5S I August, 



BEEVES DIPTERARUM UNIUSQUE LEPIDOPTERARUM INSULiE 

 KERQUELENSI INDIQENARUM DIAGNOSES. 



EEV. A. E. EATOJf, M.A. 



The following descriptions relate to some of tlie insects mentioned 

 in tLe first article of the present volume. The colours specified were 

 for the most part noted in living examples. The affinities of the 

 genera will be discussed in my final report to the Eoyal Society on the 

 Zoology of Kcrguelen's Island. Meanwhile, Amalopteryx, Ajyefcsnus, 

 Calycopteryx, and Anatalanta may be referred to the MuscidcB ; Sa- 

 tirytus to the Tipulidce ; Limnophyes to the CecidomyiidcB ; and ^«i- 

 hryonopsis to the Oelcchiidce. 



Genus AMALOPTEETX, n. g. ^i ' - 



Alls anguste linearibus longis, prope bases singulariter transverse 

 replicatis posticeque reflexis, plica inter costre articulationem areaeque 

 suturalis basim transiente, apice et margine autiea breviter setosis ; 

 costa brevissima articulata abrupte abscissa, sub-costa margini anticse 

 pro costa continua, nervorum cubitalium ad alae apicem antico poene, 

 postico plane, excurrente, suturali medium vcrsxis margini internae 

 confluentc, costula frenuli paulo costii longiori nervula transvcrsali 

 cubito suturali adjuncta ; capite thoraceque abdomini latitudine 

 sequalibus, bene uon dense setosis, oculis remotis, pedibus validis, femo- 

 ribus posticorum robustis tarsisquc proximo articulorum longissimo ; 

 abdomine ovato, quinque-articulato, genitalibus protrusis. ' 



A. MARITIMA, n. Sp. 



Fuliginosa, pedibus setisque atris ; capite thoraceque setis erigen- 

 tibus longis, antennis nigris, abdomine pilis appressis atris ; corpora in 

 toto pubc microscopice brevissima arctissime apprcssa fuliginea. 



Long. corp. 3 mm. 



Apud litora communis. 



Genus APET.EIS'US, n. g. 

 Alls squamiformibus minutis, halteribus parvis, capite thoraceque 

 vix abdomine angustioribus, corpore bene setoso, oculis I'cmotis, pedibus 

 niediocribus proximo articulorum tarsalium longissimo, abdomine 

 acute ovali sex-articulato genitalibus baud retractis. Larvis inter 

 Bcopulos maritimos in algis viventibus. 



A. LITORALTS, 71. Sp. 



Atra aterrime setosa, alis nigricantibus oblongis lento ante apices 

 emarginatis satisquc costas versus atro*sctulosis, halteribus paliide 



