529. 

 MILTOGRAMMA PUNCTATA. 



Order Diptera. Fam. Muscidae. 



Type of the Genus, Miltogramraa punctata Meig. 



MiLTOGRAMMA Meig., Desv., Curt. — Tacliina Fall. 



Antennce inserted in a cavity at the upper part of the face, short, 



drooping, 6-jointed, basal joint short, 2nd ohtrigonate, with 



one or two very strong bristles above, 3rd joint very large, 



subelliptic and velvety, 4th inserted near the base of the 3rd 



outside, small cup-shaped, 5th ovate, 6th forming a short stout 



pubescent seta (3). 



Trophi received into an elongated cavity at the lower part of 



the face (2 *). 



Maxilla: and Mandibles none. 



Palpi long, clavate and pilose, attached to a membrane that 



incloses the base of the trophi (1/). 



Labrum short stout and hollow {b). 



Tongue undiscovered. 



Lip rather long and slender, terminated by two rather small 



membranous and striated lobes {g). 

 Head someivhat trigonute, obtuse in front, face orbicular and silky, 

 profile nearly straight and vertical, croivti bristly : eyes remote in 

 both sexes, lateral and ovate : ocelli 3 in triangle at the back of the 

 head {2 the head in profile, 2 ^ underside) . Thorax not broader 

 than the head, cylindric quadrate : scutellum semiovate and bristly. 

 Abdomen narrower and not longer than the thorax, cylindric ovate- 

 conic, with 4 segments only visible above. Wings divaricating, 

 rather short and narrow, with an oblique icaved nervure towards the 

 apex : halteres small, capitate, concealed beneath the scales, which 

 are large and ovate. Legs slightly bristly : tibiae simple : tarsi 



»5-Jointed, anterior in the male with the 4th joint furnished iv it h 2 or 

 ■ more long curved hairs on the outerside, and ciliated with fine long 

 hairs on the inner side (8 $ the fore leg, side view ; and the under- 

 side of the tarsus is shoivn at *) .■ claws distinct ; pulvilli bilobed. 



Punctata Meig., v. 4. p. 228. No. 3. — Curt. Guide, Gen. 1274. 3. 

 Satiny glossy, pale ash- colour with a fulvous tint, clothed with 

 blackish hairs and bristles : head silvery white, a broad stripe 

 down the crown ferruginous ; antennae blackish, tips of the 2nd 

 joint ferruginous ; palpi ochreous ; eyes dark brown. Thorax 

 with 2 black stripes before and a long spot on each side, with 

 2 behind them, and a broader stripe down the hinder part of 

 the back ; scutellum ferruginous brown. Abdomen with the 

 hinder portion of the segments appearing brown in certain lights, 

 each having 3 black polished spots, smallest on the 4th segment : 

 Wings perfectly clear, slightly iridescent, nervures piceous, 

 ochreous at the base, scales opake-white : halteres ochreous. 

 Legs black, thighs and tibiae hoary outside ; terminal joint of 

 anterior tarsi in the male ciliated on the inside, with a bunch 

 of hairs on the outside, 2 or 3 of them long and incurved (fig. 8 *) . 

 In the Author's and other Cabinets. 



