212 BOEBOEIDAE. PHORIDAE. 



Asteia. 



Meigen, System. Beschr. V, 88, 1830; improved in Astia by Loc\v, 



Centur. VI, 100. (" 3<1 . 

 tennis Walker, Trans. Ent. Soc. Phil. V, 331. - - United States. 



FAMILY BORBORIDAE. ( SS1 )- 



Borborns. 



Meigen, in Illiger's Magaz. II, 1803; Copwmysa Fallen, Stenh. 

 annulus Walker, List, etc. IV, 1129. - - Hurts. B. Terr. 

 *equinus Fallen, Stenhammar, etc, Europe and North America 



[Loew. Sillim. J. N. S. XXXVII, 318]. 

 carolinensis R. Desvoidy, Myod. 811, 2 (Scatopliora). Carolina. 



*venalicius n. sp. see note ( 332 ). -- Africa and Cuba [common, probably 

 imported in slave-ships; about the specific identity, see Loew, 

 Monogr. I, 47]. 



FAMILY PHORIDAE. 



Trinciira. 



Meigen, Illiger's Magaz. II; 1803. 



aterrima Fabricius, Meigen, etc.; Walker, List, etc. IV, 1138 

 Europe; Huds. B. Terr. (Walker). 



Grymnophora. 



Macquart, Hist. Nat. Dipt. II, 631; 1835. 

 * arcuata Meigen, etc. - - Europe and North America (Loew in lift). 



Pliora. 



Latreille, Hist. Nat. des Crust, et des Ins. XIV; 1804. 



*atra Fabricius, etc. - - Europe and North America [Loew in litt.]. 

 *clavata Loew, Centur. Vll, 95. - - Distr. Columbia. 

 fuscipes Macquart, Hist. Nat. Dipt. II, (J27. - Europe and North 



America |Huds. B. Terr. Walker, List, etc. IV, 1136J. 

 *incisuralis Loew, Centur. VII, 98. - - Distr. Columbia. 

 *microcephala Loew, Centur. VII, 96. -- Distr. Columbia. 

 *nigriceps Loew, Centur. VII, 99. - Distr. Columbia. 

 *pachyneura Loew, Centur. VII, 97. -- Alaska. 

 *rnflpes Meigen, System. Beschr. VI, 216. Europe and North America, 



Huds. B. Terr. [Walker, List, etc. IV, 113G; also Loew in W.\. 



cornuta Bigot, R. de la Sagra etc. 827. - - Cuba. 

 *scalaris Loew, Centur. VII, 100. Cuba. 



