EMPIDAE. 105 



Drapetis. 



Meigen, System. Besclir. Ill; 1822. ("°). 



*divcrg'ens Loew, Centur. X, 62. — Texas. 

 ^gilyipes Loew, Centur. X 61. — Texas. 

 nigra Meigen, Macquart, etc. — Europe and North America (according to 

 Walker, List, etc. Ill, 511). 

 *l)iil)Oscens Loew, Centur. II, 57. — New York. 

 *uiiipila Loew, Centur. X, 60. — Texas. 



Tacliydi'omia. 



Meigen, Illiger's Magaz. 1803; System. Beschr. Ill, 67, Divis. B (on the 



plate, the genus is called Sicus); Loew, Schles Z. fiir Eutom. 1863. 



Platypalpus Macquart, Dipt, du Nord etc.; Schiner, Fauna Austriaca. 



Compare note ('**";. 



All the species enumerated below where described by Dr. Loew as 

 Platypalpus ; but in the Centuries, Vol. II, page 289 he recommends to 

 change the name for Tachydromia. 



*aequalis Loew, Centur. V, 75. — Illinois. 



Alcxippus Walker, List, etc. Ill, 510. — Huds. B. Terr. 

 *apicalis Loew, Centur. V, 79. — Pennsylvania. 

 *del)ilis Loew, Centur. Ill, 37. — Distr. Columbia. 

 *discifer Loew, Centur. Ill, 36. — Distr. Columbia. 

 *flavirostris Loew, Centur. V, 80. — White Mts., N. H. 

 *laeta Loew, Centur. V, 81. — White Mts., N. H. 

 * lateralis Loew, Centur. V, 78. — White Mts., N. H. 

 "'mesog'raiiiina Loew, Centur. Ill, 38. — Distr. Columbia; New York. 

 *l)acliyoiicma Loew, Centur. V, 77. — Distr. Columbia; Tarrytown, 



New York. 

 *trivialis Loew, Centur. V, 76. — Maine; Distr. Columbia. 



vicarius Walker, Trans. Ent Soc. N. Ser. IV, 149. — United States. 



Bacis Walker, List, etc. Ill, 510. — Jamaica. 



Phoiiciitisca. 



Loew, Centur. Ill, 35; 1863. 

 *l)imaculata Loew, Centur. Ill, 35. — Sitka. 



Tacliypeza. 



Meigen, System. Beschr. VI, p. 3-41, 1«30; and VII, p. 94, 1838 (Taclnj- 



(Iromia Meig. Div. A.; Tachydromia Macquart, Schiner). (***"). 

 ^clavipes Loew, Ctntur. V, 73. — Illinois. 

 feiiestrata Say, J. Acad. Phil. Ill, 95; Compl. Wr. II, 82 (Sicm) ; 

 Wiedemann, Auss. Zw. II, 12, 1 (Tachydromia). — Middle States. 

 maculipennis Walker, List, etc. Ill, 507 (Tachydromia). — Huds. B. Terr, 

 portuocola Walker, 1. c. HI, 506 (Tachydromia). — Huds. B. Terr, 

 postica Walker, Trans. Ent. Soc. N. S, IV, 149 (Tachydromia. — 

 United States. 



