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Pyraliil Lcskiominiii teuor.a IVied. 



Pseiulocliii'ta pyralidis Coq. 

 Pyiamcis atalanta / Exoi'ista emlryju Town. 



^Exorista fntilia 0. S. 

 Pyrameis cardiii Linn Chxto,n;pflia mouticola llujot. 



*Exorista Idaiula O. S. 



Frontina archippivora jrni. 



*Frontina frencliii Will. 



Pyrameis earye Hiieh Froii tiiia archippivora Will. 



Pyrausta jieuitalis Grotc ^Exorista ^•lllgari8 Fall. 



Hypostena \ ariabilis ('o(f. 



Panzer i a peiiitalis Coq. 



'Pliorocera coinstocki Will. 



Pyrrharctia isabella S. .f- J Tachina niella Walk. 



Eetinia sp Adiiioutia retinite Coq. 



Scliiziira ipoinue;u Jhmhl Sturmia schizura^. Coq. 



Scliizura iinicoruis .S. iV- ./ * Frontina frencliii Will. 



Snierinthns cerisyi Kirby Frontina frencliii Will. 



Sphingid Stnrmia distincta Wied. 



Taeniocanipa rufula Grote Chretoga'dia crebra v. d. W. 



Telea polyphemus Cram Frontina frencLii Will. 



Wintlicmia 4-pu8tulata Fahr. 



Thecla antolycus Edw * Exorista pyste Walk. 



Tlu'cla calanns Such * Exorista confinis Fall. 



Tortrix citrana Ferv Phoroccra parva Bigot. 



Tortricid Exorista pyste Walk. 



Hypostena tortricis Coq. 



Pliorocera tortricis Coq. 

 Vanessa antiopa Linn * Enphorocera claripennis Macq. 



* Frontina violenta Walk. 



Phorocera dorypliortc Biley. 

 Vanessa niilberti Godt * Hyphantrophaga hyphantri:e Town. 



CLASSIFICATION. 



Probably uo siugle family of Diptera lias received greater considera- 

 tion in Europe than the Tachinidie, and yet, strange as this may seem, no 

 Oclier family at the i^resent time is in greater disorder. Several authors 

 accord them onl}- subfamily rank, but it appears desirable to consider 

 them as a distinct family, although their relationship to the Dexidte 

 and Sarcophagidic is a very intimate one. They may be recognized by 

 the bare, or at least never plumose, antennal arista. They are com- 

 monly divided into five subfamilies, and these have by one or two 

 writers even been accorded family rank. The characters employed iu 

 separating them are as follows : 



Abdomen destitute of stout macrochjetaj : 



With only four abdominal segments Gymnosoniina^. 



With five or six abdominal segments Phasinif. 



Abdomen bearing stout macrocha'ta' : 



With only four abdominal segments Tachinina>. 



With fi\e abdominal segments — 



Abdomen not clavate riiaiiiiur. 



Abdomen clavate, narrow at th(! l)as(' Ocypteriua-. 



