TACHINA. 19 



d. Facialia without bristles. Species 148. 



d d. Facialia bristly for one-fourth of the length. Species 149, 



150. 



d d d. Facialia bristly for one-half of the length. Sp. 151-156. 

 d d d d. Facialia bristly for three-fourths of the length. Spe- 

 cies 157. 

 d d d d d. Facialia bristly for nearly the whole length. Species 



158. 



b b. Costal vein and praebrachial vein ending near the tip of the 

 wing. TacJiina D, b, Meig. Zw. iv, 400. pi. 40. f. 4, 30. Pkryno 

 p., Desv. Euriyaster p., Mcq. Graosoma p., Desv. Myobia p., 

 Mcq. 



c. Eyes bare. Roesella, Desv. Degeeria p., Meig. Zw. vii. 

 Masicera p., Meig. Zw. vii. 

 d. Sixth joint of the antennse forming an angle with the fifth. 



Species 159. 

 d d. Sixth joint of the antennae not forming an angle with the 



fifth. Species 160-163. 

 c c. Eyes hairy. Doria, Meig. Zw. vii. Phorocera p., Meig. Zw. 



vii. Species 164, 165. 



b b b. Prsebrachial vein united to the cubital near the tip. Tachina 

 D. c, Meig. Zw. iv. 416. pi. 40. f. 4, 26. 

 c. Eyes bare. BaumJmueria, Meig. Zw. vii. Masicera p., Meig. 



Zw. vii. Hypostena, Meig. Zw. vii. Species 166. 

 c c. Eyes hairy. Fallenia, Meig. Zw. vii. Exorista p., Meig. 



Zw. vii. Species 167. 



b b b b. Prabrachial vein united to the cubital at some distance from 

 the tip. Eyes bare. Tachina D. d, Meig. Zw. iv. 418. pi. 40. 

 f. 4, 25. Scojpolia, Meig. Zw. vii. Species 168. 



1. grossa, L. Fn. 1837 (1761); D. G.; Gmel. ; Pz.l Fn. xxx. 

 21; Dumr.; Latr. ; Pal.; Meig.; Mcq.; Desv.; Zett.; Eeaum; Hbst.; 

 Har. Picea, capite flavo, antennis fulvis, alis hyalinis, alulis cinereis, 

 pedibus nigris. Long. 8 ; alar. 18 lin. 



Piceous. Head yellow. Frontalia ferruginous, slightly striated. 

 Epistoma very prominent. Palpi yellow. AntennaB tawny ; third joint 

 black, tawny at the base, deepening from the base to the tip, which is 

 truncated, hardly half the length of the second ; fifth a little longer 

 than the fourth, the two full one-third of the length of the sixth. 

 Wings hyaline, slightly yellow at the base ; prsebrachial vein forming a 

 hardly obtuse angle at its flexure, near which it is curved inward, arid 

 is thence almost straight to its tip; discal transverse vein with the 

 hind curve less distinct than the fore one, its distance from the border 

 less than its own length. Aluke dark grey. Legs black; tibiae red 

 beneath. 



Not common. (E.) 



