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Anthomyia tarsalis, Fem. 



Cana, niiens ; caput ferrngineum, albo-tomcntosum ; antenna nigra;, arti- 

 culo 3o basi rufo ; thorax vittis duabus anticis nigns ; pedes testacei, 



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tarsis nigris ; alee limpidce 



Hoanj, shining ; head ferruginous with a wliite covering : froiitalia 

 blackish; ptilinum projecting; epistoma not prominent: mouth pitchy; 

 palpi black: feelers black ; third joint red at the base, nearly twice the 

 length of the second joint ; fifth joint distinct; sixth feathered with very 

 short hairs : fore part of the chest ivith two short black stripes ; scutcheon 

 testaceous beneath : legs testaceous ; feet black : ivings colourless ; veins 

 pitchy, luteous towards the base ; lower cross-vein with three very slight 

 curves, the middle one inward, the other two outward : alulee whitish with 

 luteous borders : halteres yellow. Length of the body 3J lines ; of the 

 wings 7 lines. 



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Male. Palpi tawny : first and second joints of the feelers tawny ; 

 third tawny towards the base ; sixth tawny, pitchy towards the tip, feathered 

 with moderately long hairs : chest with four black stripes ; scutcheon 

 tawny, hoary at the base : outward curves of the lower cross-vein hardly 

 perceptible. Length of the body 2i lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 



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Anthomyia adjecta, Mas. 



Nigra, hirta, cano-tomentosa ; caput album ; thorax nigra quadrivittatus, 

 scutello cyaneo-nigro ; abdomen cyaneum, albo varium ; alee sub- 

 cinerecE. 



Black, very hairy, with a hoary covering : head with a white coveting ; 

 frontalia deep black, widening much towards the feelers ; facialia without 

 bristles ; epistoma prominent : eyes hairy : palpi black : feelers black ; 

 third joint pitchy, linear, rounded at the tip, not reaching the epistoma, 

 twice the length of the second; sixth feathered, more than twice the length 

 of the third : chest with four black stripes ; scutcheon bluish-black : abdo- 

 men blue with while reflections, a little shorter and hardly broader than the 

 chest: logs black : wings slightly gray ; veins black ; lower cross-vein with 

 a deep inward bend in the middle and a slight outward bend near the tip : 



