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Beverly, Mass.; Hartford, Conn.; Virginia; Columbia, 8S. C.; 
Savannah, Ga.; Centerville, Fla.; northern Illinois; Tennessee; 
Waco and Paris, Tex., and San Jose, Cal. (Insecta Saundersi- 
ana, Vol. I, p. 283; 1855: Tachina. Tachina obconica Walker, 
loc. cit., p. 296. Hemimusicera sp., Brauer and Bergenstamm 
Ud Witt) Galette Gs. ein oe tee oh ae ee | ee Baie albifrons Walk. 
Abdomen bearing discal macrochetie on the second and third seg- 
ments; black, the first two joints of the antenne, palpi, and 
apex of scutellum, yellow; front of female almost as wide as 
either eye, frontal bristles descending beneath the arista, sides 
of face yellowish-white pollinose, vibrissie on a level with front 
edge of the oral margin, ridges bristly on the lowest two-fifths, 
cheeks one-fifth as broad as the eye height; third joint of an- 
tenn two and one third: times as long as the second, arista 
thickened on the basal half; thorax bluish-gray pollinose, 
marked with four black vitte, four postsutural macrochetie, 
seutellum bearing three long marginal pairs and a short apical 
one; abdomen subshining, thinly white pollinose; wings hya- 
line, tinged with yellowish at the base and along the costa, third 
vein bearing two or three bristles at the base, calypteres white; 
length,9 mm. Seattle, Wash. One female. . . occidentalis n. sp. 
Abdomen bearing discal macrochete, ete. Differs from occidentalis 
as follows: Coxe, femora, and tibiwe, yellow; front of male one- 
half as wide as either eye, sides of face white pollinose, facial 
ridges bristly on the lowest fifth, third joint of antennie four 
times as long as the second, arista thickened on the basal two- 
fifths, abdomen opaque gray pollinose, marked with olive-brown 
reflecting spots, wings not tinged with yellow; length, & mm. 
Florida. A single male specimen, collected by Mrs. A. T. 
SlOSSOM:% . Hee Dea eseeR eae eee ot ore eee australis ni. Sp. 
5. Second and third segments of abdomen destitute of discal macro- 
cheetie, apex of abdomen and of scutellum yellow......-.-.. 6. 
Second, third, and fourth segments bearing discal macrochete, some 
on the fourth as long as those on the third, apex of abdomen 
and of seutellum black, third vein bearing three bristles at its 
base; length,6.5mm. Jacksonville, Fla. (Biol. Cent.-Am., Dipt., 
Viol. Lip. 1005; Marel. 1890: sWasicerd:) ya. strigata v. d. W. 
6, Cheeks one-sixth as broad as the eye height, frontal bristles not 
reaching to base of third joint of antennie (see above under 3). 
phyciodis i. sp. 
Cheeks one-ninth as broad as the eye height, frontal bristles descend- 
ing below the arista, third vein bearing a single bristle near the 
base; black, the palpi, apex of scutellum, and sides and apex of 
abdomen, yellow; front of female three-fourths as wide as either 
eye, third joint of antenne three and one-half times as long as 
the second, arista thickened on the basal fourth; otherwise as 
in the above description of phyciodis. A single female specimen 
