152 TACIIINiDAE. 



Melobosis "Walker, List, etc. IV, 743. — Florida. 

 oI)Conica Walker, Dipt. Saund., 296. — United States. 

 sisraifeni Walker, List, etc. IV, 708. — Nova Scotia. 

 specTilifera Walker, 1. c. 73L — North America. 

 miifasciata R. Desvoidy, Myod. 105 (LatreiUia). — Philadelphia. 



albincisa W^iedemann, Auss. Zw. II, 334, 98. — St. Thomas. 

 breviventi'is W^iedemann 1. c. II, 297, 28. — Brazil (Wied.) ; Jamaica 



(Walker, List, etc. iV, 712). 

 crudclis Wiedemann, 1. c. II, 300, 35. — West Indies. 

 ciibaecola Jaennicke, Neiie Exot. Dipt. 74; Tab. II, f. 6. — Cuba. 

 dibtincta Wiedemann, Anal. Ent. 45; Auss. Zw. 11, 334, 99. — West 



Indies. [According to Macquart, Dipt. Exot. II, 3, 59, this is a 



3Iasiccra]. 

 eleirans Bigot, in R. de la Sagra etc. 810; Tab. 20, f. 7. — Cuba. 

 hirta Drury, Ins. 109; Tab. XLV, f. 4 (3Iusca). — Jamaica. 

 occidontalis Wiedemann, Auss. Zw. II, 335. — St. Thomas. [Also 



referred to Masicera by Macquart, Dipt. Exot. II, 3, 59.] 

 poteiis Wiedemann, Auss. Zw. II, 312; Bigot, in R. de la Sagra etc. 



810. — Brazil (Wied.); Cuba (Bigot) [Macquart, Dipt. Exot. ll, 3, 



58, refers this species to Euryriastcr']. 

 pnsilla Wiedemann, Auss. Zw. II, 337, 104. — West Indies. 

 saltatrix Wiedemann, 1. c. 300, 36, — West Indies. 

 trivittata Wiedemann, Auss. Zw. II, 300, 34. — West Indies. 

 gubvaria Walker, Dipt. Saund., 299. — West Indies. 



Observation. Tachina anonyma (Masicera?) Riley, 4th Rep. 

 129, 5th Rep. 133 and 7th Rep. 178 has never been described. 

 It was bred from different moths, and also from the migratory 

 Grasshopper Cahptcmis spretuft. 



Masicera. 

 Macquart, Hist. Nat. Dipt. II, 118; 1835. 

 arcliippivora Riley, o^ Rep. 150. — Missouri (parasitic on Danaus 

 archipinis and other caterpillars). 



cubensis Macquart, Dipt. Exot. 3e Suppl. 46, 13; Tab. V, f. 5; 



Bisot, in R. de la Sagra etc, 813. — Cuba. 

 expergita Walker, Trans. Ent. Soc. N. Ser. V, 304. — Mexico. 

 disputaus Walker, Trans. Ent. Soc. N. Ser. V, 303. — Mexico. 

 g-entica Walker, Trans. Ent. Soc. N. Ser. V, 302. — Mexico. 

 uecopiua Walker, Trans. Ent. Soc. N. Ser. 303. — Mexico. 



Observation. Macquart, Dipt. Exot. II, 3, 59 refers TacMna 

 distinda Wied. and T. occidenialis Wied., both from the West 

 Indies, to the genus Masicera; they will be fouud among the 

 Tachinae- 



Phoroccra. 

 K. Desvoidy, Myod. 131; 1830. 

 Schiner, Fauna Austr. I, 488. 

 Dcmylus Walker, List, etc IV 779. — North America (?). 



