NO. 1719. TYPE-SPECTES OF AMERICAN DIPTERA—COQVILLErT. 569 



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

 cephala Rossi. Syn., Ophelia Desvoidy, 1830; Araha Desvoidy, 1830; Argyria Des- 

 voiDY, 1863; ArgyreUa Desvoidy, 1863; Arabella Desvoidy, 1863; AnicAa Desvoidy, 

 1863. 



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

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

 punctata Rondani. Equals Taxigramma Ferris, 1852. 



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

 Phora galeaiaWAiAt>A\. Syn., LeptopJiora Six, 1878; Drepanopliora Strobl, 1880.- 



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

 ro)io)i/ns (ilholiiieatus Meigen, the first species, by present designation. 



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

 metraloas Meinert. 



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

 Miicetohia Meigen, 1818, under the mistaken idea that it is preoccupied by Mycetobia 

 Dumeril, 1806, used for a section in Coleoptera. Type, Mycetobia palUpes Meigen. 

 Equals Mycetobia Meigen, 1818. 



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

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

 Novara, Zool., vol. 2, 1868, p. 255. Syn., Conopsida Macqvakt, 1851. 



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

 Type, Micraedes bistdcatus Coquillett. 



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

 segnis Linn^us. Equals 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. Type, 

 Pipunculus campestris Latreille. Equals Dorilas Meigen, 1800. 



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

 immacidata Haliday (as roslrafa, 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. 



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

 Type, Microchietina cinerea Wulp. 



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

 Type, Microcheilosia nitida Macquart. P'quals Rhinophora Desvoidy, 1830. 



Microchira Brauer and Bergenstamm, Denkschr. Kais. Akad. Wiss. Wien, vol. 60, 

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

 Equals Paradidyma Brauer and Bergenstamm, 1891. 



Microchrysa Loew, Verb. Zool.-Bot. Ges. AVien, vol. 5, p. 146, 1855. 1 species. 

 Type, Musca polita Linnaeus. Equals Clirysomyia Macquart, 1834. 



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

 tabiiis hiNNMUs. Syn., . 4 jo/ir«fe Latreille, 1805; Ceratophya Wiedemass, 1S24; Chy- 

 mo;>/i;7o Macquart, 1834; Dimeraspis^EWUAS, 1838; i/i?so;j/iiZa Walker, 1849; Vbristes 

 Walker, 1852. 



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

 The characters given apply 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 comta Fallen (the first, third, and fourth supposed spe- 

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

 Meigen). Ecjuals Bonnetia Desvoidy, 1830. 



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

 corrigiolata Linn^us. Equals Tylos Meigen, 1800. 



