282 C. H. TYLER TOWN8END. 



10. Face cariuate, therefore with two lougitudinal furrows for the reception of 



the antennae Graplioinyia R D. 



Face not carinate, antennse lying in a single wide excavation of the face. 



9Iyospila Rdi. 



11. Middle tibise on inner side with one or more erect briistles 12. 



Middle tibiae without such bristles jflusca L. s. sir. 



12. Shining metallic gold-green or blue species, without lighter colored pollen 



or pubescence on thorax 13. 



Other colored species, or if blue or green species then the thorax at least with 

 lighter colored pollen or pubescence 14. 



13. Eyes cotitiguous in % ; third antennal joint four or more times the length 



of second Chrysoniyia R. D. 



Eyes not (or but slightly) contiguous in % ; third antennal joint three to 

 four times the length of second liUCilia R. D. 



14. Face projecting on lower portion, not straight; thorax with bristles (macro- 



chsetae), but otherwise only thinly covered with short bristly hairs. ..15. 



Face almost vertical, epistoma not prominent ; thorax, in addition to the 



bristles, thickly clothed with fine hair, which is usually fleecy on the 



sides just before the wing bases 16. 



15. Metallic green or blue species, with light poUinose and black vittate thoi-ax. 



Coinpsoniyia Rdi. 

 No characteristic vittfe on thorax C'allipliora R. D. 



16. Apical cell open Pollenia R. D- 



Apical cell closed in margin Nitellia R. D. 



References to Genera. 



Stomoxys GeoflTroy, Hist. Ins. i (1764) ; Sch., Dipt. Austr. i, 577. 

 Hsematobia Rob. Desv. Myod. 388 (1830); Sch., Dipt. Austr. i, 578. 

 Idia Meig., Syst. Beschr. v, 102 (1826); Sch., Dipt. Austr. i, 579. 

 Ormia Rob. Desv. Myod. 428 (1830). 



Mesembrina Meig., Syst. Beschr. v, 103 (1826) ; Sch., Dipt. Austr. i, 582. 

 Pyrellia R. D. Myod. 462 (1830); Sch., Dipt. Austr. i, 591. 

 Dasyphora R. D. Myod. 409 (1830); Sch., Dipt. Austr. i, 588. 

 Cyrtoneura Mcq., Hist. Nat. ii, 274 (1835); Sch., Dipt. Austr. i, 595. 

 Graphomyia Rob. Desv. Myod. 403 (1830) ; Sch., Dipt. Austr. i, 581. 

 Myospila Rdi., Dipt. Ital. Prod, i, 91 (1856) ; Sch., Dipt. Austr. i, 598. 

 Musca Linn.. Faun. Suec. (1763); Sch., Dipt. Austr. i, 593, s. str. 

 Chrysomyia R. D. Myod. 444 (1830); Rdi., Dipt. Exot. (Archiv. Zool. iii, fasc. 



i), pp. 27-28. 

 Lucilia R. D. Myod. 452 (1830) ; Sch.. Dipt. Austr. i, 589. 

 Compsomyia Rdi., Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Gen. vii, 11 (1875). 

 Calliphora R. D. Myod. 433 (1830) ; Sch., Dipt. Austr. i, 583. 

 Pollenia R. D. Myod. 412 (1830) ; Sch., Dipt. Austr. i, 585. 

 Nitellia R. D. Myod. 417 (1830); Sch., Dipt. Austr. i, 586. 



Synonymy. 



Phormia R. D. Myod. 465, = Lucilia R. D. 

 Melinda R. D. Myod. 439, = Calliphora R. D. 



