24 MB. WALKER'S CATALOGUE OF DIPTEllOUS INSECTS 



80. Musca poephyeina, n. s. (genus Lucilia, JDesv.), foem. Purpurea, capite 

 albido, antennis pedibusque nigris, palpis fulvis, abdomine aeneo-purpureo, 

 alis cinereis. 



Female. Purple. Head whitish. Proboscis and antennae black. Palpi tawny. 

 Thorax with a slight hoary tinge which is very indistinctly striped. Ab- 

 domen bronze-purple. Legs black. Wings grey ; veins black ; praebrachial 

 vein forming a very slightly obtuse angle at its flexure, from whence it is 

 very slightly curved inward to its tip ; discal transverse vein nearly straight, 

 parted by little more than half its length from the border and from the 

 flexure of the prsebrachial. Alulae dark grey. Length of the body 4} lines ; 

 of the wings 9 lines. 



Mount Ophir, at the height of 4000 feet. 



81. Musca teita, n. s. (genus Lucilia, Desv.), foem. Cyaneo-viridis, capite 

 pedibusque nigris, facie alba, thoracis lateribus' subpurpurascentibus, ab- 

 dominis lateribus apiceque albido-tomentosis, alis sublimpidis. 



Female. Bright bluish-green. Head and appendages and legs black ; face 

 white. Sides of the thorax slightly purplish. Abdomen green, with slight 

 whitish tomentum along each side and at the tip. Wings almost limpid ; 

 veins black ; prsebrachial vein forming a very obtuse and slightly rounded 

 angle at its flexure, from whence to its tip it is hardly curved inward ; 

 discal transverse vein hardly curved inward, parted by much less than its 

 length from the border and by a little less than its length from the flexure 

 of the prsebrachial vein. Alulse greyish. Length of the body 3 lines ; of 

 the wings 6 lines. 



Malacca. 



82. Musca deeixa, n. s. (genus Lucilia, Desv.), mas. Cyaneo-viridis, capite 

 albido, epistomate testaceo, palpis pedibusque nigris, antennis fulvis, alis 

 subcinereis. 



Male. Bluish-green. Head whitish ; epistoma testaceous. Proboscis, palpi 

 and legs black. Antennae tawny. Wings greyish ; veins black ; prse- 

 brachial vein forming a slightly obtuse and slightly rounded angle at its 

 flexure, from whence to its tip it is moderately curved inward ; discal 

 transverse vein slightly undulating, parted by one-third of its length from 

 the border, and by less than half its length from the flexure of the prse- 

 brachial. Alulse grey. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 



Singapore. 



83. Musca eeelectens, n. s. (genus Pollenia, Desv.), foem. Purpureo- 

 cyanea, viridi-varia, capite fulvo, frontalibus cinereis, palpis antennisque 

 testaceis, pectore testaceo, maculis duabus purpureo-cyaneis, abdomine 

 cano-subtessellato, apice seneo, pedibus validis nigris, tibiis fulvis, alis sub- 

 cinerascentibus. 



Female. Purplish-blue tinged with green, hardly shining. Head fawn- 

 colour, testaceous in front j frontalia cinereous. Proboscis black. Palpi, 

 antennae and pectus testaceous, the latter with a purplish-blue mark on 

 each side. Abdomen slightly tessellated with hoary tomentum, aeneous 

 at the tip. Legs black, stout ; tibiae tawny. Wings very slightly greyish j 

 veins black, testaceous towards the base and along the costa ; prsebrachial 



