SYJRPHIDiE-TACHJNIDiR. 
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Eristalis tencix as carrier of contagion : Maddox (203). 
Merodon equestris, Ritzema (285). 
Larvae and pupae of Microdon mutabilis , L., in nest of Lasius niger , in 
Scotland ; Cam., P. N. H. Soc. Glasg. i. (n.s.) p. 42. 
Pelecocera, Meig., = (. Euceratomyia , Willis.), Merapioidus being dis¬ 
tinct ; Willis., Bull. Brooklyn Soc. vii. p. 138. 
Syrphus venustus, Mg. (= hilar is, Zett.) ; also remarks on synonymy of 
other Syrphi ; Kowarz, Wien. ent. Z. iv. pp. 167 & 168. 
Doros destillatorius , Mik (cf. infra), male described; also var. bipunctatus 
of D. conopseus, F. ; Verh. z.-b. Wien, xxxv. p. 327. 
Pteroptila cincta, Drury, redescribed ; Roder, S. E. Z. xlvi. p. 342. 
New species :— 
Chilosia lasiopa, Bohemia, Kowarz, Wien. ent. Z. iv. pp. 204 & 206. 
Syrphus euchromus, Bohemia, id. t. c. pp. 135 & 167. 
Orthoneura varipes, Caucasus, Bigot, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (6) v. p. 249. 
Ischyrosyrphus tigerinus , ” Indes,” id. ibid. 
Lasiophthicus annamites, Cochin China, id. t. c. p. 250. 
Melanostoma cyaneocincta, Mexico, id. t. c. p. 251. 
Doros destillatorius , Europe, Mik, Wien. ent. Z. iv. p. 53. 
Ocyptamus fenestratus, p. 251, Mexico, fuscicolor, New Caledonia, p. 252, 
id. t. c. ; 0. fasciatus, Porto Rico, Roder, S. E. Z. xlvi. p. 342. 
Xylota cuprina, “Indes,” Bigot, t. c. p. 247. 
Brachyopa rubriventris, Australia, id. t. c. p. 248. 
Syritta vitripennis , Cape G. H., id. ibid. 
Eristalomyia notata , Cape Gr. H., id. t. c. p. 249. 
CONOPIDJO. 
[Cf. Williston (366).] 
Conops gracilis, Arizona, p. 377 ,fronto, Kansas, p. 378, spp. nn., Willis., 
Tr. Conn. Ac. vi. 
Zodion pictulum, New Mexico, p. 379, leucostoma, Arizona, p. 380, 
pygmceum , California, p. 381, spp. nn., icl. t. c. 
Myopa pictipennis, p. 382, pilosci, p. 383, California, plebeia , p. 384, 
Arizona, spp. nn., id. t. c. 
(Estkida;. 
(Estrus bovis, cf. Ormerod (235). Hypoclerma , Joseph (158). Larva 
of an (Estricl found in neck of Cistudo Carolina ; Ent. Nachr. xi. p. 63. 
Gyrostigma, g. n., near Gastrophilus, for G. sumatrensis, sp. n., obtained 
(larvae only) from a Rhinoceros sumatrensis deceased in the Zoological 
Gardens at Hamburg ; Brauer, Yerh. z.-b. Wien, xxxiv. p. 269, pi. x. 
Tachinida:. 
Brachycoma adolescens, Rond., = (? Tachina devia, Fall., = B. devict, 
Rond.,= Meigenia bombivora,Y. d. Wulp); Mik, Verh. z.-b. Wien, xxxv. 
p. 330. 
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