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Chrysochlamys buccata Loew. Malaga, April :.M; (Xicolay). 



Criorhina notata Wicd. Manumuskin. May 19 (Dcke.). 



Physocephala castanoptera Loew. Caldweil, August :, ( Xicolay). 



Trichopoda lanipes Fahr. Mt. Airy. Philadelphia. I'u.. August 

 :?3 ( Laurent I. 



Clausicella tarsalis Coq. Lucaston, May :KI (Dcke.). 



Hypostena nitens Coq. Stone Ilarhor, July :.".) (Dcke.). 



Phorocera tortricis Coq. Lucaston, August il (Dcke.). 



Tachina rustica Fall. Forest Hill, August (\Vdt.). 



Masicera chaetoneura Coc|. Forest I I ill, June (\Ydt. ). 



Masicera festinans Meig. Forest Hill, June (\Ydt.). 



Sturmia fraudulenta v. d. Wulp. Brown's Mills, May :>1 (Dcke.i. 



Schizotachina convecta \Vlk. Lucaston, Sept. :i (Dcke.'). 



Theresia canescens Wlk. DaCosta, June 29 < Dcke.). 



Helomyza latericia Loew. Lucaston. September 7 (Dcke.). 



Ophthalmomyia lacteipennis Loew. Brown's Mills. June .':.' 

 (Dcke.). 



Camptoprosopella verticalis Loew. DaCosta, June .'5 ( Dcke.). 



Preliminary Notes on Texas Tachinidae (Dipteral. 



By H. J. RKINIIARD, Entomologist, Texas Experiment Sta- 



tion, College Station, Texas. 



Tlu- Tachinidae listed in this paper \vere all collected on 

 the campus of the Agricultural and Mechanical College, or 

 in the immediate vicinity of College Station, Texas, unless 

 otherwise mentioned. The relative abundance of flies in this 

 locality, belonging to the family, was the impetus to give them 

 more than casual attention. Three years of intermittent col- 

 lecting have resulted in a large number of specimens being 

 taken, many of which have not been heretofore recorded from 

 this state. The purpose of these collections was to determine 

 the relative abundance of the various species with a view to 

 asrrrtain their economic importance in a more comprehensive 

 manner at some future time. 



All plant determinations were made through the kindness 

 of Messrs. H. Ness, Horticulturist, and H. H. Parks, Apicul- 

 turist. of the Texas Agriculture Kxperiment Station. 



Archytas analis Fabrieus. This is one of the most co 

 Species of this locality. It appears in earlj February and is ver\ 

 abundant throughout the spring and fall months. Less < oininon in 



