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ANNOTATED LIST OF BRITISH TACHINIIDM. 

 BY E, H. MEADE. 

 {Continued from page \H2). 

 36.— PHOROCERA, Dsv. 

 Gen. cli. — Eyes hairy ; facial angle rather oblique ; frontalia wide 

 in both sexes, but rather narrower in the male than female ; faeialia 

 ciliated to above the middle of the face ; antennae long, with third 

 joint from four to eight times the length of the second ; arista 

 generally long ; abdomen mostly with both marginal and discal setse ; 

 wings with the first posterior cell ending at some distance before the 

 point of the wing, and outer cross vein placed nearer to the bend of 

 the fourth vein than to the little cross vein. 



1 (8) Palpi yellow or testaceous. 



2 (3) Fourth vein bent in a curve \. concinnata,M.gv. 



3 (2) Fourth vein bent at an angle. 



4 (5) Palpi very small 2. filipalpis, Rnd. 



5 (4) Palpi of ordinary form. 



6 (7) Scutellum black 3. casifrons, Mcq. 



7 (6) Scutellum rufous 4. assimilis, Yin. 



8 (1) Palpi black. 



9 (10) Fourth vein bent in a curve 5. unicolor, Fin. 



10 (9) Fourth vein bent at an angle 6. cilipeda,'Rnd. 



P. CONCINNATA, Mgn. 



MacJicercea serriventris, Rnd. 

 Frontalia with central stripe piceous, and rather narrower than the sides, which 

 arc yellowish-white, with dark reflections ; cheeks nude, and with face luteous ; 

 facial setae extending more than half way up ; palpi filiform, yellow ; antennae grey, 

 with third joint from four to six times longer than second ; arista very long and 

 capillary, thickened for about two-fifths of its length ; thorax covered with grey 

 pubescence, and marked with four stripes, the outer ones wider than the inner ones ; 

 post-sutural dorso-central bristles four in number ; scutellum grey ; abdomen dull 

 grey, first segment black, the others with black reflections, black hind margins to 

 segments, a narrow dorsal stripe, and both discal and marginal setae ; the female has 

 the ventral margins of the segments pressed together, so as to form a projecting 

 and ciliated keel beneath the body, towards the end of which there is a curved, 

 pointed, horn-like process, extending forwards; wings with the fourth vein bent 

 in a curve, and first posterior cell terminating near the apex ; legs black, hind 

 tibiae irregularly ciliated on outer sides. Not common ; it has been bred by Mr. S. 

 Saunders from Abraxas grossulariata, by Mr. Billups from Vanessa urticce, and by 

 Mr. Bignell from Acronycta tridens. 



P. riLiPALPis, End. 

 The characters of this species, according to Rondani, are very variable, so I 



