162 MUSCIDiE. 



Antennae ta^^iiy ; sixth Joint black, plumose. Disc of the thorax grey. 

 Wings greyish, tvith darker streaks between the veins ; tips of the radial, 

 cubital, and prcebrachial veins slightly clouded toith brown ; transverse 

 veins clouded zoith dark bro?vn ; discal transverse oblique, almost straight, 

 parted by nearly twice its length from the prsebrachial transverse, and 

 by full half its length from the border. 

 Not rare. (E.) 



3. pallida, Tal. Helom. 3. 1 (1820); Meig.; Zett. Testacea, 

 arista puhescente, thoracis disco fulvo, alis favo-siibcinereis, abdomine 

 fusco-fasciato. Long. 3 ; alar. 6 lin. 



Testaceous. Third joint of the antennse short-conical, about twice 

 the length of the second ; sixth black, pubescent. Disc of the thorax 

 tawny. Wings slightly grey, with a yellowish tinge in front. Halteres 

 pale testaceous. Abdomen with a narrow brown band on the hind 

 border of each segment. Tarsi with brown tips. 



Not common. (E.) 



Genus VIII. LERIA. 



Leria, Desv. E. M. (1830). Musca p., L. ; F. ; D. G. ; Schr. ; Gmei. 



Helomyza p., Fal. ; Meig. ; Zett. Blephariptera, Mcq. 

 Corpus oblongum, subsetosum. Antenna brevissimce ; articulus tertius 



rotundus, secundo paullo longior ; arista nuda. Alee mediocres, costa 



spinosa. 



Body oblong, slightly bristly. Head slightly produced ; front flat ; 

 face oblique. Epistoma and sides of the peristoma rather prominent. 

 Proboscis short. Palpi nearly filiform. Antennae very short; third 

 joint round, a little longer than the second ; fourth and fifth indistinct 

 or obsolete ; sixth long, slender, bare. Thorax elliptical ; transverse 

 furrow indistinct. Wings moderately long; costal vein armed tvith 

 short spines, ending on the hind border at some distance from the tip ; 

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

 mediastinal ending at before half the length ; cubital and prsebrachial 

 very slightly diverging between the transverse veins, nearly parallel 

 from the discal transverse to the border. Abdomen long-obconical. 

 Legs slender, pubescent, with a few bristles. Fern. Oviduct exserted. 



1. serrata, L. En. 1847 (1761) ; E. ; Schr. ; Grael. ; Eal. ; Meig. ; 

 Mcq. ; Zett. — latrmarum, D. G. Eerriiginea, capite pallido, thorace 

 cinerco vittis duabus obscurioribus, alis limpidis, pedibus testaceis. 

 Long. 2-3 ; alar. 4—6 lin. 



Eerruginous. Head luteous above, whitish-testaceous beneath. An- 

 tennae ferruginous ; sixth joint black. Thorax with grey tomentum, 

 and with two darker dorsal stripes. Wings Umpid ; discal transverse 



