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In the structure of the genitalia the species is distinct from all 

 other members of the genus and shows a rather close relationship 

 to Peleteria. It is included here mainly on the absence of any 

 palpi. 



SPECIES PREVIOUSLY PLACED IN CUPHOCERA, BUT NOT HEREIN IDENTIFIED 

 OR REFERRED TO OTHER GENERA 



aurea Aldrich, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., vol. 69, art. 22, p. 25, 1926 {Ciiphocera). 

 Belongs to the genus Chiloepalpus. 



californiensis Macquart, Dipteres exotiques nouveaux ou pen connus, suppl. 

 4, pt. 2, p. 148, 1851 {Micropalpus). — Coquillett, Revision of the Tachin- 

 idae of America, p. 140, 1897 {CupJiocera). I have not identified this 

 species. The t.ype is in J. E. Collin's collection, Newmarket, England. 



erythrostoma Bigot, Annales, no. 41, p. 95, 1888 (Epalpus). — Brauek, Sitz. 

 Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-nat. Classe, vol. 107, p. 504, 1898 (Cuphocera) . 

 This species has not been determined in the material examined. 



nitidifrons Van ver Wxjlp, Biologia Centrali-Americana, vol. 2, p. 37 (1888) 

 and p. 477 (1903) {Trichophora) . — Schiner, Reise der oesterreichischen 

 Fregatte Novara, Zool. Theil, Diptera, p. 330, 1868, as Cuphocera macro- 

 cera (Wiedemann), which (in part) equals Copecrypta nitidifroyis (Van 

 der Wulp) (Aldrich, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., vol. 74, art. 19, p. 24, 1929). 



i-uficauda Van der Wxttp, Tijdschr. Ent., vol. 10, p. 146, 1867 (Schineria). — 

 Coquillett, Revision of the Tachinidae of America, p. 139, 1897 {Tricho- 

 phora). — WiLLisTON, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 13, p. 305, 1886 (Cupho- 

 cera), equals Copecrypta nitens (Wiedemann) (Aldrich, Proc. U.S. Nat. 

 Mus., vol. 74, art. 19, p. 27, 1929). 



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