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'f ' MUSCA CHRYSOTELUS, MaS. 



Purpurea ; caput antice atrum ; abdomen apice flavum, sublus flavo 

 biiritlatum ; antenncB et pedes nigra ; tibia; pi cea, poslicce ferriiginecE ; 

 alcB subfusccE, apice et margine postico subcinerece. 



Purple, ivith a slight while covering : head clothed with black hairs ; 

 face deep blacl' ; epistoma not pvoiniueut: mouth, palpi and feelers black ; 

 tbiid joint of the feelers more than twice the length of the second, ap- 

 proaching the epistoma : tip of the abdomen bright yellow ; under side ivith 

 two yellow stripes: legs black; shanks pitchy ; hind shanks ferruginous : 

 wings slightly brown, pale gray towards the tips and along the hind border ■ 

 veins black ; prabrachial vein forming a very gentle curve at its Hexure, 

 hardly curved inward from thence to the tip ; lower cross-vein slightly 

 undulating : alulae gray : poisers pilchy. Length of the body 4 lines ; of 

 the wings 9 lines. 



MuscA oBscuuA, Mas. 



Viridi-cyanea ; caput argenteum ; thorax antice cano vittatus ; abdomen 

 subtusjlavo biviltatum ; antennm picece ; pedes nigri ; alee cinerece. 



Blue, more or less tinged with green : head with a silwry white cover- 

 ing ; sides of the face and epistoma pitchy ; epistoma prominent : upper 

 facets of the eyes large : mouth, palpi and feelers pitchy ; third joint of the 

 feelers more than twice the length of the second, almost reaching the epi- 

 stoma : fore part of the chest with a broad hoary stripe : under side of the 

 abdomen with ttvo yelloiv stripes on the disk : legs black: wings gray ; veins 

 black; praebrachial vein forming a very gentle curve at its flexure, very 

 slightly curved inward from thence to the tip ; lower cross-vein almost 

 straight : alulae and poisers white Length of the body 3^ lines ; of the 

 wings 8 lines. 



Senegal ? 



MdSCA DISTINCTA, 



Purpureo-ci/anea ; abdomen subtus testaceum, nigro vittatum ; antenna: 

 piceee ; pedes nigri ; ahe cinerea. 



Purplish-blue, clothed with black hairs and bristles : face silvery white : 

 facets in front of the eyes rather larger than those elsewhere : mouth and 



