﻿JOURNAL 



OF THE 



Pf&i 39orh ^ntomologiral Hnriptg. 



Vol. III. JUNE, 1895. No. 2. 



NOTES AND DESCRIPTIONS OF TACHINIDiE. 



By D. W. CoQUiLLETT, Washington, D. C. 



The forms referred to in the present paper belong to the Tachinidfe 

 in which the apical cell terminates at or near the tip of the wing, the 

 fourth vein is entire, eyes bare, the proboscis beyond its basal articula- 

 tion shorter than height of head, palpi well developed, abdomen bear- 

 ing true macrocha^tK. 



The genera mentioned below separate as follows : 

 First vein bristly. 



Fifth vein also bristly Gymnopareia B. and B. 



Fifth vein bare 



Face perpendicular, third vein bristly over half way to the small crossvein 



Lasioneura n. gen. 

 Face strongly retreating, third vein bearing only two or three bristles near the 



base Chgetophleps n. gen. 



First vein bare. 



Palpi flattened, unusually dilated, wider than the proboscis, over one-third as 



broad as long Lispidea n. gen . 



Palpi cylindrical, sub-clavate, less than one-fourth as broad as long. 



Antennae only half as long as the face Cly tiom ya l\o)iti. 



Antenna; nearly or quite as long as the face. 



Third vein bristly at least two-thirds of the distance to the small cross- 

 vein Thryptocera Macq. 



Third vein at most bristly on its basal third. 



Facial ridges bristly on more than the lower half 



Sides efface bristly above lo.wer end of eyes. Admontia B. and B. 



Sides of face bare Pseudomyothyria 7^o-vu. 



Facial ridges never bristly to the middle. 



Penultimate joint of arista over twice as long as broad, 



Clausicella Komi. 

 Penultimate joint scarcely or not longer than broad. 



Sides of face pilose, each nearly half as wide as the median 



depression Cry tomefgenia B. and B. 



Sides of face bare, each less than one-fourth as wide as the me- 

 dian depression Hypostena Meig. 



