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aiul along the veins, blackish towards the tips; veins tavvnj', black 

 towards the tips; discal transverse vein curved outward, parted by 

 hardly one-fourth of its length from the border, and by niucli more 

 than its length from the oblique prjcbrachial transverse vein. Length 

 of the body 8 lines; of the wings 14 lines. 



3-1, Dacus curvifer, n. s. Foem. Piceus, capitefulvo, facie uigro bi- 

 jjunctata, thorace vittis quatuor nigris, maculis duabus lateralibus scu- 

 telloque fulvis, abdomine uigro fascia ventreque fulvis, pedibus pallida 

 fulvis, ahs limpidis vittis duabus fasciisque tribus fuscescentibus. 



Female. Piceous. Head tawny ; face with a black point on each side. 

 Antennae extending beyond the epistoma ; 3rd joint linear, slender, 

 more than four times the length of the 2nd ; arista bare. Thorax to- 

 mentose, with four slender black stripes, the outer pair abbreviated; 

 a large spot at the base of each fore wing and the scutellum pale 

 tawny. Abdomen black, oval, broader but not longer than the thorax ; 

 2ud segment pale tawny; underside tawny. Legs pale tawny. Wings 

 limpid, with two brownish stripes, and with three irregular brownish 

 bands ; 1st stripe costal ; 2nd along the anal vein ; 1st band connect- 

 ing the two stripes ; 2nd very broad, recurved inward towards the costa ; 

 3rd oblique ; discal transverse vein hardly undulating, parted by one- 

 fourth of its length from the border, and by a little less than its length 

 from the oblique pra^brachial transverse vein. Length of the body 

 5 lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



Gren. Tetpeta, Mcif/en. 



35. Trypeta multistriga. Walk. See Vol. IIL p. 119. 



Subfam. Achiides, Walk. 

 Gen. AcHiAs, Fabi-. 



36. Achias latividens. Walk. See Vol. IIL p. 121. 



Mais'? Piceous. Head whitish yellow in front ; face with three black 

 stripes ; gense much developed ; petioles of the eyes longer than the 

 space between them, with a yellow stripe in front. Thorax with five 

 cinereous stripes ; middle stripe double ; pectus cinereous ; scutellum 

 purple. Abdomen purplish blue, with two large cinereous spots on 

 each side, pale at the base. 



37. AcHiAS ASPiciENS, u. s. F(£m. Picea, capite fulvo fasciis duabus 

 vittisque quatuor nigris, oculis subpetiolatis, thorace vittis quatuor 

 rufescentibus, abdomine fulvo apice piceo, tarsis posticis femoribusque 

 flavis, illis femoribusque anticis apice piceis, alls limpidis costa nigra, 

 vena transversa discali fusco nebulosa. 



Female. Piceous. Head taAvny, with two black bands in front ; face 

 with two black stripes ; an oblique black stripe on each side between 

 the face and the gena; ; eyes with short petioles, extending beyond 

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