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500. Olliff, A. S. A revision of the Stapliylinidce of Australia, part I, 
pp. 403-473, pi. vii; part ii, pp. 887-907. P. Linu. Soc. N.S.W. (2) 
i. [ Coleoptera .] 
Includes Aleocharince and Tacliyporinx. 108 species, with a consider- 
able number of novelties. 
.501. . A list of the Trogositidas of Australia, with notes and 
descriptions of new species. Op. cit. x, pp. 699-715. [ Coleoptera .] 
Records 28 species, 8 being new. 
502. . Remarks on Australian Ptinidce , and descriptions of new 
genera and species. T. c. pp. 833-840. [ Coleoptera .] 
2 new genera, 9 new species. 
503. . Contributions towards a Knowledge of the Coleoptera of 
Australia. No. 3, On the genus Nascio. Op. cit. (2) i, pp. 861-864. 
504. . A new Butterfly of the family Lyccenidce from the Blue 
Mountains. Op. cit. x, p. 716. [Lepidoptera.] 
505. . Description of a new Aphanipterous Insect from New South 
Wales. Op. cit. (2) i, pp. 171 & 172. 
A Flea that cannot jump, found on Echidna liystrix. 
506. Omboni, G. Di alcuni insetti fossili del Yeneto. Atti 1st. Yenet. 
(6) iv, pp. 1421-1434, pis. xv-xvii. 
Gives some particulars as to specimens in the Museum at Padua, relat- 
ing more especially to some described by Massalongo in 1855 ; mentions 
one or two considered to be new, and describes also one or two in a very 
imperfect manner. The plates also are very poor. 
507. Osten-Sacken, — . Studies on Tipulidce. Part i, Review of the 
published genera of the Tipulidce longipalpi. B. E. Z. xxx, pp. 
153-188. [ Diptera .] 
508. . Some hew facts concerning Eristalis tenax. Ent. M. M. xxiii, 
pp. 97-99. \_Diptera.'\ 
Relates to its naturalisation in N. America. Suggests that this Ely, 
from its resemblance to a Bee, may have been what old writers referred 
to when they mentioned the swarming of Bees about carcasses. 
. [See also Godman & Salvin.] 
509. Ormebod, E. A. Report of observations of injurious Insects and 
common farm pests during the year 1885, with mothods of preven- 
tion and remedy. Ninth report. London : 1886. 
The most important part of this report is that relating to Hypoderma 
hovis. 
510. . Id. during 1886. Tenth report. London: 1887. 
In this will be found an account of the first appearance of Hessian Fly 
in this country, being a reprint of the pamphlet mentioned below. 
511. . The recent appearance of the. Hessian Fly, Cecidomyia 
destructor , in Great Britain. J. R. Agric. Soc. (2) xxii, pp. 721-727. 
512. ° . The Hessian Fly in Great Britain. London : 1886. 
