

506 LIST OF DIPTEKA. 



Tachydromia, Meigen. 



Group 1. 



Tachydromia cimicoides, Fair. Syst. Antl. 144, 4. Meig. Dipt. vi. 

 341. Macq. Hist. Nat. Dipt. i. 349, 1. T. arrogans, Fall. 

 Empid. 13, 18. Meig. Dipt. iii. 68, 1. Curt. Brit. Ent. 477, 

 1. Musca cimicoides, Fair. Sp. Ins. ii. 447, 61. Ent. Syst. 

 iv. 339, 115. Gmel. Ed. Syst. Nat. v. 2852, 231. Sicus arro- 

 gans, Latr. Gen. Crust, iv. 304. Cons. Gen. 443. Tachypeza 

 cimicoides, Meig. Dipt. vii. 24. Zett. Ins. Lapp. 546, 1. 



a. England. Presented by F. Walker, Esq. 



b. France. 



Tachydromia fuscipennis, Fall. Empid. 14, 19. Meig. Dipt. iii. 



71,5. Curt. Brit. Ent. 477, 4. Macq. Hist. Nat. Dipt. i. 



350, 4. Tachypeza fuscipennis, Meigen, Zett. Ins. Lapp. 



546,3. 

 a. England. Presented by F. Walker, Esq. 



Tachydromia nervosa, Meig. Dipt. iii. 72, 8. Curt. Brit. Ent. 

 477, 5 . Tachypeza fuscipennis, Meigen, Zett. Ins. Lapp. 547, 5. 



a. England. Presented by F. Walker, Esq. 



b. France. 



c. Alten, Finmark. Presented by F. Walker, Esq. 



Tachydromia portsecola, Barnston' s MSS., mas. Nigra, antennis 

 nigris, pedibus fulvis,femoribus piceis, alis cinereis. 



Resembles T. nervosa : body black, dull : eyes piceous : feelers 

 and mouth black, the latter tawny towards the base : abdomen 

 hairy at the tip : legs tawny ; thighs slightly piceous : wings gray ; 

 wing-ribs and veins piceous; poisers dark tawny. Length of the 

 body H line ; of the wings 3 lines. 



a. St. Martin's Falls, Albany River, Hudson's Bay. Presented by 

 G. Barnston, Esq. 



Tachydromia similis, Barnston s MSS., fem. Nigra, antennis ful- 

 vis apice nigris, pedibus fulvis, femoribus anticis nigro vittatis, 

 tibiis intermediis piceis, tibiis posticis apice femoribusque posti- 

 cis nigris, alisfuscis. 



Body black, slightly shining : eyes and mouth piceous : feelers 

 tawny, with black tips : legs tawny ; tips of feet black ; fore thighs 



