NO. 1719. TYPE-SPECIES OP AMERICAN DIPTERA—COQUILLETT. 511 



Asemosyrphus Bigot, Ball. Soc. Ent. France for 1882, p. 128, 1882. 2 species (as 

 4). Type, HelophUus mexicanus Macquart (equals the firet 3 species), bj^ present 

 designation. 



Asilus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., 10th ed., p. 605, 1758. 12 species. Type, As'dus 

 crabroniformis Linn.eus, the third species, by designation of Latreille, Consid. 

 General., 1810, p. 443. 



Asindulum Latreille, Hist. Nat. Crust, et Ins., vol. 14, p. 290, 1805. 1 species. 

 Type, Asindulum nigrum Latreille. Syn., Macrorrhyncha Winnertz, 1846; Adelinia 

 Costa, 1857; Autlemon Loew, 1871. 



Asphondylia Loew, Dipt. Beitr., vol. 4, pp. 20, 21, 1850. 1 species. Type, Ceci- 

 domyia sarothamni Loew. Syn., Phyllophaga RoyiDAiH, 1856. 



.Aspidoptera Coquillett, Can. Ent., vol. 31, p. 334, 1899. 1 species. Type, Aspi- 

 doptera busckii Coquillett. Syn., Lepopteryx Speiser, 1900. 



Aspilia RoNDANi, Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat., vol. 9, p. 3, 1866. 6 species. Type, 

 Anthomyia aUoiaUa Meigen, the sixth species, by original designation. Equals 

 Mydaea Desvoidy, 1830. 



Aspilota Loew, Monogr. Dipt. N. Amer., vol. 3, p. 286, 1873. 2 species. Type, Try- 

 peta alba Loew, the first species, by present designation. Not Aspilota Foerster, 

 1862. Equals Neaspilota Osten Sacken, 1878. 



Aspistes Meigen, Syst. Beschr. Zweifl. Ins., vol. 1, p. 319, 1818. 1 species. Type 

 Aspistes berolinensis Meigen. Syn., Arthria Kirby, 1837. 



Asteia Meigen, Syst. Beschr. Zweifl. Ins., vol. 6. p. 88, 1830. 2 species. Tyjie, 

 Asteia amcena Meigen, the first species, by designation of Westwood, Intr., vol. 2, 

 Synops., 1840, p. 152. 



Asthenia Westwood, Mag. Zool., ser. 2, vol. 4, Ins., pi. 94, 1842. 1 species. 

 Type, ^Is^/i^^n/o/a-seiato Westwood. Not Asthenia Hubner, 1816. Equals Blephari- 

 cera Macquart, 1843. 



Astoma Lioy, Atti Inst. Veneto, ser. 3, vol. 9, p. 762, 1864. 1 species. Type, 

 Nemotelus niger De Geeb. Equals Omphrale Meigen, 1800. 



Astrophanes Osten Sacken, Biol. Centr.-Amer., Dipt., vol. 1, p. 106, 1886. 1 species. 

 Type, Astrophanes adonis Osten Sacken. 



Asynapta Loew, Dipt. Beitr., vol. 4, pp. 20, 21, 1850. 5 species. Type, Ceddomyia 

 longicollis Loew, the first species, by present designation. 



Asyndetus Loew, Berliner Ent. Zeitschr., vol. 13, p. 35, 1869. 2 species. Type, 

 Asyndetus ammophilus Loew, the first species, by present designation. 



Atacta ScHiNER, Reise Novara, Zool. , vol. 2, Dipt. , p. 328, 1868. 1 species. Type, 

 Alacta brasiliensis Schiner. 



Atalanta Meigen, Nouv. Class. Mouch., p. 31, 1800.* No species. Clinocera 

 Meigen, 1803, is a change of name. Type, Clinocera nigra Meigen. Syn., Clinocera 

 Meigen, 1803; Paramesia Macquart, 1835. 



Atarba Osten Sacken, Monogr. Dipt. N. Amer., vol. 4, p. 127, 1869. 1 species. 

 Type, Atarba picticornis Osten Sacken. 



Atelenevra Macquart, Rec. Soc. Sci. Lille for 1834, p. 356, 1834. 1 species. Type, 

 Pipuncidus holosericeus Meigen. Equals Chalarus Walker, 1834. 



Atelestus Walker, Ent. Mag., vol. 4, p. 229, 1837. 1 species. Type, Empis puli- 

 caria Fallen (as sylvicola, new species). Syn., Platycnema Zetterstedt, 1838. 



Ateloglossa Coquillett, Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc, vol. 7, p. 219, 1899. 1 species. 

 Type, Ateloglossa cinerea Coquillett. 



Atemnocera Bigot, Bull. Soc. Ent. France for 1882, p. 114, 1882. 1 species. Type, 

 Volucella scutellata Macquart. Equals Volucella Geopfroy, 1762. 



Ateria Desvoidy, Hist. Nat. Dipt., vol, 1, p. 809, 1863. 1 species. Type, Ateria 

 nitida Desvoidy. Equals Wagneria Desvoidy, 1830. 



Atherix Meigen, Illiger's Mag., vol. 2, p. 271, 1803. 2 species. Type, Sylvicolse 

 melancholia Harris (as Rhagio diadema Fabricius), the first species, by designation of 



