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Specie! iioyae Tachiiiidariim (le8cri])ti<> 



a R. H. Meade in Bradfon]. 



Aphria angustifrons. JWaJ. i^ajj , 



(5 Oblonyo-suhcyliiidrica, fusco-cinerea, tliorace quadri-striatu, 

 abdomine niyro -fasciato lateribus rufescentibus , macrochaetis dis- 

 coidalibus in dorso segmentorum intermediorum instructo. Fron- 

 talia angusta, vitta nigro. Antennae fiiscae articido tertio secuado 

 parum longiore. Arista articulo penultimo suhelongato. Palpi nigri, 

 (tnueSy longiusculi , apice setosi. Proboscis picea, cornea, elongata 

 ayigustaque. Aloe spimda costali magna , vena tertia Ivngitndinali 

 basi pjarce setulosa. Pedes nigri. Long. 8 mm. Patria: Britannia. 



(5 Head. Frons slightly prominent : frontalia narrow, cential 

 stripe black and wider than the sides which like tlie face are 

 white , having blue-black retlexions. Eyes nude ; fronto-orbital 

 bristles in a single row on each side and extending down the 

 face as far as the apex of the second joint of the antennae; 

 checks bare and divided from the chin (mentum) by a transverse 

 groove of a yellow-brown colour ; chin ciliated with a few long 

 bristles; epistome very prominent and testaceous in colour; 

 vibrissae few in number having one long seta on each side ; facialia 

 with a few short ciliae at the bottom ; antennae gray, the first 

 joint very short, the second about twice as long as broad, the 

 third about half as long again as the second, rather dilated, and 

 rounded at the end ; arista with the second joint distinct and 

 a little prolonged , and the third rather long and slender, with 

 the base dilated , and a little pubescent along its whole length ; 

 proboscis piceous , long , slender , horny , and narrowed towards 

 the apex , where the suckers are very minute ; palpi long, 

 filiform, slender, with the points a little thickened, and 

 furnished with several projecting long bristles. Thorax 

 covered (more thickly on the front) with yellowish gray tomentum, 

 and marked with four moderately wide black longitudinal stripes, 

 which are interrupted at the transverse groove; behind the 



