130 Tachinidae. 



black hairs. Frontal bristles reaching to insertion of antennæ, the 

 iippermost directed outwards. Gheeks bare. Vibrissæ quite slightly 

 ascending. Epistoma not retreating, slightly reflected below. Antennæ 

 inserted a little above the middle of the eye, third joint short, square, 

 slightly longer than second; arista slightly pubescent, second joint 

 short. Thorax quadratic; three postsutural dorsocentrals and three 

 præ- and three postsutural acrostichals. Scutellum with four marginal 

 bristles on each side. Two sternopleural bristles. Above on ptero- 

 pleura a couple of bristles. Abdomen short ovate; excavation on 

 second segment not reaching hind margin. Abdomen with long 

 discai and marginal bristles, second segment without bristles. Legs 

 of common shape. Wings with first posterior cell long-petiolate, the 

 peduncle ending about at apex of wing; discai angle rounded. No 

 costal spine and no bristles at base of cubital vein. 



There seems to be about 5 European species of the genus, one 

 occurring in Denmark. 



1. G. brunnescens Villen. 



1908. Villen. Feuille des jeun. Nat. 4, 38, 118. — 1924. Stein, Arch. f. 

 Naturgesch. 90, 6, 249, 1. 



Of this species I know only the female. Frons as broad as or 

 fully as broad as the eye, not protruding. Orbits double as broad 

 as the frontal stripe. Orbits and face whitish grey; frontal stripe 

 black, seen from in front grey pruinose. Orbits nearly bare, jowls 

 black-haired. Occiput grey with all black hairs. Antennæ black, 

 basal joints slightly brownish; third joint almost square, slightly 

 longer than second ; arista thickened at base, very slightly pubescent. 

 Palpi black. Thorax grey or a little brownish grey, without stripes; 

 it is sparingly black-haired; the præscutellar pair of acrostichal 

 bristles long; a posthumeral and two intraalar bristles. Scutellum 

 with the apical bristles long, crossing. Abdomen grey or brownish 

 grey, second segment brownish, third with a more or less distinct 

 brownish hind margin, broadly interrupted in the middle. Abdomen 

 is black-haired, but the two last segments almost without hairs; 

 there are discai and marginal bristles, second segment without 

 bristles, third with a pair of discai and a row of marginal, but some 

 of the latter small, fourth with a row of discai and of marginal and 

 fifth quite covered with bristles. Legs black; middle tibiæ with 

 ventral bristle. Wings somewhat brownish ; veins brown ; first posterior 

 cell long-petiolate, the peduncle ending quite near apex of wing; 



