228 Tachinidae. 



1. H. stictica Meig. 



1824. Meig. Syst. Besclir. VI, 367, 17 {Miltogramma). — 1862. Schin. 

 F. A. I, 503 {Heteropterina). — 1900. Villen. Biill. Soc. Ent. de Fr. 381, 4 

 {MiUocjramma). — 1907. Kat. palåarkt. Dipt. III, 514. — Megaera dira R. D. 

 1830. Myod. 95, 1. — 1895. Pand. Rev. Entom. XIV, 312, 1 (Heteropterina). 



— 1907. Kat. palåarkt. Dipt. III, 513. — 1924. Stein, Arch. f. Naturgesch. 

 90, 6, 223, 1. — Miltogramma siphonina 1844. Zett. Dipt. Scand. III, 1213, 15. 



— 1862. Schin. F. A. I, 504. 



Male. Frons fully as broad as the eye. Orbits and cheeks yellowish 

 or more yellowish grey, the latter more silvery white downwards, 

 and jowls white. Frontal stripe yellowish, narrower than the orbits. 

 Orbits bare, cheeks fmely hairy and jowls with black hairs. Occiput 

 grey, with black hairs below but nearly bare above. Antennæ greyish 

 black, basal joint and just base of third joint yellowish; third not 

 twice as long as second; arista thickened at base, pubescent. Palpi 

 yellow. Thorax grey or greyish yellow, without or with at most a 

 slight indication of stripes; it is sparingly black-haired. Abdomen 

 greyish or greyish yellow, translucently yellowish at the sides on 

 basal part; second segment with a small brown spot to each side, 

 the three next segments with similar spots and besides with the 

 marginal bristles placed each on a minute spot ; along the sides each 

 of these segments has an elongated spot, forming together a lateral 

 stripe, not seen from above. (According to the descriptions the spots 

 may be almost quite wanting, or on the contrary more conspicuous.) 

 Abdomen black-haired, with marginal bristles, none on second, 

 a pair on third and fourth segment. Legs with femora black, grey 

 pruinose; trochanters and apex of femora yellowish; tibiæ yellowish 

 red, tarsi black. Wings a little yellowish tinged; veins brown. Squa- 

 mulæ dirty yellowish. H alteres yellow. 



Female. Similar; frons a little broader and frontal stripe rela- 

 tively broader, especially backwards. Femora paler to nearly all 

 yellow. 



Length 3,6 — 5,5 mm. 



H. stictica is not just common in Denmark, and only taken on 

 few occasions, Charlottenlund (Stæger), Dyrehaven (the authoc), 

 and in Jutland at Villebølie near Ribe ; the dates are from the last 

 part of June. It occurs on sandy piaces, and is known from nests of 

 Ammophila sabulosa. 



Geographical distribution: — Europe; towards the north to 

 Southern Sweden, and also occurring in North America. 



