796 LIST OF DIPTERA. 



hairs and bristles; wings slightly gray, brown along the fore borders ; 

 cross-vein clouded with brown ; tip cross-vein forming an acute 

 angle with the fourth longitudinal vein, much curved inward, join- 

 ing the third longitudinal at a long distance before the tip of the 

 latter ; lower cross-vein slightly curved inward, nearly perpendi- 

 cular to the longutinal veins ; scales white, with yellow borders. 

 Length of the body 2\ lines ; of the wings 4 lines. 

 a. Maine. Presented by the Entomological Club. 



Tachina Sosilus, n. s. Nigra, palpis antennis pedibusque nigris, 



alls albis. 



Body black, clothed with black hairs and bristles : eyes red, 

 not hairy : sucker, palpi and feelers black : abdomen oval, hardly 

 longer than the chest: legs black, clothed with black hairs and 

 bristles ; foot-cushions dark tawny : wings white ; wing-ribs and 

 veins yellow ; tip cross-vein forming a slightly obtuse angle with the 

 fourth longitudinal vein, very slightly curved outward, joining the 

 third longitudinal vein at some distance from the tip of the latter ; 

 lower cross-vein very slightly curved inward, nearly straight at the 

 base, and at the tip. Length of the body H lines ; of the wings 

 3 lines. 

 a. New Zealand. 



Tachina iElops, n. s. Nigra, capite ad os argenteo, abdomine fulvo, 

 palpis antennisque nigris, pedibus piceis, alisfuscis anguslis. 

 Body black, clothed with black hairs and bristles : head silvery 

 in front ; epistoma prominent : sides of the face without bristles ; 

 eyes dark red, not hairy : sucker, palpi and feelers black : abdomen 

 tawny, cylindrical, much longer than the chest: legs pitchy, clothed 

 with black hairs and bristles ; wings deep brown, rather narrow ; 

 wing-ribs and veins black; tip cross-vein forming a very obtuse angle 

 or rather curve with the fourth longitudinal vein, almost straight 

 till near the tip, and then it is slightly inclined inward, joining the 

 border at the tip of the wing; where the third longitudinal vein 

 also terminates ; lower cross-vein almost perpendicular to the longi- 

 tudinal veins, slightly curved inward in half of its course ; scales 

 white, very large. Length of the body | lines; of the wings 5 

 lines. 

 a. Georgia. From Mr. Abbot's collection. 



