54 Psyche [April 
NOTES ON NEW ENGLAND TACHINIDA, WITH THE 
DESCRIPTION OF ONE NEW GENUS AND TWO NEW 
SPECIES. 
By Harrison E. Smita, 
Entomological Assistant, Cereal and Forage Insect Investigations, 
United States Bureau of Entomology. 
Pseudotachinomyia gen. nov. 
Head wider than thorax, antenne inserted above the eye middle, 
as viewed from the side, the head projects in front of the eye, 
nearly one-half the horizontal diameter of the eye. Probosis 
robust, shorter than height of head, palpi large, vibrissze strong, 
cruciate, placed slightly above the front edge of the oral margin. 
Facial ridges bristly on at least the lower half, antennz nearly as 
long as face, frontal bristles descending below the base of the third 
antennal joint. Eyes bare (microscopically, sparsely hairy), sides 
of face on lower half bare, less than one-third as wide as the facial 
depression, ocellar bristles proclinate. Wings hyaline, the first 
longitudinal vein bare, apical cell open, ending well before the 
extreme wing tip, bend of fourth longitudinal vein without distinct 
stump or long wrinkle. Abdomen short conical, male hypopyg- 
ium projecting, female with wide, shining black pseudo-ovipositor. 
Type, the following species: 
Pseudotachinomyia webberi sp. nov. 
Black, gray pollinose species. Length, 6-10 mm. 
Front in male nearly as wide as, in female about one and one- 
third times as wide as either eye, frontal vitta opaque brownish 
black, wider than sides of front. Parafrontals yellowish gray 
pollinose, frontal bristles in a single row, outside of these numerous 
fine, long, bristly hairs. Antenne black, faintly tinged with rufous 
at base of third antennal joint, the third joint in male about five 
times as long as, in female from two and one-half to three times as 
long as, the second. Arista as long as the antennze, microscopic- 
ally sparsely pubescent, thickened on approximately the basal 
third, the penultimate joint two times as long as broad, cheeks at 
least one-fourth as wide as the eye height, palpi yellow. Thorax 
