34 MUSCIDiE. 



scutello rufo, alis cinereis, aliilis albis, abdomine piceo. Long. 5 ; alar. 

 10 lin. 



Frontalia ferruginous, widening in front ; face vertical ; bristles of 

 the front not descending lower than the base of the antennee ; facialia 

 bristly for one-eighth of the length. Antennae nearly reaching the 

 epistoma ; second joint red, twice longer than deep ; third linear, 

 rounded at the tip, much longer than the second ; fourth indistinct; fifth 

 short ; sixth bare, stout for half tbe length, very much longer than the 

 thii'd ; thorax with three black stripes, the middle one very broad. 

 SciiteUum red. Costal vein ending at somewhat in front of the tip of 

 the wing ; subcostal vein ending at beyond one-third of the length ; 

 mediastinal vein ending at beyond half of the length ; radial vein end- 

 ing at much beyond five-sixths of the length ; cubital vein ending near 

 the tip of the costal ; prajbrachial vein forming a slightly acute angle at 

 the flexure, much curved inward near this, straight from thence to the 

 tip ; discal transverse vein with two distinct curves, parted by about 

 half its length from the flexure of the prsebrachial and from the border ; 

 prsebrachial transverse vein clouded with brown. Abdomen obconical. 



Eare. In the late Mr. Stephens's collection. (E.) 



13. bijuncta, n. Nigra, cinereo-tomentosa, capite albo, antenna- 

 rum articido tert'io secundo m.ulto longlore, thorace nigro-quadrivittato, 

 alis subcinereis, alulis subcinereis, alulis albis, abdomine subovato tes- 

 sellato. Long. 4 ; alar. 8 lin. 



Black, covered with grey tomentum. Head shining- white, thickly 

 clothed beneath and behind with pale yellow hairs ; frontalia deep 

 black, hardly widening in front ; bristles of the front descending to 

 one-third of the face ; facialia without bristles ; epistoma slightly 

 prominent. Lateralia red. Palpi long. Antennse not reaching the 

 epistoma ; third joint sublinear, a little narrower at the base than 

 near the tip, which is rounded, broader, and much longer than the 

 second ; sixth nearly twice the length of the third ; second stout for 

 full one-third of the length. Sciitellum black. Wings slightly grey ; 

 costal vein terminating a little in front of the tip of the wing ; sub- 

 costal vein ending beyond one-third of the length ; mediastinal vein 

 ending at beyond half the length ; radial vein ending at four-fifths of 

 the length ; cubital vein ending near the tip of the costal ; prsebrachial 

 vein with an inward curve midway between the tip and the right angle, 

 Avhich it forms at its flexure ; discal transverse vein with two very in- 

 distinct curves, parted from the border much more than half its length, 

 and by one-third of its length from the flexure of the prrebrachial. 



Rare. (E.) 



13. contracta, n. Nigra, cano-tomentosa, capite albo, facialibus 

 usque ad quartam setosis, i^alpis fidvis, thorace nigro-(]ninquevittato, 

 scutello apice rufo, alis subcinereis basi subfuscis, alulis albis, abdomine 

 brevi-elliptico tessellato. Long. 3|-; alar. 8 lin. 



