diptejUa 363 



Anthomyia aliena, Mas. 



Atra, ; caput arfjenteum ; thorax (ano-t(>meiilosus,nii/ro trifasciatus ; ab- 

 domen fulf urn, albi) niyroque varium ; alee .sublimpidtc. 



Deep black : head zvith a silvery lehite covering ; fucialia witboiit bris- 

 tles ; epistoma hardly prominent: eyes bare: proboscis and palpi black: 

 feelers black ; third joint linear, with a whitish covering, rounded at the 

 tip, not nearly reaching the epistoma, full twice the length of the second ; 

 sixth slender, bare, full twice the length of the third : chest with a hoary 

 covering, tvhich is interrupted by three broad, deep black bands : abdomen 

 tawny, with xchite reflections which form a triangular spot on each segment ; 

 second and third segments with a black spot on the fore border, and an inter- 

 rupted black band on the hind border ; fourth hoary with livo brown dots : 

 legs black : wings almost colourless ; veins black, yellow towards the base ; 

 fifth very slightly bent towards the tip; lower cross-vein straight: alulae 

 white : halteres pale yellow. Length of the body 2j lines ; of the wings 

 5 lines. 



East Indies. 



Anthomyia adducta, Foem. 



Nigra, hirta ; thorax cinereo trivittatus ; abdomen nigro-cyancum ; alec 

 subcinerc<c . 



Black, hairy : frontalia deep black, broad ; facialia without bristles ; 

 epistoma prominent: eyes bare: palpi black: feelers black; third joint 

 deep, rounded at the tip, not reaching the epistoma, about twice the length 

 of the second ; sixth bare, slender, stout at the base, much more than 

 twice the length of the third : chest with three indistinct gray stripes : ab- 

 domen dark blue : legs black : wings very slightly gray, veins black ; lower 

 cross-vein with the two curves which are very slight: alulae gray. Length 

 of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 



Van Dieman's Land. 



