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piceous, linear, with a few bristles along each side ; facialia without 

 bristles ; epistoma rather prominent ; eyes bare ; palpi testaceous ; 

 antennae almost reaching the epistoma, 3rd joint four times the length 

 of the 2nd ; abdomen of the female purphsh blue, tawny towards the 

 the base, broader but not longer than the thorax ; tibiae above, and 

 tarsi towards the tips, piceous ; wings grey, lurid towards the base ; 

 veins black, tawny towards the base ; praebrachial vein forming a right 

 and much rounded angle at its flexure, much curved inward from 

 thence to its tip ; discal transverse vein undulating, long, parted by 

 more than half its length from the border, and by less than its length 

 from the flexure of the praebrachial ; alulae testaceous. Length of 

 the body 4-5 lines ; of the wings 8-10 lines. 



128. MuscA FAVILLACEA, n. s. (n. subg. Anisomyia). Fcem. Fulva, 

 longiuscula, capite antico palpisque testaceis, antennis cinereo-fulvis, 

 thorace vittis tribus cinereis, abdomine nigro basi testaceo fasciis tribus 

 argenteo-cinereis, alis cinereis. Var. /3. Thorace cinereo, abdomine 

 fulvo cinereo-tessellato segmentis nigro marginatis. 



Female. Tawny, rather long, with black bristles; head testaceous in 

 front, whitish and with whitish hairs beneath and hindward ; fron- 

 talia extremely broad, with a cinereous line, beset with six bristles 

 along each side ; facialia without bristles ; epistoma prominent ; eyes 

 bare; palpi testaceous; antennae greyish tawny, reaching the epi- 

 stoma, 3rd joint four times the length of the 2nd ; thorax with three 

 indistinct cinereous stripes; abdomen black, elongate- oval, a little 

 longer and broader than the thorax, with a testaceous basal band, and 

 with three silvery grey bands which are testaceous beneath, ventral 

 segments wholly testaceous; wings cinereous; veins black, tawny 

 towards the base; praebrachial vein forming a rounded and obtuse 

 angle at its flexure, shghtly curved inward from thence to its tip ; 

 discal transverse vein slightly undulating, parted by a little more than 

 half its length from the border, and from the flexure of the praebra- 

 chial ; alulae testaceous. Var. (3. Thorax cinereous ; abdomen tawny, 

 tessellated with cinereous, hind borders of the segments black. Length 

 of the body 5-6 lines ; of the wings 10-12 lines. 



129. Musca obtrusa, Walk. See Vol. III. p. 105. 



130. Musca flaviceps, Macq. See Vol. I. p. 23. 



131. Musca selecta, n. s. (Gen. Lucilia, Desv.). Fcem. Aureo- 

 viridis, longiuscula, capite testaceo, epistomate elevato, palpis fulvis, 

 antennis pallide rufis, thorace vittis tribus cupreis, pedibus nigris, alis 

 nigricanti-cinereis margine postico cinereo, aluhs albidis testaceo mar- 

 ginatis, halteribus fulvis . 



Female. Bright golden green, rather long ; head testaceous, cinereous 

 and with whitish hairs behind and beneath ; frontaha deep black, linear, 

 thickly beset with bristles along each side ; epistoma prominent ; palpi 



