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MUSCA FASCIATA. 



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Viridis ; caput hiUum ; thorax ntyro trhittatus ; abdominis segmenta 

 ^j purpurea fascia ta ; antenna lutece ; pedes nigri, tibiis ferrugineis ; 

 alie cinei-ea. 



Green : head luteous ; frontalia pale ferruginous : feelers luteous : 

 chest with three black stripes : abdomen ti'ith a purple band along the hind 

 border of each segment; under side with white reflections: legs black; 

 shanks ferruginotis : wings gray ; veins black; pra;brachial vein forming a 

 right angle at its flexure, curved inward near this, straight from thence to 

 the tip ; lower cross-vein with the two curves, the upper one more distinct 

 than the lower : aluhe white, with pale yellow borders: halteres yellow. 

 Length of the body 3;^ lines ; of the wings Q\ lines. 



Brazil. 



MlISCA PCEPUBEA, MaS. L^^'KWvl.^'e V'^i^-^^'t-©,., 



Cganeo-purpurea ; caput attratum ; thorax antice mneo-viridis ; antenna: 

 hitea, articulo 3o supra ferrugineo ; pedes picei ; alee cinerece, basi 

 et ad costam nigricantes. 



Purple, partly blue : head pale gold-colour, clothed behind and beneath 

 with yellow hairs ; face whitish : eyes with large facets on the upper part : 

 mouth pitchy ; 2}iilpi yellow : feelers luteous ; third joint ferruginous above, 

 four times the length of the second ; sixth blackish towards the tip : fore 

 part of the chest ceneous-green with a hoary covering ; a luteous scapula on 

 each side of the fore-breast : legs pitchy ; wings gray, blackish at the base 

 and along the fore border ; veins black; praebrachial vein slightly curved 

 inward beyond its flexure ; lower cross-vein much curved outward : alulae 

 slightly testaceous : halteres yellow. Length of the body 3i lines ; of the 

 wings 7 lines. 



South America. 



