236 Ins, 
DIPTERA. 
Swarms of flies (?) at Lurgan in April, 1881 ; Lett, Sci. Goss. xvii. 
p. 262. 
Captures of Diptera in Germany ; Preudhomme d,e Borre, CR. Ent. 
Belg. XXV. pp. xxiv. & xxv. In the Harz (chiefly CEstridoe)) Roder, 
B. E. Z. xxv. p. 216. 
Notes on Diptera new to Holland ; Van der Wulp, Tijdschr. Ent. xxiv. 
pp. cxix.-cxxi. 
East Indian butterflies attacked by Dipterous larvce ; Rossler, S. E. Z. 
xlii. pp. 189 & 190. 
Notice of Loew’s collection of Diptera ; Stein, S. E. Z. xlii. pp. 
489-491. 
On the preparation of Diptera ; Mik, Ent. Nachr. vii. pp. 189-213, 
woodcuts. 
CkOIDOMYIIDvE. 
Parasitism in Cecidomyiidce ; Comstock, Rep. Dep. Agric. 1880, 
pp. 270 & 271. 
Cecidomyia. Galls noticed; Fitch, P. E. Soc. 1881, p. xxii. Galls 
observed on Aristolochia slpho ; Hagen, Canad. Ent. xiii. p. 37. C. de- 
structor^ Say (Hessian Fly), origin ; Hagen, Rep. E. Soc. Ont. 1880, 
pp. 17 & 18. Destroyed by drought ; Riley, Am. Nat. xv. p. 916. In- 
fested by P latyg aster \ Warneck, Bull. Mosc. Ivi. 1, Stances, pp. 17 & 
18. C. folxorum, Loew, recorded as new to Britain; Cole, Tr. Epp. 
Forest, ii. p. xx. C. secalina, Linn. : corn destroyed by its ravages sup- 
posed to be destroyed by hail ; Cornelius, CB. Yer. Rheinl. xxxviii. 
pp. 157 & 158. 0. leguminicola^ Lintn., and trifolii^ Loew, and parasites 
discussed, and C. trifoUi figured ; Comstock, Rep. Dep. Agric- 1879, 
pp. 193-199, pi. i. fig. 5. 
Diplosis resinicola^ Osten-Sacken. Life-history ; id. 1. c. pp. 256 & 257, 
pi. vi. fig. 5, and Packard, Ins. Inj. Trees, pp. 211-213, fig. 87. 
Lasioptera {Cecidomyia) cerealis^ Fitch. Transformations, ravages, and 
parasites described ; Lindeman, Bull. Mosc. Iv. 2, pp. 133-138, figs. 5-7, 
pp. 386-389. It is infested by species of Geniocerus^ Platygaster, and 
Pteromalus. 
Cecidomyia steinij sp. n., Karsch, B. E. Z. xxv. p. 227, Berlin (with life- 
history by Dewitz). 
Diplosis catalpce^ sp. n., Comstock, op. cit. 1880, p. 267, United States. 
Mycetophilidje. 
Sciara^ sp. (Yellow Fever Fly) noticed ; Am. Nat. xv. p. 150. 
Platyura tridens, sp. n., Hutton, Cat. N. Z. Dipt. p. 12, Wellington. 
Trichonta perspicua^ sp. n.. Van der Wulp, Tijdschr. Ent. xxiv. p. 142, 
Quebec. 
Mycetophila guttata, sp. n., Hutton, 1. c. p. 11, New Zealand. 
Sciara rufescens, id. 1. c. p. 13, New Zealand ; S. rufithorax, Van der 
Wulp, 1. c. p. 6, pi. i. fig. 1, Sumatra: spp. nn. 
