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piceous, linear, with a few bristles along each side ; facialia without 

 bristles ; epistoma rather prominent ; ej es bare ; palpi testaceous ; 

 antenna; almost reaching the epistoma, 3rd joint four times the length 

 of the 2nd ; abdomen of the female purplish blue, tawny towards the 

 the base, broader but not longer than the thorax ; tibiae above, and 

 tarsi towards the tips, piceous ; wings grey, lurid towards the base ; 

 veins black, tawny towards the base ; pra;brachial vein forming a right 

 and much rounded angle at its flexure, much curved inward from 

 thence to its tip ; discal transverse vein undulating, long, parted by 

 more than half its length from the border, and by less than its length 

 from the flexure of the prajbrachial ; alulae testaceous. Length of 

 the body 4-5 lines j of the wings 8-10 lines. 



128. MuscA FAviLLACEA, n. s. (n. subg. Anisomyia). Fcem. Fulva, 

 longiuscula, capite antico palpisque testaceis, antennis cinereo-fulvis, 

 thorace vittis tribus cmereis, abdomine nigro basi testaceo fasciis tribus 

 argenteo-cinereis, alls cinereis. Var. j3. Thorace cinereo, abdomine 

 fulvo cinereo-tessellato segraentis nigro marginatis. 



Female. Tawn)', rather long, with black bristles; head testaceous in 

 front, whitish and with whitish hairs beneath and hindward ; fron- 

 talia extremely broad, with a cinereous line, beset with six bristles 

 along each side ; facialia without bristles ; epistoma prominent ; eyes 

 bare ; palpi testaceous ; antennte greyish tawny, reaching the epi- 

 stoma, 3rd joint four times the length of the 2nd ; thorax with three 

 indistinct cinereous stripes ; abdomen black, elongate- oval, a little 

 longer and broader than the thorax, with a testaceous basal band, and 

 with three silvery grey bands which are testaceous beneath, ventral 

 segments wholly testaceous ; wings cinereous ; veins black, tawny 

 towai'ds the base; prsebrachial vein forming a rounded and obtuse 

 angle at its flexure, slightly curved inward from thence to its t\\t ; 

 discal transverse vein slightly undulating, parted by a little more than 

 half its length from the border, and from the flexure of the praebra- 

 chial ; alulae testaceous. Var. (3. Thorax cinereous ; abdomen tawny, 

 tessellated with cinereous, hind borders of the segments black. Length 

 of the body 5-6 lines ; of the wings 10-12 lines. 



129. Musca obtrusa, Walk. See Vol. IIL p. 105. 



130. Musca flaviceps, Macq. See Vol. L p. 23. 



131. Musca selecta, n. s. (Gen. Luciha, Desv.). Fcem. Aureo- 

 viridis, longiuscula, capite testaceo, epistomate elevato, pal})is fulvis, 

 antennis pallide rufis, thorace vittis tribus cupreis, pedibus nigris, alls 

 nigricanti-cinereis margine postico cinereo, alulis albichs testaceo mar- 

 ginatis, halteribus fulvis . 



Female. Bright golden green, rather long; head testaceous, cinereous 

 and with whitish hairs behind and beneath ; frontalia deep black, linear, 

 thicklv beset with bristles along each side ; epistoma prominent ; ])alpi 



