354 INSECTA SAUNDER5IANA. 



Anthomyia solita, Mas. 



Cinerea ; caput cano-tomentosum, pal-pis antennuque nigris, thorax nigra 

 quadrivittatus ; abdomen nigra tessellatum; aim stihcinerece, venis 

 transversis fusco marginalis. 



Gray : head ivith a hoary covering ; optica white ; epistoma not pro- 

 minent: nioutli pitchy; palpi black, slender: feelers black; third joint 

 slightly increasing in depth towards the tip, not reaching the epistoma, 

 about twice the length of the second : fourth and fifth distinct ; sixth 

 slender, feathered with long hairs, stout towards the base : chest with four 

 black stripes : abdomen tessellated unth black : legs black ; thighs and 

 shanks with a hoary tinge : wings pale gray ; veins black, tawny at the 

 base ; cross-veins clouded with brown ; lower cross-vein with the two usual 

 curves which are very slight: alulae colourless with yellow borders : halteres 

 luteous, with yellow knobs. Length of the body 3^ lines ; of the wings 

 7i lines. 



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Anthomyia incerta, Mas. 



Nigra, cano-toinentosa ; caput album; thorax cinereo quadrivittatus ; ab- 

 domen cinereum, segmentis nigra quadrimaculatis ; alee subcinerecB, 

 venis transversis subnebulosis. 



Black, with a hoary covering : head with a white covering ; frontalia 

 black, very slender ; facialia without bristles ; epistoma not prominent : 

 eyes bare : palpi and feelers black : chest with four gray stripes : abdomen 

 cinereous, obconical, a little longer than the chest, ivithfour black spots on 

 each segment: legs black: unngs slightly gray; veins black; cross-veins 

 slightly clouded ; lower cross-vein with the two curves which are distinct : 

 alulae white, with pale yellow borders: halteres tawny. Length of the 

 body 3^ lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 



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