DIPTEBA. 371 



Genus SAPROMYZA, Meigen. 



Sapromyza tincta, Mas. 



Tcstacea ; caput Jlavuin ; abdomen ovatum, ihorace multo brevius ; ala: 

 sublimpi(l(s, ad costam subfulvce. 



Testaceous, clothed with black hairs and bristles : head pale yellow : 

 mouth and palpi black : feelers tawny ? abdomen oval, much shorter than 

 the chest : feet darker than the shanks : wings almost colourless, with a 

 slight tawny tinge along the fore border : veins tawny, darker towards the 

 tips ; middle cross-vein clouded with brown ; lower cross-vein almost 

 straight, slightly oblique : halteres yellow. Length of the body 2^ lines ; 

 of the wings 6 lines. 



South Australia. 



Satoomyza metallica. 



Viridis ; caput fulvum ; pedes fulvi^antici picei ; ala fulvcB. 



Metallic-green : head tawny ; epistoma ferruginous : mouth pitchy ; 

 palpi tawny, third joint of the feelers oval, more than twice the lengtli of 

 the second ; sixth black, pubescent, more than twice the length of the third ; 

 chest with a slight hoary covering : abdomen oval, not longer than the 

 chest ; tip cross-vein straight, slightly oblique. Length of the body 2\ 

 lines ; of the body o| lines. 



New Soutli Wales. 



Sapkomyza lateralis, Fcem. 



Fulva ; caput et pectus Jlava ; fades alba ; scutellum piceum ; abdomen 

 piceo viaculatum ; alec subcinerea-. 



Tau'wy, beset with black bristles : head yellow , face white: third joint 

 of the feelers conical, more than twice the length of the second ; sixth 

 joint black, feathered, more than twice the length of the third: scutcheon 

 pitchy : breast yellow : abdomen obconical, not longer than the chest ; seg- 

 ments 7vith pitchy spots on each side: xvinys slightly grai/ ; veins tawny; 



