284 INSECTA SAUNDERSIANA. — i 



{^jj-^ J Tachina latifeons, 



Cinerea ; thorax nigro quinquevittatus ; abdomen atrum ; antennte et pedes 

 nigra, maris tibice postica ciliatcc ; alct cinerece, basi nigro-fusca:. 



Fara. Faunida ; Gen. Blepkaripeza. Grag : Lead above beset with 

 black bristles, having a black stripe which is bordered with white ; fore part 

 and under side white ; facialia of the face Avith four bristles towards the 

 epistoma ; mouth brown ; palpi tawny, feelers black ; third joint more than 

 twice the length of the second : chest with five indistinct black stripes : 

 abdomen deep black, thicktg beset with black spines : legs black ; hind- 

 shanks of the male fringed with black hairs : wings gray, blackish brown 

 at the base ; praebrachial vein forming an almost right angle at its flexure : 

 alulae dark gray. Length of the body 5^ lines ; of the wings 13 lines. 



South America. 



Nearly allied to Hystricia. 



Tachina nigroeufa. 



Nigro-cinerea ; caput antice et subtus albidum ; scutellum et abdomen fer- 

 ruginea ; alw cinerecB, basifusccc. 



Grayish black : head whitish in front and beneath ; frontalia pitchy ; 

 facialia of the face beset with bristles along nearly half the length from 

 the base: mouth towards the tip and palpi ferruginous: scutellum and ab- 

 domen dark ferruginous, the latter beset with spines : hind shanks of the 

 male fringed : wings gray, dark brown at the base : alulae dark gray. 

 Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 15 lines. 



Columbia. 



Tachina atrata. /5jzXvT/7mo 



Nigra ; caput antice auratum ; thorax cincreus, nigro quadrivittatus, lateri- 

 bus et scutello ferrugineis ; abdomen atrum, ajnce cinereum ; antenna 

 ferruginece ; alee fusca, basi ferruginea. 



Fam. Faunidce ; Gen. Belvosia. Black : frontal region ferruginous : 

 face gilded ; facialia beset with bristles along the whole length : palpi tawny : 



