NO. 1719. TYPE-SPECIES OF AMERICAN DIPTERA—COQVILLETT. 567 



J/('/(7((0g'(t.s<er RoNDANi, Dipt. Ital. Prodr., vol.2, p. 166, 1857. 4 species. Type, 

 Melanogasler nubilis Rondani, the first species, by present designation. Equals 

 Chrysogaster MEUiEN, 1800. 



Melanophora Meigen, Illiger's Mag., vol. 2, p. 279, 1803. 1 species. Type, Musca 

 roraZis LiNN.EUS {as grossificatlon is Fabricius). Syn., Pay kullla Desvoidy, 1830; lUi- 

 geria Desvoidy, 1830. 



Melanophrys Williston, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 13, p. 305, 1886. 1 species. 

 Type, Tachina insolUa Walker (asjlaiipennis, new species). Syn., AtrojiharistaTowN- 

 SEND, 1892. 



Melanostoma Schiner, Wien. Ent. Monatschr., vol. 4, p. 213, 1860. 1 species. 

 Type, Musca tuellina Linnaeus. 



Melieria Desvoidy, Essai Myod., p. 715, 1830. 5 species. Type, ^fusm crassipen- 

 ms Fabricius (as gangrenosa Desvoidy), the first species, by designation of Rondani, 

 Dipt. Ital. Prodr., vol. 1, 1856, p. 108. 



Melina Desvoidy, Essai. Myod., p. 695, 1830. 1 species. Type, Melina riparia 

 Desvoidy. Equals Chetocera Desvoidy, 1830. 



Melinda Desvoidy, Essai Myod., p. 439, 1830. 2 species (as 7). Type, Musca 

 cognata Meigen (equals six of the supposed species), by present designation. Equals 

 Onesia Desvoidy, 1830. 



MeUthrepUis Loew, Isis von Oken for 1840, p. 577, 1840. Change of name for 

 Sphxrophoria St. Fargeau and Serville, 1828, because of nearly identical older 

 names. Type, Musca scripta Linn^us. Equals Sphaerophoria St. Fargeau and 

 Serville, 1828. 



Melitrophns Walker, Ins. Britt., Dipt., vol. 3, p. xxi, 1856. Change of name for 

 Melithreptns Loew, 1840, preoccupied by a genus of birds. Type, Musca scripta Lin- 

 N^us. Equals Sphaerophoria St. Fargeau and Serville, 1828. 



Melophagus Latreille, Hist. Nat. Crust, et Ins., vol. 3, p. 466, 1802. 1 species. 

 Type, Hippobosca ovina Linn.eus. Syn., Melophila Nitzsch, 1818. 



Melophila Nitzsch, Germ. Mag. Ent., vol. 3, p. 311, 1818. 1 species. Type, Hippo- 

 bosca ovina LiNN.EUS. Equals Melophagus Latreille, 1802. 



Melpia Walker, Ins. Saund., Dipt., p. 8, 1850. 9 species. Type, Pangon'ms fulvi- 

 thorax Wiedemann, the third species, by present designation. Equals Pangonius 

 Latreille, 1802. 



Melusina Meigen, Nouv. Class. Mouch., p. 19, 1800.* No species. Atractocera 

 Meigen, 1803, is a change of name. Type, SimnliumornatumMEiGEi^ . Syn., SimuUum 

 Latreille, 1802; Atractocera Meigen, 1803. 



Merapicidus Bigot, Bull. Soc. Ent. France for 1879, p. 50, 1879. 1 species. Type, 

 Merapioidiis riUosus Bigot. 



Meriania Desvoidy, Essai Myod., p. 69, 1830. 2 species (as 3). Type, Musca 

 puparnm Fabricius (as silvatica, new species), the first species, by designation of 

 Desvoidy, Hist. Nat. Dipt., vol. 1, p. 169, 1863. Syn., Platychira Rondani, 1856. 



Mericia Desvoidy, Essai Myod., p. 64, 1830. 1 species. Type, Mericia erigonea 

 Desvoidy. Equals Ernestia Desvoidy, 1830. 



Merodina Macquart, Hist. Nat., Dipt., vol. 2, p. 378, 1835. 1 species. Type, 

 Dacus podagrica Fabricius. P'quals Richardia Desvoidy, 1830. 



Merodon Meigen, Illiger's Mag., vol. 2, p. 274, 1803. 2 species. Type, Syrphiis 

 ' clavipes Fabricius (as curvipes Fabricius), the second species, by designation of 

 Westwood, Intr., vol. 2, Synops., 1840, p. 137. Equals Lampetia Meigen, 1800. 



Meromacrus Rondani, Studi p]nt., vol. 1, p. 70, 1848. 1 species. Type, Meroma- 

 crus ghilianii Rondani. Syn., Plagiocera Macquart, 1842, preoccupied; Pleroptila 

 Loew, 1865. 



Meromyza Meigen, Syst. Beschr. Zweifl. Ins., vol. 6, p. 163, 1830. 3 species. 

 Type, Musca saltatrix LinN/Eus, the third species, by designation of Westwood, 

 Intr., vol. 2, Synops., 1840, p. 147. 



