Vol. XXX] ENTOMOIvOGlCAI, NEWS 279 



Chrysochlamys buccata Loew. Malaga, April 26 (Nicolay). 



Criorhina notata Wied. Manumuskin, Alay 19 (Dcke.). 



Physocephala castanoptera Loew. Caldwell, August 5 (Nicolay). 



Trichopoda lanipes Fabr. Mt. Airy, Philadelphia, Pa., August 

 23 (Laurent). 



Clausicella tarsalis Coq. Lucaston, IVfay 30 (Dcke.). 



Hypostena nitens Coq. Stone Harbor, July 29 (Dcke.). 



Phorocera tortricis Coq. Lucaston, August 6 (Dcke.). 



Tachina rustica Fall. Forest Hill, August (Wdt.). 



Masicera chaetoneura Coq. Forest Hill, June (Wdt.). 



Masicera festinans Meig. Forest Hill, June (Wdt.). 



Sturmia fraudulenta v. d. Wulp. Brown's Mills. May 21 (Dcke.). 



Schizotachina convecta Wlk. Lucaston, Sept. 3 (Dcke.). 



Theresia canescens Wlk. DaCosta, June 29 (Dcke.). 



Helomyza latericia Loew. Lucaston, September 7 (Dcke.). 



Ophthalmomyia lacteipennis Loew. Brown's Mills, June 22 

 (Dcke.). 



Camptoprosopella verticalis Loew. DaCosta, June 3 (Dcke.). 



Preliminary Notes on Texas Tachinidae (Diptera). 

 By H. J. Reinhard, Entomologist, Texas Experiment Sta- 

 tion, College Station, Texas. 



The Tachinidae listed in this paper were all collected on 

 the campus of the Agricultural and Mechanical College, or 

 in the immediate vicinity of College Station, Texas, unless 

 otherwise mentioned. The relative abundance of flies in this 

 locality, belonging to the family, was the impetus to give them 

 more than casual attention. Three years of intermittent col- 

 lecting have resulted in a large number of specimens being 

 taken, many of which have not been heretofore recorded from 

 this state. The purpose of these collections was to determine 

 the relative abundance of the various species with a view to 

 ascertain their economic importance in a more comprehensive 

 manner at some future time. 



All plant determinations were made through the kindness 

 of Messrs. H. Ness, Horticulturist, and H. B. Parks, Apicul- 

 turist, of the Texas Agriculture Experiment Station. 



Archytas analis Fabricus. This is one of the most common 

 species of this locality. It appears in early February and is very 

 abundant throughout the spring and fall months. Less common in 



