Generic Pusition of cfrtuin MusciJte. 329 



Tachina crista {ibid. p. 738. — England) = Ernestia {Eri- 

 ffone) radicum, F. 



Tachina tijclie [ibid. j). 738. — Enfiland) and T. amphiro 

 (ibid. [). 719. — \\.\\>^\i\nd) = Blejjharidea vulgaris, Fla. 



Tachina meyaleas {ibid, p. 739. — England), T. pit ho {ibid. 

 p. 740.— England), T. admete {ibid. p. 743. — England), 

 7'. pamesos {ibid. p. 744. — England), T. medoacus {ibid. 

 p. 746. — England), 7\ telestho, T. cerceis {ibid. p. 747. — 

 England), 7\ phi/unis and T. nymphidius {ibid. p. 751. — 

 England) =£'w/acA?«a rustica, Mg. 



Tachina separata (Inspcta Britannica. — Diptcra, ii. p. 67 

 (1853). — Euf^\aud) =Brachi/co/na devia, Fin. 



Tachina lucifera (Insecta Saundersiana. — Diptera, pt. iv. 

 (1852) p. .'282. — Locality ?) perlia|)s belongs to the " Section " 

 Blepharipoda, Br. & v. Berg., but the writer is at present 

 unable to determine its proper genus with certainty. 



Tachina inornata and T. nervosa (Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 

 xvii. (1830) p. 349. — Cape Gregory and Port Famine, 

 Strait of Magi-llan) belong to the "Section'^ Pseudode,na, 

 Br. & von Berg., near the genus Macquartia, Rob.-Desv. 

 The eyes are bare, or but faintly pubescent, and the face 

 and arista are also bare. The fare has a distinct keel and the 

 jowls (Backen) descend posteriorly. The types of both species 

 are males. The two species are very similar in appearance 

 and e.\tremoly closely allied ; in T. inornata, however, the 

 palpi and tibiae are orange and the last joint of the tarsi is 

 ochraceous, while on the underside of the abdomen there is 

 a long and very prominent tuft of stiff black hair on either 

 side of the hypopygium. In 7". nervosa the palpi are black, 

 the tibiae blackish at the extremities, and the anal hair-tufts 

 are wanting. 



Tachina piceiventris {ibid. p. 350. — S. America ; precise 

 locality uncertain) is a Masicera. 



Tachina trifasciata {ibid. p. 350. — S. America ; precise 

 locality uncertain) belongs to the " Section" Masicera, Br. & 

 von Berg. A new genus will probably have to be foundea 

 for this species, diti'ering from Ceromasia, Bond., in the 

 narrowness of the body, the depth of the jowls being only 

 one-sixth of that of the eyes, the long and slender arista, 

 and the third vein being setigcrous nearly as far as the 

 small transverse vein. 



Tachina nlbifrons {ibid. p. 351. — S. America; precise 

 locality uncertain] is a Sisyropa, Br. (t von Berg. 



