MUSCIDiE. 
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maculata, Meig. (= matertera , Rond.), noticed ; Portschinsky, Hop. Ent. 
Ross. xvi. pp. 283 & 284. 
Sarcophaya atropos , Meig., $ , and ruralis , Fall, (nec Meig.). Larvae 
described ; id. op. cit. xvii. p. 5. 
Sarcophila ruralis , Fall., Zett. (nec Meig.), redescribed ; id. op. cit. xvi. 
pp. 141 & 142. 
Sarcophila megaccphala and balassogloi, spp. nn., id. 1. c. p. 142, Oren- 
burg, &c. 
Muscince. 
Prima, F. Considerations sur la Lucilia hominivora, observations re- 
cueillies a la Guyane fran^aise. Paris : 1882, 8vo, pp. 47. 
[Not seen by the Recorder.] 
Viallanes, H. Note sur la structure et la developpement des centres 
nerveux et de l’appareil visuel des Insectes. Bull. Soc. Philom. (7) 
vi. pp. 210-214. 
On examining a transverse section of the head of a fully developed 
pupa of Musca vomitoria, the following parts are visible : — 1. The com- 
pound eye ; 2. The post-retinal layer of fibres ; 3. The ganglionic layer ; 
4. The layer of pre-ganglionic fibres ; 5. The optic ganglion. The man- 
ner in which the compound eye is gradually formed, from the rudi- 
mentary structure existing in the larva, is also described. 
Anthrax in New Caledonia attributed to Stomoxys, &c. ; Macleay, 
P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. vii. pp. 202-205. 
Cyrloncura stabulans. Parasitic on Alctia aryillacca ; Moado, Ent. xv. 
p. 141. It probably infests only rotten pupao ; Riley, Am. Nat. xvi. 
pp. 74G & 747. 
Musca domcstica abuudaut in uninhabited districts, but destroyed by 
Vespa occidentalism Cress. ; Snow, Psyche, iii. p. 339. 
Parasites on “ bluebottle flies Maceo, Sci. Goss, xviii. p. 47. 
Lucilia nosocomiorum, Dol., probably = fortunata , Walk. ; Osten- 
Sacken, B. E. Z. xxvi. p. 193. 
Glossina morsitans, Westw. Distribution in Loango ; Giissfeldt, Lo- 
ango Expedition, ii. pt. ii. p. 299. 
Cyrtoneura minor , sp. n., Portschinsky, Hor. Ent. Ross. xvi. p. 143, 
Caucasus. 
Dasyphora ameo-micans, Caucasus, xvi. p. 143, xvii. p. 4, and viridescens, 
Transcaucasia, xvii. p. 4, id. 1. c., spp. nn. 
Pollenia dasypoda , sp. n., id. op. cit. xvi. p. 143, Caucasus. 
Calliphora phacoptera (Phil., MS.), sp. n., Van der Wulp, Notes Leyd. 
Mus. iv. p. 88, Chili. 
Anthomyiince . 
Meade, R. H. Annotated list of British Anthomyiidai (continued). 
Ent. M. M. xviii. pp. 172-175, 201-205, 221-224, 2G5-270, xix. 
pp. 29-33, 145-148. 
The genera discussed are Drymia , Meig., Pogonomyia } Rond., Ophyra 
Desv., Trichopticus , Rond., Homalomyia , Bouclie, Piezura , Rond., 
