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DIPTERA. 
cavity of the lower lip. Their structure in Volucella is described ; the 
epipharynx is set with small transformed hairs, and the salivary duct 
opens into the hypopharynx. The authors’ observations lead them to 
conclude that the seat of taste in Diptera commences in the paraglossse, at 
the opening of the orifices of the pseudo-tracheae, continues throughout the 
length of the latter, and culminates at the extremity of the epipharynx, 
where there is a regular tuft of nerve-terminations, extending along the 
edges, as far as the opening, or over the whole surface of the pharynx. 
Meade, R. H. Notes on Diptera. Ent. xiv. pp. 285-289. 
A general article, relating chiefly to the Tachinidce^ a list of those 
known to the writer, with their hosts, being appended. 
Meinert, F. Fluernes Munddele Trophi Dipterorum. Kjobenhavn : 
1881, 4to, pp. 91, pis. vi. 
The mouth-organs of a considerable number of Diptera belonging to 
most of the principal sections are described and figured. The author 
sums up his results in Latin. 
Mik, J. Diptera gesammelt von H. Krone auf den Aucklands-Inseln 
bei Gelegenheit der deutschen Venus-Expedition in den Jahren 1874 
und 1875. Verb. z.-b. Wien, xxxi. pp. 195-206, pi. xiii. 
Only 8 species recorded (6 new), most of those mentioned by Nowicki 
in 1875 being really from New Zealand, 
. Einige Worte fiber P. Gabriel Strobl’s “ Dipterologische Funde 
um Seitenstetten.” L. c. pp. 345-352. 
Consists of brief critical and synonymic notes, which, though impor- 
tant, hardly admit of being reproduced here. 
Osten-Sacken, C. R. An essay of comparative Chmtotaxy, or the 
arrangement of characteristic bristles of Diptera. MT. Mfinch. ent. 
Ver. V. pp. 121-138. 
It is impossible to give an abstract of this paper, much of which con- 
sists of an elaborate descriptive terminology of the bristles of Diptera. 
. Enumeration of the Diptera of the Malayan Archipelago, collected 
by O. Beccari, L. M. D’ Albertis, and others. Ann. Mus. Genov, xvi. 
pp, 393-492. 
Short notes on many known species frequently occur, but many are 
not of sufficient importance to demand further notice. The synonymy 
is given here in full. 
Ritsema, C. Nieuwe Naamlijst van Nederlandsche Suctoria met eene 
Tabel voor het bestemmen der inlandsche Geslachten en Soorten 
naar Aanleiding van O. Taschenberg’s Monographie. Ent. Tijdschr. 
xxiv. pp. Ixxxi.-lxxxviii. 
16 species enumerated and tabulated, with occasional notes. 
Verrall, G. H. Diptera of the Norfolk Broads. Ent. M. M. xyiii. 
pp. 149-152. 
A list of species, with notes on the more interesting forms, including 
2 new to Britain. 
