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PTILOOBRA. Macq. 

 P. americana, Macq. 



The Tachinid fauna of New Jersey, will, wheii studied, 

 develop many times the number of species above listed. The 

 imperfection of the list is caused not only by the fact that few of 

 the species are recorded from New Jersey, but also because the 

 entire family is very incompletely worked up. 



Family DEXID^. 



DBXIA, Meigen. 

 D. cerata, Walk. 



D. harpasa, Walk. 



D. punctata, R. Desv. 



SBRIOOOER^, Macq. 

 S. pictipennis, Macq. 



MELANOPHORA, Meigen. 

 M. roralis, Linn. 



MICRO PHTH ALMA, Macq. 

 M. nigra, Macq. 



Family SARCOPHAGID^. 



SAROOPHAGA, Meigen. 



S. carnaria, Linn. 



Caldwell, common — Crane. 

 S. consobrina, R. Desv. 

 S. georgina, Wied. 



Family MUSCID^. 



STOMOXYS, Geoffr. 

 S. calcitrans, Linn. 



Common everywhere in the State, and a great pest to cattle. 



