248 Ins. 
DIPTERA. 
Thryptocera bicolor parasitic on Bombyx quercus ; Bignell, Ent. xv. 
p. 140. 
Microcephalus land , Scliin. : habits and locality discussed ; Schnabl, 
Deutsche E. Z. xxvi. pp. 13 & 14. 
New genera and species : — 
Hystriomyia , Portschinsky, Hor. Ent. Ross. xvi. p. 274. Allied to 
Echinomyia ; type, II. fetissowi, sp. n., 1. c. p. 275; add H. lata , sp. n., 
op. cit. xvii. p. 6, both from Central Asia. 
Sarcotachina, id. 1. c. xvi. p. 277. Allied to Macronychia ; type, S. sub- 
cylindrica , sp. n., ibid., S. Russia. 
Fachycheta, id. 1. c. p. 278. Allied to Thryptocera ; type, P.jaroschew- 
sky[-skii ], sp. n., ibid., S. Russia. 
Tacliinella, id. 1. c. p. 281. Allied to Tachina and Macquartia ; typo, 
T. meigeni, sp. n,, ibid., W. Russia ‘(? = Tachina hcematodes and nigri- 
pennis, Meig.). 
Pseudalophora, id. 1. c. p. 282. Placed after Tachinella ; type, F. 
parva , sp. n., ibid., Caucasus. 
Microcephalus neugebaueri , Portschinsky, Hor. Ent. Ross. xvi. p. 137, 
Switzerland. 
Echinomyia brevipalpis, id. ibid., S. Russia ; E. jakovleioi , Siberia, 
Amur, p. 7, danilewsky [-.s/m], S. Tauria, albido-pilosa, Central Asia, p. 8, 
popeli , Volga, p. 9, balassogloi , Central Asia, and erschojffi , Astrabad, 
p. 10, id. op. cit. xvii. 
Phorocera curvinervxs , id. op. cit. xvi. p. 275, S. Russia. 
Fachystylum fasciatum, id. 1. c. p. 27G, S. Russia. 
Macquartia olivaceomaculata and M. (?) longipennis, id. 1. c. pp. 279 & 
280, Caucasus. 
Lancia setigena, id. 1. c. p. 280, W. Russia. 
Jurinia nigriventris , Chili, Argentine Republic, and nitida, Arizona, 
Van der Wulp, Notes Leyd. Mus. iv. pp. 81 & 82. 
Nemorcea erythropyga , id. 1. c. p. 83, Chili. 
Belvosia leucopyga, id. 1. c. p. 84, Brazil. 
Masicera insignis , id. 1. c. p. 85, Chili. 
Dexince. 
Phorostoma nigrifasciatum, Portschinsky, recharacterized by him, Hor. 
Ent. Ross. xvi. p. 138. 
Phorostoma parvula\ r lum~], Volga, and intermedia[-ium\, spp. nn., Cau- 
casus, id. 1. tf.pp. 138 & 139. 
Dexia biserialis (? = marmorata , Meig.) and D. (?) masicercefor- 
mis [_-rif-~\, spp. nn., id. 1. c. pp. 139 & 283, Caucasus. 
Zeuxia latifrons, sp. n., id. 1. c. p. 140, Caucasus. 
Syntomocera tricolor, p. 140, acuta , and angusti/rons , p. 141, id. 1. c., 
Caucasus, spp. nn. 
fiarcophagince. 
Sarcophila tetripunctata, Duf. (= maxima, Portsch.), and Sarcophaga 
