12 MUSClDiE. 



Genus V. BUGENTSS. 



BucENTES, Latr. G. C. iv. 339 (1809). Musca p., D. G. Stomoxys 



p., F. ; Fal. Siphona, Meig. ; Mcq. ; Westw. ; Zett. Syplioyia, 



Desv. 

 Proboscis elongata, gracilis, ^filifoj-mis, basi medioqne (jeniculata . Anteniise 



subdeflexfe, articulis priiiio et secundo parvis, tertio elongate, lineari, 



obtuso. Arista nuda, triarticulata, (jeniculata. 



Proboscis long, slender, filiform, genicidated at the base and in the 

 middle. Antennae slightly deflected ; first and second joints short ; 

 third long, linear, obtuse; fourth and fifth distinct; sixth hare, form- 

 ing an angle with ihefflh. 



1. geniculatus, D. G. I. vi. 20. 15 (1752); Fal.; Meig.! Zw. 

 pi. 37. f. 25 ; Desv.; Mcq. — mitititus, F. ; Pz. — cinereus, Latr.; Lam. ; 

 Meig. ; Desv. — cristatus, tacMnarius, F. — nigro-vittatus, Meig. — analis, 

 Meig. — qnadrinotatus, Desv. — tristis, Desv.- — pusillus, Desv. — fasci- 

 cornis, Desv. — consimilis, Desv. — analis, Desv. — melanoceras, Desv. — 

 testaceus, Desv. — humeralis, Desv. — sylvaticus, Desv. — clausus, Desv. 

 Niger, capite testaceo supi'a fulvo-tomentoso subtus albo-tomentoso, 

 antennis basi fulvis, scutello apice testaceo, alls subcinereis, femoribus 

 tibiisque fulvis ; Mas, abdoraine testaceo vitta dorsali apiceque nigris. 

 Long. lf-2i ; alar. 3^-5 lin. 



Black. Head pale, testaceous, fawn-coloured above, white beneath ; 

 frontalia ferruginous ; palpi pale, testaceous ; facialia without bristles ; 

 epistoma not prominent ; eyes bare ; palpi short, tawny. Antennae 

 almost reaching the epistoma ; first and second joints tawny ; third 

 linear, rounded at the tip, of the male four times, of the female thrice 

 the length of the second ; sixth stout, much longer than the third, 

 Scutellum testaceous at the tip. Wings very slightly grey ; costal vein 

 ending hardly above the tip of the wing ; subcostal vein ending before 

 one-third of the length ; mediastinal vein ending a little beyond one- 

 third of the length ; radial vein ending at about five-sixths of the length ; 

 cubital vein ending at very little above the tip ; praebrachial vein form- 

 ing a gentle curve at its flexure, almost straight from thence to its tip, 

 which joins the tip of the costal ; discal transverse vein hardly curved 

 inward, parted from the border by very much more than its own leiigLh. 

 Alulae whitish, llalteres testaceous. Legs tawny ; tarsi black. Ab- 

 domen of the male testaceous ; dorsal stripe and tip black. 

 Very common. (E. 8. 1.) 



Genus VL GONIA. 



GoNiA, Meig. Zw. V. 1. (1826) ; Mcq. ; Curt. ; Westw. ; Zett. Musca 

 p., I). G. Tnchina p., Fal. r'irfcra, Meig. Zw. vii. Gonidre, Desv. 



