656 CATALOGUE OF NORTH AMERICAN DIPTERA. 



propinqua Walker, List, iv, 1141. — Jamaica. 



sordida Bigot, see Pseiidolfersia. 



sulcifrons Thomson, see Pseudolfersia. 



villadse Duces, La Naturaleza, i, 20, pi. iii, f. 3 (Ornithoviyia). — Mex. 



vulturis Van der Wulp, see Pseudolfersia. 



PSEUDOLFERSIA. 



CoQuiLLETT, Caiiad. Ent., xxxi, 32^, 1899. 

 Speiser, Zeitsch. f. Hym. u. Dipt., iv, 145, 1902. 

 coriacea Van der Wulp, Biologia, Dipt., 11, 430, pi. xin, f. 2 (Olfersia). — Guate- 

 mala. 

 Austen, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, xii, 265, note on type and gen. 

 rcf. ; DC. in Mexico and Brazil, 

 maculata Coquillett, Canad. Ent., xxxi, ^S^^- — Wis. ; on loon and osprey (Pan- 

 dion halicctus carolinensis). 

 N. J., from a fish hawk — Smith Cat. 

 sulcifrons Thomson, Eugen. Resa, 611 (Olfersia). — Panama. 



Speiser, Zeitsch. f. Hym. u. Dipt., 11, 149, gen. ref. from desc. ; op. cit., 

 IV, 82, notes on type and gen. rcf. confirmed. 

 mexicana Macquart, Dipt. Exot., 11, 3, 78 (Olfersia). — Mexico. 



Speiser, Zeitsch. f. Hym. u. Dipt., 11, 179, gen. ref. and notes on type. 

 sordida Bigot, Annales, 1885, 239 (Olfersia). — Guatemala. 



Speiser, Zeitsch. f. Hym. u. Dipt., 11, 164, notes on type and gen. ref. 

 spinifera Leach, Eproh. Ins., 557, pi. xxvi, f. 1-3 (Fcronia). 



Walker, List, iv, 1144 (Ornithoniyia unicolor) — Jamaica, "on Ephialtes 



grammicus and Frigata aquilus). 

 Speiser, Zeitsch. f. Hym. u. Dipt., n, 147, 148, long discussion and syn. 

 Austen, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, xii, 265, confirms syn. from 

 types; oc. in Brazil, Ascension, Arabia, Australia, etc., on Fregata aquila 

 and Sula sula, the frigate-bird and booby respectively. Speiser doubts 

 correct identification of the latter bird, 

 vulturis Van der Wulp, Biologia, Dipt., 11, 429. pi. xiii, f. i (Olfersia). — Costa 

 Rica; "parasite of vulture." 

 Austen, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, xii, 264, gen. ref. and notes on 

 types. 



BRACHYPTEROMYIA. 



WiLLiSTON, Ent. News, vii, 184, 1896. 

 femorata Williston, Ent. News, vii, 185. — Wyo., on Macropis mclanoleiicus. 

 Speiser, Wien. Ent. Zeit., xviii, 202, note on similarity to Anapcra (sic) 

 Umbriata Waterhouse. 



MELOPHAGUS. 



Latreille, Hist. Nat. Crust, et Ins., xiv, 402, 1804. 

 ScHiNER, Fauna Austr., 11, 649, 1864. 

 ovinus LiNNE, Fauna Suec, 472, No. 1923 (Hippobosca).— Europe; "habitat 



inter Ovium lanam." 

 Leach, Eprob. Ins., 18, pi. xxvi, f. 14. 

 Meigen, Syst. Beschr., vi, 236, pi. lxiv, f. 16. 

 Curtis, Brit. EntomoL, 142. 

 Schiner, Fauna Austr., 11, 649. 

 Fitch, Trans. N. Y. Ag. Soc, ix, 799, popular account. — N. Y. ; the sheep 



tick. 



