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reous, with four longitudinal black stripes, the middle pair being very narrow ; the 

 post-sutural outer dorso-central bristles three in number ; scutellum grey, with the 

 apex sometimes testaceous ; abdomen yellowish-grey, with brown reflections, the 

 usual marginal bristles, and a few small discal setae on the middle segments ; calyptra 

 and halteres luteous ; wings brunescent, with the apical cross veins nearly straight, 

 terminating near the apex of the wing, and curved at the base ; outer cross veins 

 slightly sinuous, and placed almost in the centre between the inner cross veins and 

 the bend of the fourth ; legs black. 



Meigen and Schiner put this species in their genus Tachina, but Kondani has 

 more properly placed it among the MyohicB. 



A female of this rare species was taken by Mr. Beaumont at Box Hill, Surrey. 



MEIGENIA, Dsv. 



M. MAJUscuLA, End. 



Eyes thinly clothed with fine white hairs ; frontalia much narrower in the male 

 than female, occupying about one-fifth of the width of the head in the former, and 

 one-third in the latter ; central stripe brown and rather wider than the sides, which 

 are bluish-black ; face white ; antennae grey, with the third joint from two to three 

 times the length of the second ; arista long, slender, and thickened for about one- 

 fourth of its length ; palpi piceous or black ; thorax black or brown, with five 

 stripes, whick are indistinct in the female, and three post-sutural outer dorso-central 

 bristles ; abdomen grey with black reflections, a short dorsal stripe, and black margins 

 to the hinder parts of the segments, dilated into two large semilunar spots on the 

 second ring, which are more distinct in the male than female ; wings brunescent, 

 especially in the male ; apical cross vein straight, outer one sinuous ; legs black, 

 hind tibiae ciliated along their outer sides with a nearly even row of bristles. 



This fine Tachinid was captured by Mr. Billups at Dulwich in June, 1893. 



MASICEEA, Mcq. 

 M. iNTEimuPTA, Mcq. 



Forehead prominent ; frontal stripe piceous, and rather wider than the sides of 

 the frontalia, which are grey with dark reflections ; antennae black, with the third 

 joint three times the length of the second, which is a little elongated ; arista 

 thickened to the middle ; palpi piceous or black ; facial setae few ; thorax shining 

 black with cinereous pubescence, and marked with four black stripes, the central 

 pair narrow, and the lateral ones broad and irregular in shape j outer dorso-central 

 post-sutural setae four in number ; abdomen shining black, with a narrow, even 

 interrupted white band on the front margins of the second, third and fourth seg- 

 ments ; dorsal bristles both marginal and discal ; wings with the apical cross veins 

 nearly straight, and the outer ones slightly sinuous ; legs black. 



Tliis fly was found at Wimbledon by Mr. Brunetti. 



M. TIRILIS, End. 

 Forehead and face rather prominent ; frontalia occupying about one-fifth of the 

 width of the head in the male, and one-third in tlie female; central stripe black, 

 rather wider than the sides ; face flavescent or white ; fronto-orbital setce extending 



