158 MUSCIDiE. 



arista brevis, nuda. Thorax subellipticus. Alee sat lougse. Abdo- 

 men obconicum, tliorace vix longius. Pedes hirsutissimij feraoribus 

 crassis. 



Body elongate, very hairy, not depressed nor coriaceous. Head nearly 

 as broad as the thorax, short-conical in front ; vertex broad, convex ; 

 front slightly prominent ; face nearly vertical, slightly concave ; epi- 

 stoma not prominent ; peristoma slightly prominent. Eyes rather small, 

 nearly round. Proboscis short. Palpi subclavate. Antennce very short, 

 not near reaching the epistoma ; third joint nearly round, not longer 

 than the second ; sixth short, stout, bare. Thorax subelliptical, with an 

 indistinct transverse furrow. Wings rather long ; costal vein armed 

 with short spines, ending on the hind border near the tip of the wing ; 

 subcostal ending beyond one-third of the length ; mediastinal ending 

 very far beyond half the length ; radial ending at about seven-eighths 

 of the length ; cubital and prsebrachial diverging between the costal 

 veins, very slightly converging from the discal transverse to the border ; 

 discal transverse oblique, almost straight, parted by twice its length 

 fi'om the praebrachial transverse, and by one-third of its length from 

 the border. Abdomen obconical, very little longer than the thorax. 

 Legs very hairy ; femora stout. 



1. sestuum, Meig. Zw. v. 403. 1 (1826) ; Mcq. — ustidata, Curt. ! 

 B. E. 68. Nigra, cano-tomentosa, thorace fusco-quadrivittato, aUs 

 albis, abdomine glaucescente, pedibus fulvis, femoribus nigris. Long. 

 4-5 ; alar. 8-10 lin. 



Black, with hoary tomentum. Head with white tomentum in front 

 and beneath ; palpi and antennae black. Thorax with four brown 

 stripes, the middle pair approximate. Wings white ; veins mostly tes- 

 taceous ; prEebrachial transverse clouded with brown. Halteres testa- 

 ceous. Abdomen with glaucous tomentum. Legs tawny; femora 

 black, with glaucous tomentum. 



Inhabits the sea-shore. (E.) 



Actora huccata, Fal., has been recorded as British. 



Genus VI. SCIOMYZA. 



SciOMYZA, Fal. Sciom. ; Meig. Zw. vi. 9 (1830); Mcq.; Zett, ; Hal. 

 Musca p., F, E. S. Scatophaga p., F. S. A. 



Corpus sat angustum, non depressum nee coriaceum. Facies obliqua. 

 Antennarum articulus te^'tius subconicus, secundo midto longior ; arista 

 pubescens. Mas. Abdomen hneare. Fcem. Abdomen fusiforme. 

 Body rather narrow, not depressed nor coriaceous. Frontalia flat ; face 

 oblique ; epistoma not' prominent ; peristoma rather produced. Pro- 

 boscis short, thick ; palpi filiform. Antenna not reaching the epistoma ; 

 ihird joint nearly conical, much longer than the second ; sixth pubescent. 



