“ Coelopa, a genus unknown to the shores of the continent, and even on the Scanic peninsula confined to one described species, here numbers five or six, all rich in individuals, and exercising no unimportant functions in the economy of nature. ”

“ On the other hand, the predominance of particular tribes may afford some indications ;the Dolichopi, as a family, are pretty full (so also the minuter Tipulidae, though not appearing from this catalogue) ; the Muscidae, of less typical structure (all the genera after Coenosia,or perhaps Scatophaga) are by no means scanty. A few groups seem to approach their culminant point ”