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SUPPLEMENT TO ANNOTATED LIST OF BRITISH TACHINIIDM. 

 BY R H. MEADE. 



(Continued from f. 73). 



MACQUAETIA, Dsv. 



M. APFiNis, Schr. 



This species is closely allied to M. tenebricosa, from which it differs by having 

 the outer cross vein of the wing placed nearly in the centre, between the little cross 

 vein and the bend of the fourth longitudinal vein, instead of being much nearer to 

 the latter than the former, as in M. tenebricosa ; the apical cross vein is also straight 

 instead of being curved, and the size is usually rather larger than in M. tenebricosa. 



A specimen of this fly is in Mr. Dale's collection, bred from a beetle {Chrysomela). 



NEMOR^A, Dsv. 



N. GLABEATA, Mgn. 



This has the palpi yellow ; the antennae grey ; the face white ; the frontalis 

 narrow in the male, with the central stripe black and wider than the sides ; the 

 thorax is dark grey, with three rather indistinct black stripes ; the scutellum is red ; 

 the abdomen is black and shining, with the sides tessellated with white, and marked 

 by red patches, which are very small upon the sides of the 1st segment, but cover 

 the whole width of the side of the segment in the second and sometimes in the 

 third ring ; the discs of the 2nd and 3rd segments are without any large setse ; and 

 the bristles upon the edges are also small ; the legs are black, and the wings clear 

 with fuscous roots. 



This species has been found by the Rev. E. N. Bloomfield near Hastings, and 

 also by Mr. Harwood in Essex. 



EXOEISTA, Mgn. 



E. LIBATEIX, Mgn. 



Ochreous ; forehead rather prominent ; frontalia bright yellow ; frontal stripe 

 black and narrower than the sides ; face white ; fronto-orbital setae extending as 

 low as the base of the third antennal joint, which is five or six times as long as the 

 second joint ; arista with the second joint short, but distinct, and the third one 

 thickened for about half its length ; palpi yellow ; facial setse extending about half 

 way up the face ; vibrissee very long ; thorax covered with yellow pubescence, and 

 marked with four stripes, the central pair being narrow, the outer ones broken and 

 maculiform ; post sutural outer dorso-central bristles four in number ; scutellum 

 and abdomen yellow-grey, the latter oval, with both discal and marginal setae ; ven- 

 tral surface black, with the edges of the segments white ; wings with the apical 

 cross veins straight, and the outer ones sinuous ; calyptra and halteres yellow ; legs 

 black. 



This pretty little species has been taken near Hastings by Mr. Esam, and also 

 at Colchester by Mr. Harwood ; a specimen was kindly sent to me by the Rev. E. 

 N. Bloomfield. 



