DIPTERA. MUSCIDZ. 139 
EURIGASTER Macq. Tacuina Meig. 11 sp. T. pallipes Fall. 
Broad ; second joint of antennz very short, third joint four or six times as long; 
eyes often villose ; face oblique. 
MASICERA Macq. Tacuina Meig. 4 sp. T. pruinosa Meig. 
Moderately broad; abdomen cylindric, rounded; face slightly oblique; third 
joint of antennz very long, front slightly prominent. 
METOPIA Meigy. Arasa R. D. 2sp. M. leucocephala Pz. 54. 14. 
Rather narrow ; face oblique, margined with sete ; abdomen more or less conic ; 
eyes generally naked; forehead very prominent. 
EXORISTA Meig. Tacutna p. Macq. 12 sp. M. larvarum L. 
Third joint of antennz scarcely double the length of the second; forehead nar- 
row 6; first posterior cell generally open, at a distance from the apex of the 
wing. 
LYDELLA Macq. Tacuina Meig. 8 sp. TT’. modesta Meig. 
Narrow, or moderately broad ; face more or less oblique, margined with sete ; 
epistome not prominent; third joint of antenne not more than thrice the 
length of the second. 
TACHINA Meig. t— 4sp. T. consobrina Meig. 
(Cinereous) ; antennz elongate, third joint of antennez not more than double the 
length of the second; eyes naked; style naked ; abdominal segments without 
sete in the middle. 
CHRYSOSOMA Macq. Gymnocuata R.D. 1 sp. T. viridis Fall. 
Moderately wide (golden green); face oblique; eyes villose; abdominal seg- 
ments setose in the middle. ‘ 
CLYTIA Macg. Musca p. Pz. Isp. T. continua F. Pz. 60. 19. 
Antennz short, third joint scarcely longer than the second; facial sete short ; 
head broad ; epistome prominent. 
MILTOGRAMMA Meig. Tacuina Fall. 2sp. T. punctata M. Curt. 529. 
Abdomen without sete ; antennz short, drooping, third joint twice the length of 
the second; head of moderate size; fourth joint of fore tarsi g with long 
curved hairs. 
MYOBIA R. D. Exorisra p. St. 7 sp. TT. pacifica M.’ 
Narrow (yellow-coloured); style of antennze pubescent; abdomen cylindric ; 
head nearly hemispherical; face oblique, generally naked; epistome promi- 
nent. 
ZOPHOMYIA Macq. Tacurna p. Meig. 9 sp. M. tremula L. 
Narrow (shining black) ; style pubescent, thick at base; head nearly spherical ; 
face naked’; epistome oblique; eyes mostly villose ; abdomen elongate-ovate. 
Obs. ‘'T. enea M. and chalybeata M. belong to the s. g. Macquartia R. D. 
CASSIDZZMYIA Macq. RutnorHora R. D. 3sp. T. gagatina M. 
Narrow (shining blac); style pubescent, thick at base; abdomen cylindric, 
without sete at the middle of the segments; antennz short ; eyes naked. 
DEXIA Latr. Sericocera Macq. 16 sp. O. volvulus Fab. Meig. pl. 43. f. 19. 
Narrow ; face vertical ; head hemispherical ; antenne long, third joint cylindric ; 
style somewhat villose ; legs rather long. 
Obs. D. volvulus belongs to the s. g. Phyllomyia R. D.; M. compressa 
Fab. (lateralis, Pz. 7. 22.) toMentho R.D. ; and D. leucozona, Pz.104.19., 
and nigripes, Pz. 104.18. to Thelaira R. D. 
