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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
Hydromyzides. 
Ephydra halophila, sp. n., Packard, Proc. & Comm. Essex Inst. yi. p. 46, fig. 
p. 48 ; larva in brine at the Equality Salt-works, Illinois. 
IlydrelUa cmformis, sp. n., Loew, Berl. ent. Zeitschr. xiii. p. 41, Newport, 
Rhode Island. 
Scatella mvsoyramma, sp. n., Loew, 1. c. p. 42, Newport, Rhode Island. 
llecamede xanthoccray Loew, Ber. naturh. Ver. Augah. xx. p. 68, near 
Augsburg. 
Platypezidas. 
Elatypeza. Van der Wulp (Tijdschr. voor Ent. 2**® ser. iii. pp. 226-229) 
discusses the characters of the Butch species of this genus, and figures the 
wings of P.fasciala (Fab.), pi. 11. fig. 2, P. dorsalis (Meig.), fig. 3, and P. 
ornata (Meig.), fig. 6. 
Lonchoptera trilineata (Zett.). Frauenfeld notices the larva of this species 
(Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. in Wien, xix. p. 941). 
Callomyia humeralisy sp. n., Loew, Beschr. eur. Dipt. i. p. 256, Hungary. 
Callomyia talpukiy sp. n.,Loew, Berl. ent. Zeits. xiii. p. 176, New Hampshire j 
C. teneray sp. n., Loew, 1. e. p. 176, New York. 
Flatypeza anthrax^ sp. n., Loew, 1. c. p. 176, New York. 
Platypeza rectinervisy sp. n.. Van der Wulp, Tijdschr. voor Ent. 2*^® ser. iii. 
p. 229, pi. 11. fig. 4 (wing and antenna), Holland. 
SYRPIIIDAi. 
Verrall (Ent. M. Mag. v. pp. 190-194) notices the European species of 
Syrphusy allied to S. rihesii (Linn.). To this alliance he refers S. lineolu 
(Zett.), vittiger (Zett.), grossularim (Meig.), diaphanus (Zett.), ribesii (Linn.), 
vitripennis (}lei\^.)ynitidicollis (Meig.), ochrostoma (Zett.), ?nelanostoma (Zett.), 
latifasciatus (Macq.), nitens (Zett.), and nigritarsis (Zett.). 
Weyenbergh (Archives N4erl. iv. p. 360, pi. 6. figs. 9, 10) notices what he 
regards as the male of Boleschall’s Bacha pedicdlatny and figures its abdomen 
and wing. 
Kunckel publishes (Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1869, pp. xxiv and xxv) some 
notes on the habits and transformations of various species of Volucella. 
Cheilosia chrysocoma (Meig.). Weyenbergh describes and illustrates the 
transformations and natural history of this species (Tijdschr. voor Ent. 2*^® ser. 
iv. pp. 164-170, pi. 6). 
New species : — 
Syrphus signatuSy Van der Wulp, Tijdschr. voor Ent. 2^® ser. ii. p. 144, pi. 4. 
fig. 12, Wisconsin. 
Myiolepta varipes, Loew, Berl. ent. Zeits. xiii. p. 174, Virginia. 
Orthoneura ustulata, Loew, 1. c. p. 176, New Jersey. 
Megaspis scidptatUy Van der Wulp, Tijdschr. voor Ent. 2*^® ser. iii. p. 113, 
pi. 4. fig. 8, Timor. 
Eristalis cupreo-fasciatuSy Van der Wulp, /. c. p. 114, Amboyna. 
HelophUus albiceps, Van der Wulp, 1. c. p. 116, Celebes and Aru. 
Temnocera pwpurascens, Loew, Berl. ent. Zeitschr. xiii. p. 31, Hayti. 
Cei'ia euprosopUy Loew, Beschr. eur. Dipt. i. p. 266, Smyrna. 
Merodon ccarulescenSy Loew, Beschr. eur. Dipt. i. p. 252, Rhodes ; M, vcloXy 
Loew, 1. c. p. 263, Smyrna, Rhodes. 
Xylota eumeray Loew, /. c. p. 254, Sarepta. 
