ART. 10 walker's north AMERICAN TACHINIDAE ALDRICH 15 



in his revision of the genus ^^ ; the species that he called apiclfera is 

 calif orniae Walker. The type of aficifera is a male from " North 

 America " ; that of calif orniae is a male from California. 



Tachina californiae Walker, Insecta Sanndersiana, p. 270. 

 Coquillett (p. 142) erroneously placed this as a synonym of Archytas 

 analis Fabricius. See note under apicifera. 



Tachina atra Walker, Insecta Saundersiana, p. 273. Placed by 

 Coquillett (p. 143) as a synonym of Archytas atcrrhia Robineau- 

 Desvoidy. Major Austen ^'^ agrees with Coquillett, from the type, 

 with which I agree also. Two other Walker species are synonyms of 

 aterriina^ but have escaped notice f]'Om being described without lo- 

 cality. These are Tachhm metallifera Walker, List, p. 719; and 

 Tachina carhonifera Walker, List, p. 721. Austen thought the two 

 were a single species.^^ I saw the types of the three. 



Tachina candens Walker, List, p. 720. Placed by Coquillett 

 (p. 143) as a synonym of Archytas lateralis Macquart. A female 

 supposed to be from Nova Scotia, but I surmise is neotropical. My 

 notes are as follows : 



Female, considerably rubbed ; head has been off and glued on, but seems 

 genuine. Has the characters of Archytas except that it has, or had, a pair 

 of discals far forward on the second abdominal segment, and still has a single 

 discal on the corresponding part of the third, its mate not developed. Rather 

 large for Archytas, the abdomen shining mahogany red or a little darker 

 except fourth segment, which is entirely polliuose above and below. Hairs of 

 face and cheek yellow, abundant ; antennae red, third antennal joint black 

 except for two-thirds of the length below, one and one-fourth times the second. 

 The pleurae had yellow hair almost exclusively, and the remaining hairs around 

 edge of dorsum indicate that the mesonotal hairs were yellow. Legs black. 

 Length, 15 mm. 



I have been unable to find a specimen in the National Museum 

 agreeing with this description, nor do I know what genus to put 

 it in if the discals exclude it from Archytas. At any rate, it should 

 be recognizable hereafter. 



Tachina iterans Walker, p. 727. Coquillett placed this (p. 143) 

 as synonymous with Archytas lateralis Macquart. I was able to 

 match the type with a male that I had with me, so took no notes. 

 Curran has the species correctly in his revision of PeletenaJ^ It 

 is properly Peleteria iterans Walker. Coquillett was misled by the 

 express statement of Walker, " no bristles on the side of the face," 

 which Austen ^^ says is " precisely the opposite of the fact." A 



K^Can. Ent., vol. 60, p. 276, 1928. 



J'" Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, vol. 19, p. 330, 1907. 



»nbid., pp. 337, 338. 



'^ Trans. Roy. Soc. Canada, 1924, sec. 5, p. 238. 



s^Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, vol. 19, p. 328, 1907. 



