DIPTERA. 287 
TacHINA Proxima, Mas. 
Nigra; caput ferrugineum; scutellum piceum ; pectus cinereum; abdo- 
men lateribus basi piceum, apice cinereo et albido fusciatum; an- 
tenn@ picee, basi ferruginee ; ale fusce, basi ferruginee. 
Black: head ferruginous ; frontalia pitchy ; face whitish tawny ; feelers 
pitchy ; first and second joints ferruginous ; third full four times the length 
of the second: chest quite black ; scutcheon pitchy: breast gray: abdomen 
pitchy on each side towards the base, with two bands near the tip ; first 
slender and gray ; second broad and whitish: wings brown, lurid towards 
the base which is ferruginous; lower eross-vein slightly waved. Length 
of the body 5} lines ; of the wings 13 lines. 
Para. 
TACHINA TINCTA. 
Nigra; caput auratum; thorax albus nigro quadrivittatus ; abdomen 
cano-micans, apice auratum ; ale cineree. 
Fem. Black: head with a bright gilded covering ; frontalia deep black, 
linear; face white; facialia beset with bristles along the whole length; 
epistoma not prominent: eyes hairy: palpi black: feelers black; third 
joint slender, linear, rounded at the tip, almost reaching the epistoma, full 
four times the length of the second ; sixth bare, slender, rather stout, very 
much longer than the third: chest with a white covering, which is inter- 
rupted by four black stripes: abdomen obconical, suffused with hoary re- 
flections ; tip gilded: legs black: wings gray ; veins black; prebrachial 
vein forming a very slightly obtuse angle at its flexure, near which it is 
slightly bent inward, straight from thence to the tip; lower cross-vein 
slightly bent inward near the base: alule dingy white. Length of the 
body 5 lines; of the wings 10 lines. 
Brazil. 
