270 CHAKLES W. JOHNSON. 



yclldw: first three segments of the venter yellowisli, ])nsteri()r niarfjin of the 

 third black; fourth yellow, with a central spot and posterior margin of black; 

 fifth with four spots on tlie anterior margin, and the posterior margin yellow. 

 Femora greenish yellow, tips testaceous; tibia? testaceous, tips of the anterior 

 ones brown, tarsi black, metatarsi testaceous ; outer margin of the wings yellow, 

 five posterior cells. 



Mexico (Ma('({uart). 



Odontoinyia riibricornis Mac(iuart. 



Odonloini/ia rnbricorms Macquart, Dipt. Exot. Suppl. i, 53. 



Antennfe testaceous, apex brown. Thorax bluish l)lack. Abdomen white, 

 dorsal stripe black ; posterior legs brown, middle of the femora black. 



Length SA 1. "J,. — Near to (). riridnla. Face black, shining; front lilack, with 

 lines. Antennse dark testaceous, tips black. Thorax bluish black, with a thin 

 white ])ubescence ; margin of the scutellum and spines yellow. Abdomen yel 

 lowish white; first, second and third segments with a dorsal stripe of black, en 

 larged at the two extremities ; stripe much more wider on the fourth and fifth 

 segments, but not reaching the sides; venter white, a little brown at the tips of 

 the tibiiB and the joints of the tarsi. Wings hyaline, 

 ^ferida, Yucatan. 



Odoiitoinyia liiiibipeiini!^ Macquart. 



Odoiiioiin/id Unihipruiiis Macq., Dipt. Exot. Sui)|)l. ii, :>(», 2i. 



StrKtiomi/s limhipeimis Walker, List, etc., v, 39. » 



" The label in ^Macquart's hand-writing in jNIr. Bigot's collection 

 hears Ainericd with a query. The query is omitted in the Dipt. 

 Exot. I doubt that this is a North American species" (Osten Sacken). 



Odoiitomyia alboniacitlata Macquart. 



(>do)it<)iiii/ia (ilhoiiiiicidiitii Maccjuart, Dipt. Exot. i, 1, 189. 

 Striitioini/s alhoinaciUdtd Wiilker, List, etc.. v, 40. 

 Length i\ 1. 9 • — Thorax black, scutellum red. Alxlomen dark iilue, macu 

 lated with white. Legs black, first joint of the tarsi white. Face even, inclined, 

 tawny, pubescence whitish ; front narrow, tawny, back of head tawny. Anteunte 

 tawny, first joint brown, as well as the last division of the third. Thorax black, 

 with a line of whitish pubescence; spine of the scutellum yellow. Abdomen 

 blackish blue, each segment with a lateral whitish spot and pubescence; under- 

 side of the body whitish pubescence. Legs black, knees tawny; halteres white. 

 Wings grayish, veins brown, with five posterior cells. 



Port ail Prince, San Domingo [Hayti], (Macquart). 



<><loiitoinyia vi<*iiia Mac(iuart. 



Odonfomyiu viciiia Macquart, Dipt. Exot. i, 188. 



Stratiomys vicina Walker, List, etc., v, 40. 

 Length 3 1. 9 . — Black. Abdomen green, with a narrow black dorsal stripe, 

 the apex dilated. Resembles 0. viridis ; the first two joints of the autennse 

 brownish, testaceous, third imperfect; the black stripe of the abdomen narrow 

 on the first three segments, wide on the fourth. 



Cuba. Collection of M. Serville (Macquart). 



