344 Tachinidae. 



middle stripe black. Abdomen black-haired, the hairs somewhat 

 strong; second segment with a pair of marginal bristles, third with 

 a pair of small discai and a pair of marginal, fourth with the discai 

 bristles stronger, but irregular, and a row of marginal bristles. Legs 

 black. Wings slightly tinged, a little brownish at base; veins blackish 

 brown, medial cross-vein a little infuscated ; first posterior cell ending 

 in some distance from apex of wing; discai angle about rectangular; 

 apical cross-vein a little incurved above the angle. Squamulæ w^hitish. 

 Halteres brown. 



Female. Similar; frons a little broader, eye-margins parallel; 

 orbits and cheeks paler; frontal stripe not narrowing downwards. 

 Palpi generally paler, reddish on apical part. Discai bristles on ab- 

 domen more distinct. 



Length 7 to fully 8 mm. 



Z. Bottcheri is rare in Denmark, I have seen ten specimens; 

 one male and one female are bred from Acronycta auricoma, taken in 

 September 1913 in Frerslev Hegn, the imagines developed on ^^/g 

 and ^"/e 1914 (Rye), one female is bred from Crocallis elinguaria, 

 taken in the same locality on ^^/g 1920, pupating ^^/g and developing 

 in June (Kryger), one female is taken in the same place on ^^/g 1916 

 (Kryger), further five specimens are from Grib Skov, bred from 

 Acronycta rumicis (Weis), and one specimen is without particular 

 locality. — The pupa is dark red, elongated ovate, rounded at both 

 ends, 7 mm long and quite polished, so that segmentation is very 

 slightly visible; it has no protruding anterior spiracles. 



Geographical distribution: — Europe down into France; not 

 known north of Denmark. 



72. Ptychioinyia B. B. 



Species of somewhat small size, of black colour with pale prui- 

 nosity. Head broader than thorax, nearly flat behind and almost 

 not puffed out below. Frons broad, a little broader in female than in 

 male, a little protruding. Jowls narrow. In both sexes ocellar and 

 inner and outer vertical bristles, the latter weak in male; in female 

 two orbitals. Postocellar and occipital bristles small and indistinct. 

 Behind postocular bristles black hairs. Frontal bristles descending 

 below insertion of arista, two uppermost reclinate. Cheeks bare. 

 Vibrissæ ascending to the middle or beyond, distant and somewhat 

 strong. Eyes practically bare. Epistoma a little retreating, slightly 



