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From the notes received regarding the parasitic mode of life of the 
larva as well as from a study of the larva and the puparium which had 
been communicated to him, Rondani recognized the parasite as a Tach- 
inid and undertook to erect for the same a new genus, Ugimyia (from 
the popular name of the parasite “ Uji” ).* 
Soon afterward, Professor Cornalia received the fly of which he fur- 
nished a description—but an unsatisfactory one—intre lucing the species 
under the name of Ugimyia sericarie Rond. (1. ¢., p. 223).t 
In spite of the insufficient character of his description of the fly, 
Cornalia will have to be cited as the author of the species; for in the 
previously published note by Guérin Méneville (Comptes Rendus de 
VAe. d. Sciences, Paris, April 18, 1870, p. 844) there is a new name for 
the parasite, viz, Tachina oudji, but certainly no description whatever. ¢ 
Several other articles by different authors have been published on 
this parasite, § which is called Ujiin its native home, but a correct inter- © 
*The larve of the Tachinide are by no means so fully known that upon this stage 
alone a new genus could be established. 
tTo give an example of the character of this description I quote the following: 
‘Le alisono due. Il margine anteriore 0 costa e grosso, con delle dentellature. 
Questo margine e lungheggiato da una nervatura sottomarginale. Dall’ angolo poi 
partono 6 altre radiate che vanno assottigliandosi al margine libero posteriore. — 
Questo in vicinanza all’ inserzione presenta la smarginatura e il lobo, notto sotto il © 
nome di cucchiaio. Al di dietro di esso havvi una traccia di bilanciere.” ‘he 
figures of the imago given by Professor Cornalia also prove the want of correct ob- 
servation (1. c., tav. 11, Figs. 14-22); they are all quite poor and incorrect. In Fig. 
14 (dorsal view of the fly) the general form is well represented, but the legs are al- 
together too thin, the wings show a venation running in arbitrary directions, and, 
also, there is nothing of a correct pubescence to be seen in the figure. The head 
from above (Fig. 15) is a very queer figure; the frontal bristles are arbitrarily drawn 
and resemble a wooden set net. Fig. 16 (head from the side) is entirely wrong— 
no bristles whatever. Fig. 14 represents the male, judging from the long claws, still 
the front is in the drawing broader than the eye. Professor Meinert, likewise, finds 
fault with the illustrations (cf. Entom. Meddelels, Kopenhagen, 1890, 11, p. 162, line 
5 from bottom). . 
-tSince the Comptes Rendus are not readily accessible I quote the above note ver- 
batim: ‘‘M. Guérin Méneville adresse des observations sur la nature de Vuji ou 
oudji, insecte parasite quia fait éprouver recemment une diminution notable a la pro- 
duction des graines de vers 4 soie au Japon. Les observations faites recemment par 
M. Adams, Sécret. d. 1. legation d’Angleterre au Japon, qui a pu voir & la fois le 
ver, la chrysalide et lamouche al’état parfait, et qui a publié des figures de Vinsecte 
& ces trois états font voir que V’oudji est un diptére, comme la mouche chinoise sig- 
nalée par M. Castellani et comme la mouche frangaise qui a si facilement adopté le 
ver a soie de l’ailante. Il propose de lui donner le nom de Tachina oudji.” 
§ The bibliographical references are found in the following articles by Dr. Meinert: 
‘“How does the Ugimyia larva imbed itself in the Silkworm?” (Ann. and Mag. Nat. 
Hist., London, 1890, pp. 103-104), and ‘‘ Ugimyia Larven og dens Leie i Silkeormen” 
(Entom. Meddel., 1890, 11 Bd., pp. 162-163). For the sake of completeness I cite 
here the note by Guérin, mentioned in Cornalia’s article (1. ¢.) in Révue Uni- 
verselle de sériculture, No. 3, April 1870; also the notes by Bigot (Bul. Soe. Entom. 
France, 1888, p. xxxix; by Riley [and Howard] (Insect Life, 1888, vol. 1, p. 62) and 
by myself (Verh. Zool. Bot. Ges., Wien, 1889, Sitz. Ber. 51). 
