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Genus PLATYURA, Afeig. 

 Div. B. Mei(/. Dipt. pi. 8, f. 19. 



PlaTYI RA VENLSTA, FoeiTl. 



Nigra ; caput subtus et antennm basi fulva ; thorax camis, villa dorsali 

 nigra, lateribus testaceo vittatis ; abdomen albo bifasciatum, seg- 

 mentoruni niarginibus posticis subtus testaceis ; pedes pallide tes- 

 tacei, tibiis obscure testaceis, larsis nigris; alee subhyalince, apice 

 fusccB, venis nigris ; halteres testacei. 



Black. Head tawny beneath. Antenna; moderately slout, tawny at 

 the base, as long as the thorax. Thorax hoary, with a dorsal black 

 stripe, and a testaceous stripe on each side. Abdomen with a white band 

 on the second suture and another on the fourth ; under side with a tes- 

 taceous band on the hind border of each segment. Legs pale testaceous ; 

 coxae and tibiae darker ; tarsi black. Wings hardly tinged with gray, 

 brown at the tips ; veins black, testaceous at the base. Halteres tes- 

 taceous. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 5 lines. 



East Indies. 



Fam. CECIDOMYID^, HaUdaij. 



Genus CECIDOMYIA, Latr. 



Cecidomyia umbra. 



Obscure testacca ; antenna nigra ; pedes fusci, longi, gruciles, fasciis 

 albidis ; al<B nigra -cincrecE, lituris transversis albidis. 



Dull testaceous. Antennae black. Legs brown, long, slender, with 

 whitish bands. Wings blackish gray, with transverse whitish marks. 

 Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 



Described from an injured specimen. 



South America. 



