MUSCID^. 
437 
Rupebtsbisrgeii, Verb. z.-b. Wien, xx. p. 842, mentions breeding Mac- 
quartia nitida, prcsjica^ and trimaculala from a Chrysomela. 
IloNDANi, ‘ Nota sugli insetti parassiti della Gallcruca dell’ Olmo,’ describes 
and figures Erynnia nitida^ R.-Desv. as a parasite of Galeruca xanihomelcena 
or cabnariensis (T. i. f. 1-8). 
GuitniN-Mi^NEViLLE, C. R. Ixx. p. 844, remarks upon the fly parasitic 
upon silkworms in Japan, and proposes for it the name Tachina oudji. 
Rondani, Bull. Ent. Ital. ii. p. 137, discourses upon the same parasite, for 
which, though he had only seen the larva and pupa, he proposed the new 
generic name of Ugimyia, calling the species U. sericnrice. 
CoRNALTA, Bull. Eiit. Ital. ii. p. 217, tav. iii. f. 1-22, gives a full history 
of the same parasite, which he describes in all its stages. He adopts 
Rondani’s name for it. 
Adams also refers to this insect in ^ Revue universelle de sericulture, Lyon,’ 
no. 36, April 1870. There are also references to it by Rondani in ‘ Bollettino 
del Comizio Agrario,’ April 1870, and Girard, Note relative au parasite 
appeie Ouji,” in Bull. Soc. Acclim. June 1870. 
Riley, Amer. Ent. ii. p. 101, notes the parasitism of Exorista militaris on 
riatysamia cecropia, and describes its transformations. 
Glaurocnra, gen.nov., Thoms. Eugen. Resa, p. 618 (1868). Allied to 
l?rixa and Myohia. G.Jlava, sp. n., Thoms. 1. c. p. 619, T. ix. f. 9, Mauritius. 
Ugimyia, gen. nov., Rond, and Conialia (see above). U. sericarim, sp. n., 
Rond, and Comalia, Japan. 
Echinomyia Jilipalpis, sp. n., Thoms. Eugen. Resa, p. 677 (1868), California. 
Jurinea echinata, sp. n., Thoms. 1. c. p. 616, California. 
Exorista Jlavicauda, sp. n., Riley, 2nd Ann. Rept. Ins. Miss. p. 60, Missouri. 
Exorista rujicornis, sp. n., Thoms. 1. c. p. 620, Rio Janeiro. 
Tachina lasiops, sp. n., Lw. Nachr. Ges. Mosc. no. 26, Turkestan. 
Tachina alhifrons, sp. n., Smith, Tr. E. Soc. 1870. 
Masicera jlaviseta, Mauritius ; quadrizonula, St. Helena : spp. nn., Thoms. 
1. c. pp. 621* 622. 
Miltogramma biseta, Panama ; erythrocera, California : spp. nn., Thoms. 
1. c, pp. 623, 624. 
Myohia hrachyptera, Rio Janeiro ; dasycnemis, Galapagos ; uncinata, Cape 
of Good Hope : spp. nn., Thoms. 1. c. pp. 626-627. 
Thryptocei'a setinervis, sp. n., Thoms, h c. p. 619, China. 
Clytia spmicosta, sp. n., Thoms, l.c. p. 62.3, Mauritius. 
Eegeeria antarctica, Patagonia; sptWcos^«, Manilla: spp. nn., Thoms, he, 
pp. 627, 628. 
Dexincs. 
Rutilia albopicta, pubicollis, spinipectus, spp. nn., Thoms. 1. c. pp. 629, 6.30, 
Sydney. 
Medoria spmicosta, sp. n., Thoms. /. c. p. 622, Mauritius. 
Prosena macropus, sp. n., Thoms, h c. p. 631, Sydney. 
Jh'ncra pallicornis, sp. n., Lw. Nachr. Ges. Mosc. no. 28, Turkestan. 
Dinera spinigera, sp. n., Thoms, h c. p. 631, Cape of Good Hope. 
Sarcophagince. 
Tricharaa, gen. nov., Thoms. Eugen. Resa, p. 640 (1868). Allied to Sar^ 
cophaga, T. scatophagina, sp. n., Thoms. 1. c. p. 641, Rio Janeiro. 
