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Division B. 

 Abdomen broad, with five distinct segments. 



Genus-STRATIOMYIA. 

 Geoffroy. 

 Proboscis very short, compressed. Third joint of the palpi rather 

 swollen ; a transverse groove on the lower part of the face. First 

 joint of the antennae much longer than the second ; the third long, 

 almost fusiform, with five divisions ; no style. Tibise rather swollen in 

 the middle. 



S. FULVicEPS. Walker, I.e., Supp., p. 56 (1854). 



Female. Black; head tawny. Proboscis and antennae black. 

 Thorax clothed with gilded hairs, tawny along each side. Pectus tawny. 

 Scutellum testaceous. Abdomen tawny along each side, testaceous 

 beneath. Legs tawny. Wings limpid, tinged with brown towards 

 the base ; veins brownish. Halteres testaceous. 



Length, 4 lines. 



Genus-ODONTOMYIA. 



Latreille. 

 Proboscis slender ; third joint of the palpi slightly swollen. 

 Epistome often salient, a transverse groove near the buccal cavity. 

 First joint of the antennae short ; the third almost fusiform, of five 

 divisions, without style. Generally four posterior cells. 



O. DORSALis. Walker, I.e., p. 536 fStratiomysJ , (1849); not S.dorsalis, 

 Fabr. 



Head piceous, and clothed with short tawny hairs above, green in 

 front and beneath; eyes piceous; mouth black; antennae piceous. 

 Thorax black ; breast tawn3\ Scutellum apple-green, unarmed. 

 Abdomen black, broader but not longer than the thorax; sides green, 

 of a deeper hue than that of the scutellum. Legs tawny. Wings 

 Avhitish ; wing-ribs tawny ; veins yellow. Poisers tawny, with green 

 knobs. 



Length, 3 lines. 



Auckland (Colonel Bolton). 



O. CHLORis. Walker, I.e., Siqjp., p. 57 (StratiomysJ , (1854). 



Female. Black. Head tawny ; vertex and antennae black. Thorax 

 with a green stripe on each side. Pectus mostly taAvny. Scutellum 



