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border, and by nearly thrice its length from the praebrachial transverse ; 

 halteres testaceous. Length of the body 2^ lines ; of the wings 4 

 lines. 



234. NoTiPHiLA FLAVILINEA, n. s. Mas et Fcem. Piceo-nigra, ca- 

 pite apud oculos testaceo, antennis rufescentibus, arista plumosa, ab- 

 dominis segmentis flavo marginatis, alls cinereis apud costam sub- 

 luridis, halteribus testaceis. 



Male and Female. Piceous brown ; head rather paler, testaceous about 

 the eyes ; antennae reddish, very short, 3rd joint conical, arista plu- 

 mose ; abdomen oval, not longer than the thorax ; hind borders of 

 the segments yellow ; wings grey, with a slight lurid tinge along the 

 costa ; veins black ; discal transverse vein straight, upright, parted by 

 less than its length from the border, and by a little more than twice 

 its length from the praebrachial transverse ; halteres testaceous. Length 

 of the body 2^ lines ; of the wings 4 lines. 



Gren. Ephtdra. Fallen. 



235. Ephydra borboroides, n. s. Fcem. Nigra, lata, crassa, pubes- 

 cens, subsetosa, antennis piceis, arista pubescente , tibiis tarsisque flavo 

 fasciatis, alis nigricantibus latiusculis cinerascente sexguttatis. 



Female. Black, broad, thick, somewhat pubescent and with a few 

 bristles; antennae piceous, short, 3rd joint round, arista pubescent; 

 abdomen broader than the thorax ; legs rather setose, tibiae and tarsi 

 with yellow bands ; wings blackish, rather broad, with about six gre}- 

 ish dots on each ; veins black ; posterior longitudinal veins abbre- 

 viated ; discal transverse vein parted by more than twice its length 

 from the border, and by less than its length from the praebrachial 

 transverse. Length of the body Ih line ; of the wings 3 lines. 



236. Ephydra maculicornis, n. s. Mas. Cinereo-nigra, capite an- 

 tennisque rufis, his puncto nigro, arista nuda, abdomine nigro nitente, 

 tarsis testaceis, alis cinereis apud costam pubescentibus. 



Male. Cinereous black ; head red in front and about the eyes ; antennae 

 red, 3rd joint round with a black point above ; arista short, simple ; 

 abdomen oval, black, shining, not longer than the thorax; tarsi tes- 

 taceous ; wings grey, minutely pubescent along the border ; veins 

 black ; discal transverse vein straight, oblique, parted by more than 

 twice its length from the border and from the praebrachial transverse ; 

 halteres piceous. Length of the body 2 lines ; of the wings 4 lines. 



Gren. OcHTHERA, Latr. 



237. OcHTHERA INNOTATA, n. s. Fcem. Cinereo-nigra, capite antico 

 flavescenti-albo, pectore pedibusque cinereis, abdomine cyanescenti- 

 nigro, alis cinereis, halteribus albidis. 



Female. Cinereous black ; head yellowish white in front, silvery white 

 hindw ard ; pectus and legs cinereous ; abdomen bluish black ; wings 



