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DIPTERA. 
Tachinince. 
Hemyda aurata^ Desv. Characters discussed; the genus is distinct from 
Hermyia ; Roder, B. E. Z. xxv. pp. 242 & 243. 
Nemorcea leucanicB, Kirkp., noticed and figured ; Comstock, Rep. Dep. 
Agr. 1879, p. 190, pi. i. fig. 2. 
Tachina, sp. parasitic on Phacellura hyalinatalis, noticed and figured ; 
id. 1. c. p. 220, pi. iii. fig. 6. 
Phirocera [sic] agilis, Desv. Parasitic on the larva of Arctia caia ; 
Van Segvelt, Feuill. Nat. xii. p. 10. 
Masicera cilipes^ Macq., redescribed and figured; Van der Wulp, 
Midden-Sumatra, Dipt. p. 36, pi. ii. fig. 5. 
Degeeria. Should this generic name be retained in Diptera ? Meade 
& McLachlan, Ent. M. M. xviii. pp. 19 & 43. 
New genera and species : — 
Echinosoma, Girschner, Ent. Nachr. vii. p. 277. Allied to Macronychia 
and Trixa ; type, E. pectinata, sp. n., 1. c. figs, la-c, Meiningen (= Tri- 
cholyga, Rond. ; Mik, op. cit. pp. 326 & 327). 
Orectocera^ Van der Wulp, Midden-Sumatra, Dipt. p. 39. Allied to 
Tachina ; type, 0. micans, sp. n., 1. c. p. 40, Sumatra. 
Macronychia Jiavipalpis, Girschner, Ent. Nachr. vii. p. 279, figs. 2 a, 6, 
Meiningen. 
Germaria cervmi, Bigot, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (6) i. p. 365, theDornergrat. 
Exorista pallidicornis, id. l.c. p. 366, St. Germain. 
Metopia palliceps^ id. 1. c. p. 367, France. 
Sphyxapata (?) nitidula^ id. ihid.^ France. 
Melia forcipata, id. I, c. p. 368, Alps. 
Gymnosoma ramulosa, Madarassy, Term, fiizetek, v. p. 38, Hungary. 
Ocyptera umbripennis, Van der Wulp, Midden-Sumatra, Dipt. p. 35, 
Sumatra. 
Gonia minuta, id. I. c. pi. ii, fig. 4, Sumatra. 
Masicera rubriventris and elongata^ p. 37, and longiseta, p. 38, id. 1. c, 
pi. ii. figs. 6-8 (heads), Sumatra. 
Meigenia ciliata^ figs. 9 & 10, and late-striata, fig. 11, id. 1. c. pp. 38 & 39, 
pi. ii. (details), Sumatra. 
Myobia robusta, id. 1. c. p. 40, Sumatra. 
Eurygaster feredayi dt,\i^ jnarginatus^ Hutton, Cat. N. Z. Dipt. pp. 50 & 
51, Dunedin. 
Dexince, 
Dexia festiva, sp. n.. Van der Wulp, Midden-Sumatra, Dipt. p. 41, 
pi. ii, fig. 13, Sumatra. 
Dexiosoma fiavescens, sp. n.. Bigot, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (6) i. p. 369, 
France. 
Sarcophagince, 
Hagen, H. A. List of North American Sarcophagidce examined by 
R. H. Meade. Canad. Ent. xiii. pp. 146-150. 
