210 Ina, 
DIPTEKA. 
BoMBYLIIDiE. . 
Chapman, T. Algernon. On the Economy, &c., of Domhylius. Ent . 
M. M. xiv. pp. 196-200. 
Chiefly relates to the habits and transformations of B. major^ which are 
fully described. The larva is parasitic in the cells of Andrena labialis. 
On Diplocampta paradoxa, Jaenn., and allied species ; Van der Wulp, 
Tijdschr. Ent. xxi. pp. 189-193. 
Epibates ostensacheni, sp. n., E. Burgess, P. Bost. Soc. xix. p. 323, 
pi. ix. figs. 1 & 1 a, Colorado. 
Nemesteinidje. 
Palembolus, g. n., S. H. Scudder, Bull. U. S. Geol. Surv. iv. p. 526. 
Allied to the S. African genus Megis ; the first N. American form recorded 
belonging to the Rhyncocephalous division of the Nemestrinidce ; type, 
P.florigerus^ sp. n., 1. c. p. 528, Tertiary Shales of Florissant, Colorado 
(fossil). 
Asilidj]. 
Cyrtopogon meyerdueri, J. Mik, is said by Loew to be the same as C. 
quadrizonatus, Loew, but the latter appears to be an undescribed species ; 
J. Mik, Verb. z.-b. Wien, xxviii. p. 626. 
Dioctria howarzi, sp. n., J. Frivaldszky, Term, kozlem. xiii. p. 36 8, 
Hungary. 
J. M. F. Bigot, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (5) viii., describes the following 
new species ; — 
Laphria varipes^ S. Europe ?, p. 222, semifidvaj E. Indies, p. 223, 
melania^ Moluccas, and claripennis, Ceylon, p. 224, franciscana, Cali- 
fornia, and rubescens, Colombia, p. 225, calopogon^ Australia, and corallo- 
gaster, N. America, p. 226. 
Pogonosoma arachnoides^ p. 227, Mexico. 
Andrenosoma vidua^ p. 228, Australia. 
Dasyllis albicollis^ p. 229, S. America. 
Dasythrix (?) nigrapex, p. 229, Natal. 
Maira paria^ E. Indies, and cambodgiensis^ Cambodia, p. 230, bisnigra 
and smaragdina^ Batchian, p. 231, pachycera^ and waigiemis^ Waigiou, 
p. 232. 
Thereutria caligula, p. 233, Australia. 
Lamprozona castaneipes, p. 234, Chili. 
Cormansis eupoda, Mexico, p. 234, and cyanescens, Chili, p. 235. 
Aphestia nigra, p. 235, Mexico. 
Atomosia soror, p. 236, Mexico. 
Eumecosoma dicroma, p. 236, Brazil. 
Lampria scapularis, Para, and parvula, Brazil, p. 237. 
Cerotcenia (?) nigra and (?) dubia, p. 238, Mexico. 
Phoneus flavotibius, p. 239, Haiti. 
Michotamia annulata, p. 239, Burmah. 
