230 Ins. 
DIPTERA. 
Oscinis brassicce , Missouri, sp. n., id. t. c. p. 322, pi. viii. fig. 6 (errone¬ 
ously in text, fig. 5). 
Phoridje. 
Discussion of habits of Phorci aletice, with figures of metamorphoses ; 
Riley, Fourth Rep. U. S. Ent. Comm. pp. 116-119. 
Phytomyzid^. 
Phytomyza annulipes , Meig., is a Cecidozoon, forming galls on Arte¬ 
misia campestris ; Karsch. Ent. Nachr. xi. p. 344. 
Hippoboscidj: and Nycteribiid.e. 
Diptera Pupipara discussed, Rrauer (42) p. 392, &c. 
Omithomyia tenella , Schin., and Stenopteryx fiirundinis , L. Biological 
observations on; JB. Yer. Osnabr, vi. p. 173. 
Hippobosca sivce , p. 235, Ind. or., calopsis , p. 236, Ceylon, spp. nn., 
Bigot, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (6) v. 
Olfersia maura , Algeria, impressa , California, p. 237, lividicolor , Brazil, 
p. 238, sordida , Guatemala, erythropsis, p. 239, noumeana , New Caledonia, 
capensis , Cape G. H. p. 240, spp. nn., id. t. c. 
Omithomyia hova, Madagascar, p. 241, nitens , Panama, p. 241, fusci- 
pennis , Colombia, haitensis, Haiti, p. 242, rufiventris , Brazil, p. 243, Jcana- 
Tcorum, cenescens, New Caledonia, p. 244, variegata , New Zealand, p. 245, 
spp. nn., id. t. c. 
Nycteribia mexicana, p. 245, Mexico, oceanica, New Caledonia, fulvida, 
Cape G. H., p. 246, spp. nn.. id. t. c. 
(APHANIPTEEA.) 
PULICID.E. 
Pulicidce discussed, Brauer (42), p. 395, &c., &c. 
Rhynchoprion penetrans, contribution to natural history of ; Grouet, 
Le Nat. vii. pp. 6 & 13. 
Vermipsylla , g. n. ( Sarcopsyllidarum ), for V. alakurt , sp. n., Turke¬ 
stan, Schimk., Zool. Anz. viii. p. 75 ; the description reproduced, Ann. 
N. H. (5) xv. pp. 270-273. This insect is reputed as very injurious to 
herds in Turkestan. 
