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Tome XIV, AN XIII," which is equivalent to 1805. The spec- 

 ies included under that reference is Musca solstitialis Fab. 

 (1781) which seems to be a homonym of the present Urophora 

 solstitialis Linn. (1758) and a synonym of the present Uro- 

 phora aprica Fall. (1820). It will be seen that Coquillett's 

 designation makes Urophora Desv. (1830) a synonym of 

 Tephritis Latr. (1805), thus confusing the present idea of the 

 genus Tephritis. This however is happily averted as will be 

 seen below. 



Prof. Bezzi in his Indian Trypetidae (1913) cites Musca 

 Jcontodontis Deg. (1776) as the type species of Tephritis Latr. 

 (1805) or, as he quotes the reference, "Hist.d.Crust.et Ins., xiv, 

 389, (1804)." This species was not included under the original 

 description of Tephritis Latr., either in 1804 or 1805, and so 

 cannot be the type species of that genus. He evidently is try- 

 ing to retain the name for the genus as it is now or has been 

 recognized, but his method is impossible. It is strange how the 

 above mentioned "Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle" has been 

 repeatedly overlooked or ignored by most students. It how- 

 ever furnishes an agreeable solution to the present confusion 

 surrounding this genus in the fact that Mats c a arnica Linn. 

 (1758) is a typical Tephritis as the genus is now known and 

 is one of the species originally included under the first refer- 

 ence to this name, and I herewith designate that species (Musca 

 arnica Linn.) as the type species of Tephritis Latr. (1804). 



Tephritis platyptera Lw. (1862) is not a typical Tephritis 

 on account of its broad wings and radiating arrangement of 

 the marginal spots ; furthermore the foremost dorsocentral bris- 

 tle is removed back from the sutural region to nearly opposite 

 the supra-alar bristles. It seems to belong to Campiglossa 

 Roncl., but a study of Tephritis irrorata Fall, is necessary to 

 make this certain. 



Trupanea Schrank. 



This name was evidently first used in 1795 in the "Briefe 

 Donaumoor." I have not been fortunate enough to have seen 

 this publication and so must take the record at second-hand. 

 The original wording is Trupanea, but Prof. Bezzi uses an 



