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purely nomenclatural point of view, if the genera Musca and An- 

 thomyia are placed together in any group from family down, that 

 group should clearly take its name from Musca. The genus Musca 

 dates from the beginning of zoological nomenclature (1758). Antho- 

 myia goes back only to 1803. 



Prom a taxonomic point of view, the consensus of anatom- 

 ical and reproductive characters allies Musca and its kindred 

 much more closely with Calliphora than with Anthomyia. 

 It seems quite incompatible with evident relationships and 

 phylogenies to separate Musca and its allies from the group 

 TachinidcB of Girschner. 



SUBFAMILY PSEUDODEXIIN^. 

 TRIBE MACQUARTIINI. 



11. Paraporia, nom. nov. 



For Neaporia Towns. (1908) preocc. by Gorham in Coc- 

 cinellidse (1897). 



Type: Aporia qiiadrimaculata Macq. 



Syns.: Aporia Macq. (1846) preocc.; Neaporia Towns, 

 (nee. Gorham). 



Repr. habit.: Unknown, but judged larviposition near host. 



TRIBE OCYRTOSOMATINI. 



12. Ocyrtosoma nom. nov. 



For Cyrtosoma B. B .(1891-1893), preocc. by Walker in 

 1829. 



Type; Cyrlosoma rufum B. B. 



Syn.: Cyrtosoma B. B. (nee Walk.). 



Repr. habit: Unknown, but judged larviposition near host. 



SUBFAMILY PHANIIN^. 

 TRIBE CYLINDROMYIINI. 



13. Cylindromyia Meig. (1803). 



Type: Musca brassicaria J. C. Fab., being the only species. 



Syn.: Ocyptera Latr. (1802-1805). 



Repr. habit: Host-larviposition (Towns). 



This change gives us new names for the long-familiar and 

 euphonious Ocyptera and its derivatives, which must be 

 dropped. 



NOTE. Latreille appears to have given the generic name Ocyptera 

 in 1802 with no species, but in 1804-1805 gave three species with it in- 

 cluding the above, without designating a type. Curtis designated 

 above genotype for Ocyptera in 1837. 



In the light of our present knowledge this tribe appears to 

 form a natural division of the subfamily Phaniinae. I employ 



