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fourth seement in the loiiu of a claw, frontal bristles seldom " * ^ 

 descending' on sides of face more than one- third of the distance ^>^,, ^ ,^,;/.^ 

 to the vibrissa}, facial ridges bristly about three-hfths of distance^6«*C^^4?-^ ^ 

 from the vibrissa; to the lowest frontal bristles; length, to V^ l-^Ji^'^.UX:^^ 

 nun. Toronto, Canada; Franconia, IST. H.; Springfield, Mass.; Zn'u,'*-<-<r»*-', 

 Clementon, N. J. ; Ithaca, N. Y. ; northern Illinois; Ames, Iowa; ^ ^f^' 

 Cadet, Mo.; Brookings, S. Dak.; Colorado; Pullman, Wash.; ™;^^;^ 

 Oregon, and California. (Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, Vol. XIX, p. u ^y . ' 

 90; April, 1892: Tachinoniyia: from a cotype si^ecimen. Pro- ^"^^*^'^^^ 

 spherysa similis Williston, Xorth American Fauna, No. 7, p. 256 ;/ ^X-^"^**^, J-^, 



May 31, 1893: from a cotype specimen.) rohusta Town. 



2. Thorax bearing four postsutural macrochnetae, second and third seg- 

 ments of abdomen destitute of discal ones; length, G to 13 mm. 

 Toronto, Canada; Franconia, N. H.; Massachusetts; New Y"ork, 

 N. Y. ; District of Columbia; West Virginia; Tifton, Ga. ; 

 Florida; Onaga, Kans. ; Texas i, Las Cruces, N. Mex.; West 

 Cliff, Colo.; Evanston, Wyo.;^'Putiman, Wash.; Oregon, and 

 California. (List of Dipterous Insects, Part IV, p. 707; 1849. 

 Tachina panwtius Walker, loc. cit. Tachina pansa Walker, loc. 

 cit., p. 787. Fodotachina amcricana Brauer and Bergenstamm, 

 Zweif. Kais. Mus. Wien, V, p. 351 ; 1891. Tachina cUsiocampw ';^,^,j,^„--^ 

 Townsend, Psyche, Vol. VI, p. 83; May, 1891. Tachina orgyice ^£>Ltn, . 

 Towuseud, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, Vol. XIX, p. 284; December, 

 1892. Acha'toneura fernaldi Williston, in Forbush and Fernald's 

 The Gyijsy Moth, j». 387; 1890. Eutachina sp., Brauer and Ber- . 



genstamm in litt.) mella Walk.' -^x,''**'*''^ 



Thorax bearing only three postsutural macrocha^tiie, second and ^«^vv'-*'****~ 

 third segments of abdomen bearing discal macrochaita^; length, 

 7 to 10 mm. Toronto, Canada; White Mountains and Fran- 

 conia, IST. H. ; Colorado; Washington; Los Angeles County, Cal.; 

 Germany, and Austria. Two males and two females from Aus- 

 tria, received from Brauer and Bergenstamm and by them labeled 

 Ch(ctotachina rusticaMeig.) also three males and two females 

 from Germany, received from Zeller and by him labeled Tachina 

 larvarum. (Diptera Sueciie, Muscidte, p. 5; 1820. The follow- 

 ing synonymy is by Eondani in Dipt. Ital., Vol. Ill, p. 200; 1859, 

 and is repeated by Schiner in Faun. Aus., Vol. I, pp. 474, 475; 

 1862: Tachina vittata Macquart, Annales Soc. Entom. France, 

 p. 377; 1854; alt^o fiavipalpis, p. 382; ludihunda and rectiner- ^ /t-„-r<^,CU-^, 

 t'is', X). 383; audens, p. 385; Jiavifrons^. 386; pumila, p. 387; c^^^iL^k:^ 

 alhifrons, p. 389; and alacer, p. 390. The following is by the S.9~-. 

 writer: Tachina spinosula Townsend, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, ^VWv^'-'e.* — '^ 

 Vol. XVIII, p. 353; November, 1891. Tachina tenthredinivora C^-u^^ i\rt: 

 Townsend, loc cit.. Vol. XIX, p. 285; December, 1892. , Chafo- 

 tachina sp., Brauer and Bergenstamm in lift.) . . ^^istlcei^-dlleu^ 



Unrecognized species. — T.{'!) hyhreas Walker; Brit. Amer. /^ y"^^ 



