NO. 1719. TYPE-SPECIES OF AMERICAN DIPTERA—COQUILLETT. 569 



Metopia Meigen, Illiger's Mag., vol. 2, p. 280, 1803. 1 species. Type, Musra Icitco- 

 cephala Rossi. Syn., Ophelia Desvoidy, 1830; Araba Desvoidy, 1830; Argijria Des- 

 voiDY, 1863; Argyrella Desvoidy, 1863; Arabella Desvoidy, 1863; Anicia Desvoidy, 

 1863. 



Metopilla Rondani, Dipt. Ital. Prodr., vol. 3, p. 210, 1859. Originally published as 

 a synonym of Heteropterina Matquart, with 1 species. Type, Heteropterina multi- 

 punctuta Rondani. Equals Taxigramma Perris, 1852. 



Metopina Macquart, Hist. Nat., Dipt., vol. 2, p. 666, 1835. 1 species. Type, 

 Phorn galeala Haliday. Syn., LcpUrphora Six, 1878; Drepanophora Strobl, 1880. 



Metriocnemus Wulp, Tijdschr. Ent., vol. 17, p. 136, 1874. 6 species. Type, Chi- 

 ronomus alboliiieatus Meigen, the first species, by present designation. 



Miastor Meinert, Nat. Tidsskr. for 1864, p. 42, 1864.* 1 species. Type, MiaMor 

 metraloas Meinert. 



Micetoica Rondani, Dipt. Ital. Prodr., vol. 4, p. 12, 1861. Change of name for 

 M;icetobia Meigen, 1818, under the mistaken idea that it is preoccupied l)y Mycetol)ia 

 DuMERiL, 1806, used for a section in Coleoptera. Type, Mycetobia palllpes MEiaEH. 

 Equals Mycetobia Meigen, 1818. 



Michogaster Macquart, Hist. Nat., Dipt., vol. 2, p. 483, 1835. 3 species. Type, 

 Cephalia femoralis Wiedemann, the first species, by designation of Schiner, Reise 

 Novara, Zool., vol. 2, 1868, p. 255. Syn., Conopulda Macquart, 1851. 



Micraedes Coquillett, Proc. Ent. Soc. Washington, vol. 7, p. 185, 1906. 1 species. 

 Type, Micrai'dcs bisulcatns Coquillett. 



Micraptoma Westwood, Intr., vol.2, Synops., p. 136, 1840. 1 species. Type, Mnsca 

 segnis Linn^us. E(]uals Zelima Meigen, 1800. 



Microcera Meigen, Illiger's Mag., vol. 2, p. 273, 1803. No species. In his Syst. 

 Beschr., vol. 4, 1824, p. 19, he states that it equals Pipvnculus Latreille, 1802. Tyi)e, 

 Pipunculus campestris Latreille. Equals Dorilas Meigen, 1800. 



Microcera Zetterstedt, Ins. Lapp., p. 572, 1838. 1 species. Type, Ileleodroinia 

 immacidata Haliday (as roslrata, new species). Not Microcera Meigen, 1803. Equals 

 Heleodromia Haliday, 1833. 



Microcera Lioy, Atti Inst. Veneto, ser. 3, vol. 9, p. 906, 1864. 1 species (as 2). 

 Type, Musca ciliata Fabricius. Equals Hydrotaea Desvoidy, 1830. 



Microchsetina Wulp, Biol. Centr.-Amer., Dipt., vol. 2, p. 240, 1891. 1 species. 

 Type, Microclurtina cinerea Wulp. 



MIcrocheilosia Macquart, Ann. Soc. Ent. France for 1855, p. 183, 1855. 1 species. 

 Type, Microcheilosia nit Ida Macquart. Equals Rhinophora Desvoidy, 1830. 



il/icroc/ii'ra, Br AUER and Bergenstamm, Denkschr. Kais. Akad. Wiss. Wien, vol. 60, 

 p. 128, 1893. 1 species. Type, Microchira mexicana Brauer and Bergenstamm. 

 Equals Paradidyma Brauer and Bergenstamm, 1891. 



Microchi-ysa Loew, Verb. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien, vol. 5, p. 146, 1855. 1 species. 

 Type, Musca poUta Linn^us. Equals Clirysomyia Macquart, 1834. 



Microdon Meigen, Illiger's Mag., vol. 2, p. 275, 1803. 1 species. Type, Musca mti- 

 tabilis LiitiNMVs. Syn., Jp/ir/te Latreille, 1805; Oniiop/iyrt Wiedemann, 1824; Chy- 

 mophila Macqv ART, 1834; D/meras^jis Newman, 1838; Mesophila W alker, 1849; IJbristes 

 Walkee, 1852. 



Microdromya Bigot, Ann. Soc. Ent. France for 1857, p. 557, 1857. No species. 

 The characters given ai^ply to Tachydromia oratorio Fallen, which may be taken as 

 the type. Type Tachydromia oratorio Fallen. 



Micropalpis Macquart, Rec. Trav. Soc. Sci. Lille for 1834, p. 316, 1834. 6 sup- 

 posed species. Type, Tachina cornta Fallen (the first, third, and fourth supposed spe- 

 cies), by designation of Westwood, Intr., vol. 2, Synops., 1840, p. 138 (as fnlgens 

 Meigen). E(iuals Bonnetia Desvoidy, 1830. 



' Micropeza Meigen, Illiger's Mag., vol. 2, p. 276, 1803. 1 species. Type, Musca 

 corrigiolata Linn^us. Equals Tylos Meigen, 1800. 



