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P/iasiu aryoitifrom (List Dipt. Ins. in Coll. Brit. Mus. 

 part iv. (1849) p. 691. —Interior of South Africa).— This 

 species may be assigned provisionally to tlie genus Hyalomyia, 

 Hob.-Dcsv., though possibly it should be transferred to yet 

 another genus : the j)()sterior transverse vein is nearer to the 

 bend oi" the fourth vein than to the small transverse vein. 



Ocyptera picta {ibid. p. 695. — Sierra Leone). — Apparently 

 belongs to Paruluphosia, Br. & v. Berg. 



Trichopoda lateralis {ibid. p. 697. — Brazil). — Belongs to 

 Homoyenia, v. d. VVulp. 



Trura apicnlis {ibid. p. 699. — Locality unknown) = 

 Microphthalma disjuncta, AVied. 



Tachina melanax {ibid. p. 700. — Venezuela) is a Dejeania, 

 Rob.-Desv. 



Tachina ulterna and T. aurifera {ibid. pp. 701-70.2. — 

 Venezuela) belong to Saundersia, Schiu. 



Tachina diversa {ibid. p. 703. — Venezuela) = Saundersia 

 ornala, Maeq. {Micropalpus ornatus, Macq. Dipt. Exot. ii. 3, 

 p. 47). 



Tachina aquabilis and T. constans* (ibid. pp. 704—705. — 

 Venezuela), as also T. transiens {ibid. p. 706. — Quito, 

 Ecuador), T. alligans {ibid. p. 713. — Venezuela), T. leuco- 

 melanaf {ibid. p. 714. — Locality unknown), and T. con- 

 traria % {ibid. p. 716. — Mexico) belong to Saundersia, Schin. 



Tachina notata, T. varia, T. lativitta, and T. vittata 

 (Insecta Saundersiana.— Diptera, pp. 267, 268, 269, 273.— 

 Colombia), and T. transversa {ibid. p. 274.— Brazil) belong 

 to Saundersia. 



Tachina siynata (List Dipt. Ins in Coll. Brit. Mus. part iv. 

 (1849) p. 709. — Locality unknown §) is a Hi/stricia, Macq. 



Tachina zelica {ibid. p. 711. — New Zealand). — As stated 

 by Hutton (Trans. N. Zealand Institute, vol. xxxiii. (1901) 

 p. 51), this is a synonym of Hystricia {Musca) lupina, 



* Saundersia tiit/ropi/osa, v. d. Wulp(Biol, Centr.-Americana, Diptera, 

 ii p. 23. — Me.vico; Costa Ilica), is a sviioiiym of this species: it may 

 also be noted that S. bipartite, v. d. \Vulp {ibid. p. I'.o. — Mexico) = 

 <S'. dicolor, Will. 



t Sattndeisia unicolor, v. d. Wulp {op. cit. p. 2.'j. — Mexico), is a 

 eyiionym of this species. The " palpi ' of Walker's description are 

 Tefdly poltinia of a flower ! 



X Saundersia ru/iiibia, v. d. Wulp {op. cit. p. 24. — Mexico), is a 

 synonym of this species. 



§ The species is from New Zealand, and Hystricia pachyprocta, 

 Nowicki (Beitr. ziir Kenntn, Diptf. Neu-.Seelands (187')), p. 25), is a 

 ^vuonvnl. 



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