244 ME. walker's catalogue of dipterous insects 



hind tibiae piceous ; wings lurid-cinereous ; veins black, testaceous at 

 the base : praebrachial vein forming a very obtuse angle at its flexure, 

 slightly curved inward nearer its tip; discal transverse vein deeply 

 undulating, parted by full half its length from the border, and by 

 about its length from the flexure of the praebrachial; alulae white. 

 Length of the body 4^ lines ; of the wings 9 hues. 



Subfam. Muscides, Walk. 



Gen. Muse A, Linn. 



51. MuscA DiTissiMA, u. s. (Gen. Luciha, .Des;;.) Mas. Cuprea, 

 capite fulvo, palpis antennisque rufescenti-fulvis, scutello viridi, ab- 

 domine cupreo-i'ufo fasciis cyanescenti-viridibus, pedibus nigris, alis 

 obscure fuscis. 



Male. Cupreous ; head tawny, with VA'hitish tomentum beneath and 

 about the eyes ; proboscis black ; palpi and antennae reddish tawny ; 

 scutellum and hind border of the scutum bright green ; abdomen cu- 

 preous red, with bluish-green bands; legs black; wings dark brown; 

 veins black ; praebrachial vein forming a rounded and obtuse angle at 

 its flexure, slightly curved inward from thence to its tip ; discal trans- 

 verse vein deeply undulating, parted by half its length from the bor- 

 der, and by less than its length from the flexure of the praebrachial ; 

 alulae whitish, with testaceous borders. Length of the body 4 lines; 

 of the wings 8 lines. 



This species has also been discovered by Mr. Wallace in Celebes ; but 

 the specimen from the latter island was too imperfect to be described. 



52. MuscA SARcoPHAGOiDES, n. s. (Gcu. Caliphora? Desv.) Mas. 

 Nigra, cinereo-tomentosa, frontalibus atris, antennis rufescentibus, 

 oculis nudis, thorace vittis quatuor nigris, abdomine tessellato, alis 

 cinereis basi et apud costam luridis. 



Male. Black, with cinereous tomentum ; frontalia deep black, widen- 

 ing much in front ; epistoma rather prominent ; antennae reddish, not 

 reaching the epistoma; eyes bare; thorax with four slender black 

 stripes; abdomen tessellated like that of a Sai'cophaga; legs stout, 

 black; wings cinereous, lurid at the base and along part of the costa ; 

 veins black ; praebrachial vein forming an obtuse angle at its flexure, 

 very slightly curved inward from thence to its tip ; discal transverse 

 vein undulating, parted by less than half its length from the border, 

 and by much more than half its length from the flexure of the praebra- 

 chial ; alulae lurid cinereous. Length of the body Sf lines ; of the 

 wings 7 lines. 



53. MuscA MESEMBRiNOiDES, n. s. (Gcu. Calliphora? Desv.) Fatm. 

 Nigra, tomento cinereo vix aurato, frontalibus atris, oculis nudis, an- 

 tennis longis, thorace lineis quatuor nigris, abdomine tessellato, pedibus 

 robustis, alis fuscesccnti-ciiiereis apud costam diff'use nigricantibus. 



