of R. 
platyptera^ Pz. : Schiner, Verb. z.-b. Wien, xxii. p. 74. 
Empis stercorea. G. H. Verrall, Ent. M. M. viii. p. 281, describes the 
British species allied to this, reviving the prior name scutellata of Curtis for 
E. parvtda, Egger. 
Empis concolor, sp. n., Verrall, 1. c. p. 283, Scotland. 
Drnpetis gilvipes, p. 89, divergcns^ p. 90, spp. nn. : Loew, 1. c., Texas. 
DoiitCnOPODIDvE. 
G. H. Verrall, Ent. M. M. ix. p. 71, publishes a revised synonymic list of the 
British species (154 spp., 34 gg.); of which 17 are recorded as indigenous for 
the first time, 
Xanthochlorns (? tenellus, Wied.). A. Muller, Ent. M. M. ix. p. 45, notes a 
fungoid epidemic occurring in this species. 
Paradius pumilioy sp. n., Loew, 1. c. p. 90, Texas. 
Pdastoneums furcifer, sp. n., id, ibid., Texas. 
Hydrophorus cerutias, sp. n., id. ibid., Texas. 
Syuphid^. 
Eristalis tenax attracted by painted flowers : A. Muller, Ent. M. M. viii. 
p. 273. 
Syfphus lasiophthahnus : an example with tibia and tarsus malformed, 
having apparently been broken and badly united during life, referred to by 
G. II. Verrall, P. E. Soc. 1872, p. xxi. 
(?) Chilosia chalybcata, IMeig., described in all its stages ; bred from stems 
of Sondius oleraccus. J. Hardy, Scot. Nat. i. pp. 177-180. 
Spilomyia longicornis, sp. n., Loew, 1. c. p. 82, N. America. 
Bradiypalpus frontosus, Columbia, and R. (? g. n.) cyanogastcr, Pennsyl- 
vania, spp. nn. : id. 1. c. p. 83. 
Myiolepta nigra, Pennsylvania, cerea, Illinois, p. 84, strigilata, p. 86, Texas : 
id. 1. c., spp. nn. 
llelophilus polygrammus, sp. n., id. 1. c. p. 86, California. 
Microdon baliopterus, sp. n., id, 1. c. p. 86, Texas. 
Ceria tridens, sp. n., id. ibid., California. 
PiPUNCULID.®. 
Pipimculus subvirescens, p. 87 , fosciatus, p. 88, Texas: Loew, 1. c., spp. nn. 
