358 Capt. P. P. Kina’s South American Diptera. 
73. TEPHRITIS MELLEA, 7. s. 
Fem. Fulva, thoracis vittis abdominisque fasciis flavis, metathorace nigro bima- 
culato, alis flavo fasciatis. 
Corp. long. 23 lin. Alar. 5 lin. 
Fulva, parüm nitens, pilis albis setisque nigris hirta: caput anticé flavum : 
oculi rufo-fusci: antenne fulve ; articulus 4us niger, basi fulvus: thorax 
pallidé flavus; discus fulvus, flavo trivittatus; metathorax utrinque nigro 
maculatus: abdominis segmenta apice pallidé flava ; telum mediocre, apice 
fuscum: pedes flavescentes, pilis nigris hirti: ale hyaline, iridescentes, 
basi anticé flavze fusco maculisque 2 magnis variz hyalinis; fascie 3 alae 
apicem versus pallidé fuscz ; squamule et nervi flava: halteres fulvi. 
Taken at St. Paul's in Brazil. 
*74. TEPHRITIS UNICOLOR, 7. S. 
Fem. Nigra, pedibus fulvis, femoribus nigris, alis griseo —— ice aie tri- 
maculatis. 
Corp. long. 14 lin. Alar. 3 lin. 
Nigra, obscura, pilis nigris albisque hirta: caput anticè et suprà fulvum : 
oculi rufo-fusci: antennæ fusca; articulus 4us niger, basi fuscus: pedes 
fulvi, pilis nigris hirti; femora nigra: alæ griseæ, iridescentes, maculis 
plurimis limpidis; maculæ quoque majores costales duæ et disco una 
fuscæ; squamulæ et halteres fusca; nervi nigri. 
Taken at Port Famine in the Straits of Magellan; and Mr. Curtis has 
received a specimen from Purruchuca, where Mr. Mathews found six speci- 
mens in the blossoms of plants. | 
*75. SCIOMYZA BICOLOR, 7. s. 
Mas et fem. Ferruginea, abdomine nigro-fusco, alis hyalinis ad costam sub- 
fulvis. : | 
Corp. long. 13—2 lin. Alar. 44—4 lin. 
Ferruginea, parüm nitens, pilis nigris hirta: caput rufum: oculi rufo-fusci : 
antenne fusce, pilis nigris hirtze; articulus 4us niger, pubescens, basi 
fuscus: abdomen nigrum, basi ferrugineum : pedes fulvi, pilosi ; profemora 
