1880. J 21- 



C'C. Hind tiliiir of mnlos slightly curved, fore tibia; ciliated. 

 Sp. 2 -iioiii'oiaM, Fallen. 

 15U. Middle (il.iie of iiiides willi a hri.sll.v fuherele ;U llir hase. 

 Sp. ;{ -PODAGUICA, Locw. 

 AA. ifiiul iiietataivi of males with a thick beard in addition fo the eushiun, and 

 with liind tibia' much curved. 



Sp. 4 — cuuvii'i:?;, Jfaeqiiart. 



1. SIMPLEX, Lw. ^ 5. CcBruIo-chali/hi'((' iiUida ; thuritx ant ice 

 riff is frihiin lafis aJhidis ; nhdomcn fesscJIiti olbidis, linea dursali, macu- 

 lisffiK' indctenitiiiafis itiqricdiifihus ; ^ oculis .siih-cahrrentibics, tihiis 

 posticin sill) reef is, iiitiis medio lom/c cilia f is ; fibiis anticis intus nudis ; 

 alulce, stjuaviis inferiorihus infumatis ; aJce InjalincB, vcnis luin/ifudinah- 

 hus terfiis, hasi st'tidosis (^ $); ? ocirlis iiuarfario capitis separafis ; 

 pedibi/s simplicib/is ; ahilis alliidis. homj. 1\ — 8.^ /*'«. 



Stn. — Musca hortorum /, Meif^cii, System. Besch., v, 73. Curto- 

 neura liortorum'^, Macq., Diptercs dii iiord de la France, liS, and In?. 

 Dipt., ii, 27G. C'l/rfoiirnra Jiorforajii, K-cnidani. Dipt. Ital., v, 213. C. 

 simplex, lioew, Wiener entoni. Monatsehr., i, 45 ; Schiner, Fauna 

 Austr., i, 596. MorelUa hortuniiii, Ii. Desv., Dipt, de^ environs des 

 Paris, ii, 636 ; Haliday, Entom. Mag., iv. 149. 21. imparl u)ia, Haliday, 

 Ann. of Nat. Hist.,ii, 185. 



Colour dark glossy black-blue : head black ; <J , eyes separated by a narrow 

 black space contracted in the middle, where the eyes are almost contiguous. ? .eyes 

 separated by a space measuring one-fourth of the width of the head ; c? ? > sides of 

 face glistening silvery-white, with black reflections ; antenna not quite reaching 

 epistome, third joint twice the length of second, of a grey colour ; arista thinly 

 furnished with long hairs, which leave the apex bare for some length ; palpi black, 

 epistome slightly prominent, setigerous ; facial groove bordered with bristles j 

 cheeks clothed with short black hairs : thorax with three longitudinal, broad, glisten- 

 ing white stripes, most distinct on the front margin ; the lateral stripes irregular in 

 shape, and only extending backwards as far as the base of the wings ; between the 

 white stripes are two indistinct black ones on each side : abdomen of a glistening 

 greyish-blue colour, sometimes with a glaucous tinge ; it has a longitudinal black 

 dorsal stripe, and is tessellated with black and white spots or rather reflections, 

 which show differently when viewed in different aspects : legs with fore femora 

 clothed in S with soft short hairs along their oiiter sides, and ciliated in <? $ , be- 

 neath with long stiff' bristles of nearly equal length, placed at equal distances from 

 each other like the teeth of a comb ; fore tibisc naknl on their inner sides, and 

 having only a row of short even hairs on their outer and under surfaces ; middle 

 femora with a few long stiff bristles on their upper sides near the tip, and with 

 some long hairs on the under surfaces near the base ; middle tibia) evenly ciliated 

 along their outer sides with a row of very short hairs ; hind femora clothed along 

 their exterior and under surfaces with long hairs, something similar to those under 



