72 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Mar., '22 



Host Records of Some Texas Tachinidae (Diptera). 



By H. J. REIN HARD, Entomologist, Texas Experiment Station, 



College Station, Texas. 



Twenty-one breeding records of sixteen species of Tachinidae 

 are given in this paper. Twelve of these, so far as the 

 writer is aware, have not been previously recorded. Where 

 there is a published record the reference is given in each in- 

 stance. Six records included in this list were obtained from 

 F. C. Bishopp, M. M. High, and S. W. Bilsing, and due credit 

 for each record is given below. All other breeding records 

 given were made by the writer at College Station. 



ARCHYTAS ANALIS Fabr. Host: Cirphis unipuncta Haw. Bred at 

 College Station, from larva collected at Denton, Texas, by A. P. Swal- 

 low. 1 specimen issued June, 1919. Previously noted according to 

 W. R. Walton. 



EXORISTA CERATOMIAE Coq. Host : Lo.vostcgc swiUalis Guen. Bred 

 from pupae collected at Laredo, and College Station. 4 specimens 

 issued June 17, 1920. 



EXORISTA CONFINIS Fall. Host: Uranotcs melinus Hubn. Bred at 

 College Station, from larvae collected at the following localities in 

 Texas : Oletha, Mart, Trinity, Cause, I.ott, Grand Saline, and Brazoria 

 County. 14 specimens emerging from June 20, to July 10, 1920. 



EXORISTA FLAVIROSTRIS v. d. W. Host: Megalopyge opercularis A. & 

 S. Bred at Dallas, Texas, by F. C. Bishopp, from pupae of host. Many 

 specimens issued during August and September, 1920. Also bred at 

 College Station, from a caterpillar collected locally. 1 specimen emerg- 

 ed August, 1920. Cf. Coquillett, Revision of Tachinidae, p. 14. 



EXORISTA LOBELIAE Coq. Host: Alabama argillacca Hubn. Bred by 

 S. W. Bilsing at College Station. 1 specimen issued October, 1920. 



EXORISTA PYSTE Walk. Host: Loxostegc siniilalis Guen. Bred from 

 pupae collected at College Station. 2 specimens issued June 16 and 17, 

 1920. Previously recorded by T. H. Parks at Wellington, Kansas, 

 according to W. R. Walton. 



ID. Host: Acrobasis caryh'-orcUa Rag. Bred by S. W. Bilsing at 

 College Station, from pupae collected locally. Many specimens issued 

 June, July, 1918, 1919, and 1920. 



EXORISTA LOXOSTEGEAE Host : Lo.vostcgc siniilalis Guen. Bred at Col- 

 lege Station from pupae collected locally. 23 specimens issued June 

 13-23, 1920. Cf. Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer., Vol. 14, No. 4, p. 332. 



METAPLAGIA OCCIDENTALIS Coq. Host: Hersc coni'olrnli L. Bred by 

 M. M. High at Kingsville, Texas. Flies issued November, 1919. 



ORMIA OCHRACEA Bigot. Host: Gryllus assiinilis Fabr. Three mag- 

 gots issued September 22, 1920, from an adult host specimen, collected 

 by A. R. Cahn at College Station. The maggots pupated September 22, 



