268 INSECTA SAUNDERSIANA. 
Tacuina varta, Mas et Fem. 
Fusca (mas) vel flavo-fusca (fem.); caput fem. fulvum, antice albidum ; 
antenne nigre basi ferruginee ; thorax fem. nigro quadrivittatus ; 
abdomen ferrugineum (mas) vel fusco-fulvum nigro fasciatum (fem.); 
pedes fulvi (mas) vel ferruginei (fem.); ale fusce albido notate. 
Body thickly beset with black spines: head tawny, whitish in front, 
where it is thinly covered with black hairs, clothed with white hairs 
beneath ; sides of the epistoma beset with black bristles: proboscis black, 
ferruginous towards the tip: feelers black ; first and second joints ferru- 
ginous ; third almost linear, rounded at the tip, longer and a little deeper 
than the second: chest yellowish brown, with four very slender black stripes = 
abdomen brownish tawny, with a black dorsal stripe which is widened at the 
base of each segment; sutures black: legs ferruginous ; feet black: wings 
brown, black at the base, with some whitish streaks in the disk adjoining 
the cross-veihs which are clouded with black. : 
Male. Head and chest dark brown; face and epistoma pitchy, ferru- 
ginous on each side: abdomen ferruginous : legs tawny: whitish marks on 
the wings very slight. 
Length of the body 5—6 lines; of the wings 12—14 lines. 
~ Columbia. 
TACHINA CALIGINOSA. 
Ferruginea ; caput canum nigro vittatum, antice et subtus albidum ; 
thorax cinereus vittis septem nigris ; tarsi nigrit ; ale fusce. 
Head hoary, with a black stripe which widens from the hind border to 
the base of the feelers; fore part and under side whitish ; proboscis ferru- 
ginous : palpi tawny: feelers black; third joint linear, a little longer than 
the second : chest gray with seven indistinct black stripes : breast, scutcheon, 
abdomen and legs ferruginous : feet black: wings and alule dark brown ; 
prebrachial vein curved inward a little beyond its flexure ; lower cross- 
vein slightly waved. Length of the body 64 lines; of the wings 14 lines. 
Brazil. 
