FLO 
fourth segment in the form of a claw, frontal bristles seldom 
descending on sides of face more than one-third of the distance 
to the vibrisse, facial ridges bristly about three-fifths of distance 
from the vibrissz to the lowest frontal bristles; length, 6 to 14 
mm. Toronto, Canada; Franconia, N. H.; Springfield, Mass.; 
Clementon, N. J.; Ithaca, N. Y.; northern Illinois; Ames, Lowa; 
Cadet, Mo.; Brookings, 8S. Dak.; Colorado; Pullman, Wash.; 
Oregon, and California. (Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., Vol. XIX, p. 
96; April, 1892: Tachinomyia: from a cotype specimen. Pro- 
spherysa similis Williston, North American Fauna, No. 7, p. 256; 
May 31, 1893: from a cotype specimen.)....-..-. robusta Town. 
2. Thorax bearing four postsutural macrochete, second and third seg- 
ments of abdomen destitute of discal ones; length, 6 to 13 mm. 
Toronto, Canada; Franconia, N. H.; Massachusetts; New York, 
N. Y.; District of Columbia; West Virginia; Tifton, Ga.; 
Florida; Onaga, Kans.; Texas; Las Cruces, N. Mex.; West 
Cliff, Colo.; Evanston, Wyo.; Pullman, Wash.; Oregon, and 
Jalifornia. (List of Dipterous Insects, Part IV, p. 767; 1849. 
Tachina panetius Walker, loc. cit. Tachina pansa Walker, loc. 
cit., p. 787. Podotachina americana Brauer and Bergenstamm, 
Zweif. Kais. Mus. Wien, V, p. 351; 1891. Tachina clisiocampe 
Townsend, Psyche, Vol. VI, p. 83; May, 1891. Tachina orgyie 
Townsend, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., Vol. XIX, p. 284; December, 
1892. Achetoneura fernaldi Williston, in Forbush and Fernald’s 
The Gypsy Moth, p. 387; 1896. Hutachina sp., Brauer and Ber- 
EIS UAMUEMP EIU EL. uciers, «oie ons oa sneaks aieahele aie ~ sth <5 2% mella Walk. 
Thorax bearing only three postsutural macrochietie, second and 
third segments of abdomen bearing discal macrochete; length, 
7 to 10 mm. Toronto, Canada; White Mountains and Fran- 
conia, N. H.; Colorado; Washington; Los Angeles County, Cal.; 
Germany, and Austria. ‘Two males and two females from Aus- 
tria, received from Brauer and Bergenstamm and by them labeled 
Chetotachina rustica Meig.; also three males and two females 
from Germany, received from Zeller and by him labeled Tachina 
larvarum. (Diptera Sueciw, Muscidie, p. 5; 1820. The follow- 
ing synonymy is by Rondani in Dipt. Ital., Vol. II, p. 200; 1859, 
and is repeated by Schiner in Faun. Aus., Vol. I, pp. 474, 475; 
1862: Tachina vittata Macquart, Annales Soc. Entom. France, 
p. 377; 1854; also flavipalpis, p. 382; ludibunda and rectiner- 
vis, p. 383; audens, p. 385; flavifrons, p. 386; pumila, p. 387; 
albifrons, p. 389; and alacer, p. 390. The following is by the 
writer: Tachina spinosula Townsend, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., 
Vol. XVIII, p. 353; November, 1891. Tachina tenthredinivora 
Townsend, loc. cit., Vol. XIX, p. 285; December, 1892. Cheto- 
tachina sp., Brauer and Bergenstamm 7n litt.).... rustica Fallen. 
Unrecognized species.—T.(?) hybreas Walker; Brit. Amer. 
