236 Ins, 
DIPl'EIiA. 
Rondani, 0. Muscaria exotica musei civici Januensis observata et dis- 
tincta. IV. Hippoboscita exotica non vel minus cognita. Ann. Mus. 
Genov, xii. pp. 150-1G9. 
Two new genera and 17 new species are characterized, and the follow- 
ing known species redescribed: — Nycteribia jenynsi, Westw., p. 151, 
Lipoptena capreoli, Rond., p. 152, Myioplithiria reduvioicles, Rond., p. 154, 
Ornithomyia hatchiana^ Bell., and fusciventris^ Wied. (? = fes^acea, Macq.), 
p. 158, 0. polita^ Say, p. 159 ; Ilippohosca canina, Rond., equina, Linn., 
and cegyptiaca, Macq., p. 164, and camelina, Sav., p. 165, 
SiEBKE, H., & Schneider, J. Sparre. Enumeratio Insectorum 
Nor vegi corum. Ease. iv. Catalogum Dipterorum continentem. 
Christiania: 1877, 8vo, pp. xiv., 255, map. 
223 genera and 1853 species enumerated. Circumstances detailed in 
the preface compel Schneider to defer the publication of Catalogues of 
the remaining Orders of Norwegian insects for the present. The follow- 
ing species, &c., of Siebke’s, are redescribed : — Stratiomys paludosa, p. 6, 
Hilara tarsata, p. 27, Helophilua borealis, p. 54, Sarcophaga magnicornis, 
p. 96, Cordylura similis,p. \iO,Psilop)tera bi punctata, luOQy^f , wav.alhitarsis, 
p. 150, Agromyza dorsata, p. 179, Hirtea femoralis, p. 187, Campolomyia 
alpina, p. 206, Sciara rv/escens, Zett., p. 214, Erioptera areolata and 
4:-vittata, pp. 218 & 219, Limnohia parva and macroura, pp. 225 & 226, 
Tipula circumdata, p. 231, salicetorum and opaca, p. 235, TvicTioceraliirti- 
pennis, p. 240, Boletophila dubia, p. 242, Gnoriste longirostris, p. 244, and 
Boletina conformis. In addition to these, varieties of several other species 
are described, but not named. 
C. W. Dale (History of Glanville’s Wootton, pp. 239-293) enumerates 
787 Diptera and 38 Aphaniptera as found in his district. Several new 
species are curtly described, and the following mentioned as new to Britain : 
Platyptera modesta, Zett., and rufa, Meig., Diastata nebulosa, Fall., Sela- 
chops flavo-cincta. 
Plague of flies at Kilrea, in Ireland; E. A. Stewart, Sci. Goss. xiv. 
pp. 140 & 141. 
List oi Diptera occurring in Gudbrandsdal and Dovrefjeld; W. M. 
Sch</)yen, Nyt. Mag. Vidensk. xxiv. pp. 217-229 (22 species). 
Short notes on Belgian Diptera, including an account of the larva of 
Erebia tremula ; Jacobs, CR. Ent. Belg. xxi. pp. clii. & cliii. 
Capture of Diptera in the Upper Engadine ; C. Giebel, Z, ges. Naturw. 
(3) ii. pp. 215 & 216. 
Additions to list of Hungarian Diptera ; A. Moesdry & J. Frivaldszky, 
Term, kozlem. xiii. pp. 172-175, 367-371. 
List of Diptera occurring in the provinces of Bihar and Hajdu, Hun- 
gary ; A. Mocs4ry, op. cit. xiv. pp. 53-61. 
Captures in Northern Hungary ; id. op. cit. xv. pp. 255-259. 
List of a few Diptera taken in Transcaucasia ; O. Schneider, Beitr. 
Kaukasusliinder, p. 90. 
List of Diptera captured on the expeditions to Western Yunnan ; F. 
Moore, Anderson’s Researches, pp. 919 & 920. 
