300 INSECTA SAUNDEESIANA. 



frontalia deep black, widening from the eyelets to the feelers whence a black 

 stripe proceeds along each side of the face; facialia without bristles except 

 at the base ; epistoma hardly prominent : eyes hairy : mouth luteous ; 

 palpi black : feelers black ; second joint ferruginous ; third about four 

 times the length of the second, almost reaching the epistoma : chest with 

 four slender black stripes, the inner pair shorter than the outer pair : abdo- 

 men obconical, much longer than the chest, ivith a broad black band on the 

 hind border of each segment ; under side hoary with a narrow testaceous 

 band on the hind border of each segment : legs black ; thighs with a hoary 

 covering : tvings gray ; veins black, tawny at the base ; prasbrachial cross- 

 vein forming a very obtuse angle at its flexure, straight from thence to its 

 tip ; lower cross-vein with the two usual curves which are extremely slight : 

 alulae white : halteres ferruginous. Length of the body 4^ lines ; of the 

 wings 8 lines. 



West Indies. 



Tachina vulgata, Fem. 



Nigra, canescens ; caj)ut auratnm, stibtus album ; thorax nigra qtiadrivit- 

 tatus ; abdomen nigro-cBTieum, albo subtessellatum ; alee subcinerece, 

 ad venas subfuscce. 



Black, ivith a hoary covering : head tcilh a pale gold covering, white 

 and clothed with whitish hairs beneath ; frontalia black, widening from the 

 eyelets to the feelers ; face white, facialia bristly along the whole length : 

 epistoma not prominent : eyes hairy : mouth pitchy ; palpi tawny : feelers 

 black -, third joint reaching the epistoma, full four times the length of the 

 second ; sixth joint very slender, bare, rather stout towards the base : chest 

 with four black stripes : abdomen bronze-black, obconical, a little narrower 

 but hardly longer than the chest, slightly tessellated with white : legs black : 

 wings pale gray, slightly tinged with broivn along the borders of the veins ; 

 veins black, tawny towards the base ; prsbrachial vein straight, forming 

 a very obtuse angle at its flexure, almost straight from thence to its tip, 

 which is very near the tip of the cubital vein ; lower cross-vein with the 

 two usual curves, the lower deeper than the upper : alulae white, with pale 

 yellow borders : halteres tawny. Length of the body 3^ lines ; of the 

 wings 7 lines. 



South America. 



