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Subfamily VI. ANTHOMYIDES. 



AnthomyzidcB, Latr. ; !Mcq. ; Westw. Mesomydce, Desv. Anthomy- 

 zides, Zett. 



Caput non vesiculosum. Antennae facie paullo breviores ; articulus tertius 

 eloDgatus ; quartus obsoletus ; quintus brevis ; sextus basi incrassa- 

 tus, tertio multo longior. Thorax siibellipticus, transverse sulcatus. 

 Alae mediocres ; vena prcehrachialis recta vel subrecta. Alula me- 

 diocres aiit parxxe. Abdomen non elongatum. Pedes longitudine 

 mediocres. 



Body hairy, bristly. Head not vesiculose. Tovefe of the face very 

 shallow. Antennse nearly reaching the epistoma ; third joint very 

 slightly tapering from the base to the rounded tip, more than twice the 

 length of the second ; fourth obsolete ; fifth short ; sixth short at the 

 base, much longer tlian the third. Thorax nearly elliptical, with a 

 transverse suture. Wings of moderate size. Costal vein ending where 

 the prsebrachial meets it on the hind border at some distance from the 

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

 of the leugth of the wing ; mediastinal vein ending at about half the 

 length ; radial ending at beyond sixth-sevenths of the length ; cubital 

 vein joining the costal at very little in front of the tip of the wing ; 

 prabracJual vein straigJit, or nearly so. Anal and subanal veins abbre- 

 viated. Alula of moderate size, or small. Abdomen not long. Legs 

 of moderate length. 



The Anthomyides are nearly allied to the Muscides, but may be 

 distinguished by the straight praebrachial vein, and by the smaller 

 alulae. Their size also is generally smaller, their bodies longer 

 and less compact, and their flight less powerful. Their larvae mostly 

 live on decaying vegetable substances. The three genera here 

 adopted may be thus distinguished : — 



C straight 

 [•is < 



Cwith genie 



_ straight 1. Anthomyia. 



linear or subclavate. Proboscis . 



geniculate labella . 2. Deymeia. 



Palpi ^ 



(.capitate 3. Lispe. 



Genus I. ANTHOMYIA. 



Anthomyia et Ccenosia, Meig. Zw. v. 81. 210 (1826). Aricia et An- 

 tliomyza, Zett, Aricia, Spilor/aster, Hydroplioria, Hydrofcea, OpJiy- 

 ra, LimnopJiora, Hylemyia, Chortopli'ila, Atomoyaster, Ilomalomyia 

 (Bouche), Anthomyia, Pegomyia, etc., Desv. ; Mcq. ; Meig. Zw. vii. 



Color varius, plerumque obscurus, rarissime submetallicus. Oculi 



