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Genus MELANOPHRYS WUl. 



iWe/ano;>/in/.«( Williston, Trans. Aiucr. Eut. .Soc, Vol. XIII, p. 305; November, 1886. 

 Atroph(iyi!ila Townsend, Trans. Araer. Ent. Soc, Vol. XIX, p. 92; April, 1892. 



Mr. Towusuud has already ackiio\yledged this synonymy.^ Our 

 species are black, the ari.sta and usuall}^ tlie palpi and calypteres yel- 

 low, l)ases of winivs strongly tinged with yellow; three postsutural and 

 three sternoplenral macrocha^ta^ : 



Second ab<loniinal segment bearing a marginal pair of raacrocha^ta?, 

 the thinl segment bearing a marginal row of from six to eight; 

 length, 14 mm. Los Angeles County, Cal. (Trans. Amer. Ent. La.-^^^^o h^ 

 Soc, Vol. Xlir, p. .'JOd; November, 188(5.). . rf^.Jiaviipennis Will. c)^^ . 

 Second segment destitute of a jnarginal pair of macrocha^ta', the 

 third usually bearing a dorsal pair and a single lateral one each 

 side; length, 12 to 14 mm. (Irimsby, Canada; Franconia and ^ '^. 

 White Mountains, New Hampshire; northern Illinois, and Colo 

 rado. (Insecta Saundersiana, Vol. I, p. 277; 1850: Tachina. 

 Atro])h arista jurinouJes Townsend, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, Vol. 

 XIX, p. 92; Ai^ril, 1802. Melanophrys Jiavipennis Will., Braner 

 and Bergeustamm in Htt.).' insolita Walk. ^ 



Apliria Desvoidy, E.=isai snr les Myodaires, p. 89; 1830. 



Olivieria Meigen, Systeniatisthe Bosch. Eur. Zwfif. Insekteu, Vol. VII, p. 26G; 1838. 



(Nov De.svoidy, Essai snr les Myod., p. 228; 1830.) 

 Bhyuchosia Macquart, Aniiales Soc. Ent. lYance, p. 87; 1848. 



Macquart (loc cit.) proposed the name Rliynchosia for the genus to 

 which Meigen had given the name of Olivieria, owing to the fact that 

 Desvoidy had previously used the latter name for an entirely different 

 genus. The synonymy of Rhynchosia and Aphria was first pointed 

 out by Rondani,^ and is repeated by Schiuer'* and also by Brauer and 

 Bergenstamm.^ Our single species is black, the frontal vitta, the first 

 two joints of the antenna' usually, the palpi, and sides of abdomen 

 largely, yellowish ; male destitute of orbital bristles; three postsutural 

 and three sternojdeural macrocha'tu'; length, to 10 mm. Toronto, 

 Canada; Massachusetts; Atco, X. J.; Georgia; northern Illinois; Colo- 

 rado; Washington, and southern California. (Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, 

 Vol. XVIII, p. 3G1; December, 1801. Aphria sp., Brauer and Bergen 

 stamm in Hit.) ^ . ocypterata. Town. 



Genus APHRIA Desv. 



'Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, Vol. XXII, p. 72; March, 1895. 

 2Dipterologi;n Italica- Prodromns, Vol. I, p. 73; 1856. 

 3 Eanna Austriaca, Vol. I. p. 132 ; lSfi2. 

 ^Zweif. Kais. Mus. Wieu, VI, p. 237; 1893. 



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