194 MUSCID^. 



Antenricis brevissimse ; articulus tertius subrotimclus, secuntio panllo 

 longior; sextus nudus. Abdomen brevi-obconicuin. Pedes validi. 

 Body short, broad. Head transverse ; vertex flat, very broad. Face 

 obliquely projecting. Epistoma and sides of the peristoma prominent. 

 Palpi thick. Antennae very short ; third joint nearly round, a little 

 longer than the second ; sixth setaceous, very slender, stout towards 

 the base. Wings moderate ; costal vein ending at the tip of the wing ; 

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

 ending much beyond half the length ; radial ending beyond seven- 

 eighths ; prsebrachial much curved, approaching very near the cubital 

 at the tip of the wing ; discal transverse almost straight, very slightly 

 oblique, parted by more than twice its length from the pra^brachial 

 transverse. Anal areolet lanceolate, very long. Abdomen short-obco- 

 nical. Legs rather stout. Fem. Oviduct exserted. 



1. demandata, F. E. S. Suppl. 564 (1794) ; Meig. ; Mcq. ; Zett. 

 — splendida, Fal. — bicolor, Mcq. Viridis, capite rufo albo-bimaculato, 

 antennis rufescentibus apice nigris, thorace seneo-trivittato, alis albis, 

 pedibus nigris, tarsis flavis. Long. 2 ; alar. 4 lin. 



Metallic-green. Head red, with a white spot on each side of the 

 vertex ; face and orbits of eyes with white tomentum. Antennae red- 

 dish ; third joint black towards the tip ; sixth black, pale at the base. 

 Thorax with three seneous stripes. Wings white ; veins pale yellow ; 

 costal vein black towards the tip. Halteres white. Legs black ; pos- 

 terior tarsi yellow, with black tips ; fore tarsi yellow at the base. 



Eare. (E.) 



Ulidia erythropMhahna, Meig., has been recorded as a British 

 species. 



Genus IIL ORTALIS. 



Oetalis, Eal. Ortal. (1820); Meig.; Mcq.; Zett. Musca p., F. 



Scatophaga p., F. Tephritis p., F. Trupanea p., Schr, Seioptera, 



Kby. Cerox-ys, Herina, etc., Mcq. Melieria, Myodina, Heramya, 



Herina, etc., etc., Desv. 

 Corpus oblongum. Faeies carinata. Oculi non metalliei. Palpi gra- 



ciles. Antennarum articulus tertius secundo plus duplo longior; 



sextus pubescens. Faem. Oviductus non depressus nee cylindricns. 



Body oblong, with a few hairs and bristles. Face keeled. Eyes not 

 metallic-coloured. Palpi slender. AntenucC moderately long; third 

 joint more or less longer than the second ; sixth minutely pubescent, 

 more than twice the length of the third ; costal vein ending on the 

 hind border near the tip of the wing ; subcostal ending beyond one- 

 third of the length ; mediastinal ending beyond half the length ; cubi- 

 tal ending at the tip. Pem. Oviduct not fiat nor cylindrical. 



