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WE welcome these two additions to that excellent series the “Faune de France.” Part 13, by M. E. Séguy, deals with all the families of the so-called Platygenia group of the Brachycera with the exception of the Asilidæ. This family, along with the Orthogenia, will presumably form the substance of a future volume. Part 14, by M. L. Falcoz, is concerned with the group Pupipara, and we are glad to note that the Braulidse are no longer included among the latter. These treatises are more especially intended as guides to the identification of the groups concerned, and for this purpose concise family, generic, and specific keys are provided. Further and more detailed characters will be found under each species together with a summary of its geographical range. Special mention needs to be made of the very large number of line figures illustrating important diagnostic features. The biology of these insects is also by no means neglected, and, wherever information exists, some account of larval and pupal structure and habits is given. These two parts are well up to the standard of their predecessors, already noticed in these columns, and they can be recommended to all dipterists as well as to the general entomologist.
Faune de France. 13: Diptères (Brachycères). (Stratiomyiid", Erianid", C"nomyiid", Rhagionid", Tabanid", Codid", Nemestrinid", Mydaid", Romoyiid", Therevid", Omphralid".)
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Par. Pp. iii + 308. 55 francs. 14: Diptères pupipares. Par Dr. L. Falcoz. Pp. 64. 12.50 francs. (Fédération française des sociétés de sciences naturelles: Office centrale de faunistique.) (Paris: Paul Lechevalier, 1926.)
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I., A. Faune de France 13: Diptères (Brachycères) (Stratiomyiidæ, Erianidæ, Cænomyiidæ, Rhagionidæ, Tabanidæ, Codidæ, Nemestrinidæ, Mydaidæ, Romoyiidæ, Therevidæ, Omphralidæ) . Nature 120, 328 (1927). https://doi.org/10.1038/120328a0
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