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there and is probably lost. Despite Wulp's long description and figure it is impossible to 



place lasiocampae (but it is certainly not a Calodexia). 

 nigricornis Fabricius, 1794 : 331 (Musca). Holotype [? sex], 'India Orientali' (UZM, 



Copenhagen). - ? India or East Indies. (Nomen dubium). 



Wiedemann (1830 : 322) assigned this species to Tachina but it has remained unrecognized. 



Dr Lyneborg has kindly examined the type (which is in very bad state) and confirms that 



nigricornis is a tachinid. The name remains a nomen dubium. 

 prognosticans Walker, 18596 : 124 (Masicera). Type(s) $, Indonesia: Celebes, Makassar (not 



located, presumed lost). - Indonesia (Celebes). (Nomen dubium). 



In the absence of original material this nominal species remains enigmatic. Nothing 



reliable can be deduced from Walker's description and generic assignment. 

 strigipennis Wulp, 1894 : 11 (Demotions). Holotype?, India: Orissa, Sambalpur (not located, 



probably lost). - India (Orissa). (Nomen dubium). 



The holotype should be in the ZSI collection at Calcutta but is missing from that 



collection and is probably lost or destroyed. Despite certain clues in Wulp's description 



and figure (such as the presence of setulae along veins R x and /? 4 j. 5 ) it has not proved 



possible to determine the identity of strigipennis reliably and the name remains a nomen 



dubium. 

 umbrosa Walker, 1852 : 291 (Tachina). Type(s), 'East Indies' (probably error for India) 



(lost). - ? India. (Nomen dubium). 



No clues of value can be derived from Walker's description and this nominal species 



remains completely enigmatic. 



LIST OF PUTATIVE ORIENTAL TACHINIDAE EXCLUDED FROM THE 



CATALOGUE 



Several nominal species of Tachinidae described originally from the Oriental 

 Region are now known to have an extra-Oriental (usually New World) provenance, 

 and a few nominal species from the Oriental area that were described in tachinid 

 genera belong in other families of Calyptrates. As such nominal species are not 

 Oriental Tachinidae they are excluded from the catalogue, but the following anno- 

 tated list is given to elucidate the 'fate' of the names involved. The list is alphabetical 

 under the original binomina, and names that do not apply to Tachinidae are dis- 

 tinguished by non-bold italics. 



Cordyligaster fuscifacies Bigot, 1888 : 101. Putative provenance 'Patrie incertaine, Java 

 ?'. Holotype $, BMNH, London, examined. This species is certainly from the Neotropical 

 Region and is accepted as South American by Guimaraes (1971). 



Dexia chloe Wiedemann, 1830 : 383. Sumatra. Not Tachinidae, belongs to subfamily 

 Rhiniinae of Calliphoridae (see Crosskey, 1966a : 661). 



Eurigaster ? languida Walker, 1858a : 198. Putative provenance 'Hindostan'. Holotype 

 (J, BMNH, London, examined. The holotype is undoubtedly a specimen of the North 

 American species hitherto known as Gymnocarcelia ricinorum Townsend (Sabrosky & Arnaud, 

 1965 : 1093) (syn. albifrons Walker, 1852, preoccupied). The name languida is therefore 

 a senior synonym supplanting ricinorum as the valid name of the species concerned. The 

 new combination and new synonym are formally as follows : 

 Gymnocarcelia languida (Walker, 1858) comb. n. 



Gymnocarcelia ricinorum Townsend, 1919a : 582, syn.n. of Gymnocarcelia languida (Walker). 

 The female holotype of Tachina albifrons Walker, 1852 : 283, has been directly compared 

 with the holotype of languida to confirm conspecificity. The name albifrons Walker, 1852, 

 is preoccupied by T. albifrons Walker, 1837, and the name languida is therefore valid. 



