32 MUSCID^. 



third linear, subtruncated, longer by half than the second ; fourth 

 almost obsolete ; fifth very short ; sixth bare, stout for half the length, 

 nearly twice the length of the third ; thorax with four black stripes. 

 Wings grey, testaceous at the base ; costal vein ending at very little in 

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

 of the length ; mediastinal vein ending at a little beyond half of the 

 length ; radial vein ending at five-sixths of the length ; cubital vein 

 ending very near the tip of the costal ; pra^brachial vein forming an 

 obtuse angle at the flexure, very slightly curved inward from thence to 

 the tip ; discal transverse vein with two slight curves, parted by little 

 less than its length from the flexure of the prsebrachial, rather nearer 

 to the border. 



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



29. reclusa, n. Nigra, gracilis, cano-subtomentosa, capite albo, 

 tJiorace nigro-trivittato, alls subclnereis, alulis albis, abdomiue fusiformi 

 e macidis nigris trivittato. Long. 2^ ; alar. 4| liu. 



Trontalia concave, with grey tomentum ; bristles of the front not de- 

 scending along the face ; facialia without bristles ; epistoma testaceous 

 and slightly prominent ; eyes bare. Antennaj not reaching the epistoma ; 

 third joint rounded at the tip, very little longer than the second ; sixth 

 plumose and stout towards the base, more than twice the length of the 

 third ; thorax with three black stripes. Wings slightly grey ; costal 

 vein ending where the praebrachial meets it at some little distance in 

 front of the tip of the wing ; subcostal vein ending at about one-third 

 of the length ; mediastinal vein ending before half the length ; radial 

 vein ending at a little beyond three-fourths of the length ; cubital vein 

 joining the costal near its tip ; prtebrachial vein forming an obtuse 

 angle at its flexure, near which it is slightly curved inward, and is 

 thence almost straight to its tip ; discal tranverse vein with two very 

 slight curves, parted from the hind border by more than its length, and 

 by much more than half its length from the flexure of the praebrachial. 



Not common. (E.) 



30. interclusa, n. Nigra, gracilis, cinereo-subtomentosa, capite 

 cano, tJiorace non vittato, alls cinereis, alulis albis, abdomine cylindrico. 

 Long. 1|^ ; alar. Si lin. 



Bristles of the front descending to one-fourth of the face ; facialia 

 without bristles ; epistoma slightly prominent ; eyes bare. Antennae 

 not reaching the epistoma ; third joint very broad, straight above, con- 

 vex beneath, very oblique at the tip, longer than the second ; sixth 

 pubescent and stout towards the base, almost twice the length of the 

 third ; thorax not striped. Winrjs grey ; costal vein ending in front at 

 some distance from the tip of the wing ; subcostal vein ending at about 

 one-third of the length ; mediastinal vein ending at before half of the 

 length ; radial vein ending at a little before four-iiltlis of the length ; 

 cubital vein slightly undulating, joining the costal very near its tip ; 



