SYRPHID.13 — MUSClDiE. 
Ins., 243 
broad, but neither contracted nor cylindrical, the segments above and on 
each side forming a strong tubercle ; type, A. vittaius, sp. n., 1. c., 
Cayenne. 
Mallota rossica^ sp. n., J. Portschinsky, Troudy Ent. Ross. x. p. 175, 
pi. iii. figs. 9 & 10, Russia. 
Merodon caucasicuSj p. 181, pi. iii. fig. 12, and gudaurensis^ p. 182, id. 
1. c., Caucasus, spp. nn. 
CONOPID^. 
Conops flavipes, var. described ; H. Gradl, Ent. Nachr. iv. p. 238. 
MuSCIDiE. 
Hagen, H. A. On Larvae of Insects discharged through the Urethra. 
P. Bost. Soc. XX. pp. 107-118. 
Relates chiefly to Dipterous larvae {Homalomyia^ &c.). 
Meade, R. H. Notes on the Anthomyiidoe of North America. Ent. 
M. M. xiv. pp. 250-252. 
Contains the results of his examination of a large collection, and 
points out the great similarity of most of the species to those of Europe. 
J. Portschinsky publishes a long paper, entirely in Russian (Troudy Ent. 
Ross. ix. pp. 3-177, pis. i.-iii., and 'woodcuts), on Diptera parasitic on 
man. Three species of Sarcophila are diagnosed in Latin. 
A. Lelievre publishes a list of the species of Lucilia and allies which 
he has met with in the neighbourhood of Valenciennes. His synonymic 
notes appear to be only suggestions, and are therefore not reproduced 
here. Bull. Sci. Nord (2) i. pp. 85-87. 
Teeth of the Blo’wfly described and figured; L. C. Mills, Sci. Cos. 
xiv. pp. 147-150, woodcuts. 
A larva belonging to the Muscidce inhabiting the rolled tips of the 
fronds of Pteris aquilina ; F. Thomas, Z. ges. Nat. li. p. 706. 
Sarcophila meigeni, Schm. (^Sarcophaga ruralis), Meig., redescribed and 
figured ; Portschinsky, 1. c. p. 117, pi. iii. figs. 1-3. 
Lucilia hufonivora and its parasites ; J. Lichtenstein, Fouil. Nat, viii. 
p. 35. 
Glossina morsitans noticed ; Hartmann, SB. Nat. Fr. xix. pp. 205 & 206. 
Anthomyia nigritarsis, Zett., mining in A tropa belladonna ; Kriech- 
baumer, CB. Ver. Regensb. xxx. p. 158. 
Amphipogon spectrum^ Wahlb. J. Mik discusses the habits and char- 
acters of this species, and refers the ’’genus to the neighbourhood of 
Mycetaulus ; Verb, z.-b. Wien, xxviii. pp. 473-476, fig. 
A lophora {Hyalomyid) aurigera, Egger. Sexes described ; E. Girschner, 
S. E. Z. xxxix. pp. 195 & 196. 
Trypeta sp. injurious to celery ; Heaton & Fitch, Ent. xi. p. 257. 
Parydra pinguiSf Walk., redescribed by H. Loew, Z. ges. Nat. li. p. 199. 
New genera and species : — 
Laglaizia, J. M. F. Bigot, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. (5) viii. p. xxii. Allied 
to Diopsis; type, L. calliptera^ sp. n., 1. c.. New Guinea. 
