34. 

 MILESIA SPECIOSA. 



Order Diptera. Fam. Syrphidae Lat.^ Leach. 



Type of the Genus Milesia speciosa. 



MiLESiA Fah., Lat., Meig. Musca Linn. 



Autenme porrected, inserted upon a tubercle in front of the head, 

 3-jointed J first joint cylindricj second short dilated anteriorly; 

 third large, somewhat ovate, with a seta arising from a minute 

 tubercle upon the superior margin towards the base. (3.) 

 Labrum very horny, robust, semi-cylindric, hollow, the apex bifid 

 with three small teeth in the centre. (I. b.) 

 Tongue not so long as the labrum, corneous, flat, acute, keeled 

 beneath, (c.) 

 Mandibles none. 



Maxilla small, horny, compressed, lanceolate, acute, (e.) 

 Palpi two, considerably longer than the maxillae, received into 

 the superior canal of the lip, membranaceous, hairy, clavate. (f.) 

 Mentum short, hollow, enveloping the base of the lip, terminat- 

 ing obliquely, (h.) 



Lip sub-membranaceous, rougli, hairy, retractile, bifid 3 lobes 

 large, elongated, oval, (g.) 

 Proboscis 7iot longer than the head, nearly vertical. Head produced 

 in front. (2.) Clypeus impressed, smooth, shining. Eyes approxi- 

 mating in the females, contiguous in the males above Stemmata 

 three. Halteres two, small. Abdomen cylindric. Wings inciim- 

 hent, parallel; intermediate transverse nerve oblique, hes;'^ robust, 

 posterior the largest ; thighs scarcely incrassated, without teeth. 

 Tibiae bent. Tarsi ^-jointed. Pulvilli two. (8. afore leg.) 



Speciosa Fah. Sysf. Ant. 188. 0. Meig. Syst. Bes. v. 3. p. 234. n. 7. 

 Obscure, aeneous, glossy, hairy. Face and antennae pale ferru- 

 ginous. Thorax with two white spots at the anterior angles. Ab- 

 domen with the margins of the segments pure black, the hairs 

 forming four shining yellowish bands, and a line down the back. 

 Wings yellowish, ferruginous towards the costa, and brunneous 

 towards the apex. Legs yellowish brown, thio^hs black at their 

 base, 



Li the Author's and other Cabinets. 



The Genus Milesia as laid down by Latreille comprised nu- 

 merous Genera of Fahricius and Meigen, whicli rendered it 

 extrLinely difficMilt to study and dct(>rmine the species of the 



