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DIPTERA. 
Microdon mutabilis. Larvae and pupae occurring in nests of Lasius 
niger ; Mayet, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. (6) ii. p. cvi. 
Pipiza radicum destructive to Phylloxera , noticed and figured ; W • 
Saunders, Canad. Ent. xiv. p. 127, fig. 18. 
Lycastrirrhyncha , Bigot, is a good genus ; Bigot, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 
(G) ii. p. xviii. 
Cryptoneura , Bigot, may stand as a section of Chrysogaster ; C. hiero- 
glyphica , Big., = nitida, Wied. : id. 1. c. p. xix. 
Catabomba, Ost.-Sack. ? =. Lasiophticus \_-opticus ], Rond. ; id. ibid. 
Syrphus consequent , Walk., ? = striatus, Wulp ; Osten-Sacken, B. E. Z. 
xxvi. p. 115. 
Graptomyza, Wied., recharacterized, and Indo-Malayan species tabu- 
lated; id. 1. c. pp. 117 & 118. 
Sericomyia borealis singing while at rest ; Swinton & Hellins, Ent. 
M. M. xviii. pp. 189 & 190. 
Eristalis tenax. The larva is almost unaffected by powerful odours, 
but the imago is as sensitive to odours as any other insect ; Nathan, 
Kosmos, xi. pp. 298 & 299, xii. p. 50. 
Cyphipelta, Big., and the typical species, Eristalis vesicularis , Erichs. 
(= C. conifrons, Big.) recharacterized ; Roder, Wien. Ent. Z. i. pp. Gt 
& 62. 
Solenaspis , Osten-Sacken, = Plagiocera , Macq. ; Bigot, l. c. p. xix. 
Mallota eristaloides , Low. Larva and pupa described ; Becker, Wien, 
ent. Z. i. p. 253. 
Milesia ) Latr. Table of species of the Malay Archipelago and Philip- 
pine Islands ; Osten-Sacken, l. c. pp. 188 & 189. 
Plocota apiformis , Schrank. Pupa described ; Becker, Wien. ent. Z. 
i. pp. 249 & 250. 
Eumerus truquii ) Rond., var. from Sardinia noticed ; Costa, Atti Acc. 
Nap. ix., 11, p. 40. 
Meropioules 1 Big., recharacterized ; Williston, Canad. Ent. xiv. p. 77. 
New genera and species : — 
Endoiasimyia , Bigot, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. (6) ii. p. cxxxvi. Allied to 
Volucella and Phalachromyia ; type, E. indiana , sp. n., 1. c., India. 
Atemnocera, id. 1. c. p. cxiv. Allied to Temnocera ; third joint of an- 
tennae oval, moderately long, face strongly tuberculated, chaetum and eyes 
hairy, scutellum sex-spinosc. Typo, Volucella scutcllata , Macq. 
Kirimyia , id. 1. c. p. cxxxvi. Allied to Myolepta ; type, K. eristaloulea, 
sp. n., 1. c., Japan. 
Eugeniamyia , Williston, Canad. Ent. xiv. p. 80. Allied to Brachyopa ; 
face tuberculate, not carinate, more produced and less punctate ; abdomen 
long ; well-developed scutellar, postular, dorsopleural and mesopleural 
bristles. Type, E. rufa , sp. n., 1. c., Washington Territory. 
Ischyrosyrphus , Bigot, l. c. p. lxviii. Allied to Syrphus ; type, S. sivee , 
»p. n., 1. c., India. 
Ancylosyrphus , id. 1. c. Differs from Syrphus in the $ organs being 
armed at the tip beneath with two opposing hooks ; type, S. salvice , 
Fabr. 
