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INSECTA^ DIPTERA. 
MuSCIDiE. 
A. Muller, Ent. M. M. viii. p. 181, describes puparia, dubiously referred to 
the Muscidcef found in gall-like nidi on fronds of Athyrium JUix-fcamina. 
Schiner, Verb. z.-b. Wien, xxii. p. 74, records capture of rare species of 
Taohinides by Koch at Nuremberg. 
THptocera exoleta^ Meig., parasitic on Polia Jlavicmcta (Lepidopt.)j Tvicho- 
lyga properanSj Rond. {Tachina festinans, Meig., $, diluta, Meig., rujiscutel- 
lata, Macq., ^ ), on Liparis chryssorhoec^ and aurifiua {Lep.')^ Cyrthophltxha 
(Plagia) ruricolay Meig., on Spintherops spectrum (X^.), Masicera gir&oaga, 
Rond., MS., on Lophyr^s rufus (ITym.') : Rondani, Bull. Ent. Ital. iv. p. 210 
et seq. 
Tachina {Masicera) anonyma. 0. V. Riley, iv. Rep. Ins. Mo. p. 129, refers 
under this name to an uiidescribed species bred by him fi'om Attacus poly- 
phemuSy Citheronia regalis, Prodenia autmnnalis, Noctua sp., Cynthia cardici, 
Ileliothis armigera, Datana ministray Danais archippuSy and ? var. from Sphinx 
Carolina (all Lepidopt). 
Tachina heelzebid and diaholus : affinities with Megistogaster fuscipemiis, 
Mcq., = Cordyligaster petiolatay Wied., discussed : they should form a new 
genus : v. d. Wulp, Tijdschr. Ent. (2) vii. p. Iviii. 
Pegeei'ia seriuy Meig., parasitic on larviB of Ctenophora ruficornis and pec^ 
Unicornis (Dipt.) ; Weyenburgh, ibid. 
Exorista ImcanicCy Kirk, var. cecropiccy Riley, parasitic on Attacus cecropia 
(Lep.) : economy described, Riley, 1. c. p. 108. 
Cynomyia mortuoruniy F., breeds in corpses of any vertebrate animal j 
its economy referred to : J. Portchinsky, Hor. Ent. Ross. viii. Bull. p. xxii. 
Lucilia hominivoraz ? : death to human beings in Peru caused by larvse of 
a fly proceeding from eggs laid in the nose : Jelski, Pet. Nouv. No. 66, 
p. 260. 
Anthomyia spreta. Mg. Economy recorded by Giraud, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 
(5) ii. p. 602 ct seq. It lives in Sphccria typhinUj Dec., a fungoid growth in 
JIolcus and other grasses. 
Anthomyia [surely Tachina) tarvarum bred from cocoons of Saturnia ear- 
pini : W. D. Roebuck, Ent. vi. p. 182. 
Schoenomyza shows affinities to many families, and is placed in the Antho- 
myides provisionally : Loew, B. E. Z. xvi. p. 96. 
The specific name of Phytomyza ilicisy being preoccupied, is changed to 
ilicifolia: id. 1. c. p. 114, 
Leucopis obscuray Hal., parasitic on Chermes {Adelges) picece and corticalis 
{Wiynch.') : economy &c. described : J. Hardy, Scot. Nat. i. pp. 250-268. 
TrigonometopuSy !Mcq., usually associated with the CmdylurideSy should 
possibly be placed in the Heteroneurides : Loew, 1. c. p. 114. 
Schiner, Verb. z.-b. Wien, xxii. p. 75, notes the occurrence of 6 examples 
of Chelifer hahniy Koch, on the hind legs of a living specimen of Chloria de- 
mandata. 
Ceratitis hispanica occurs in Algeria, C. citriperda in the island of Bourbon 
and the Azores. Pet. Nouv. no. 43, p. 171. 
Urophora solstitialisy L., bred from galls in flower-heads of Sei'ratida tine- 
toria : E. A. Fitch, Ent. vi. p. 142. 
Chlorops. Schiner, Verb. z.-b. Wien, xxii. pp. 61-78, discusses at great length 
