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Speciei iiOYae Tacliiiiiclarimi descriptio 



a R. H. Meade in Bradford. 



Aphria angustifrons. 



(5 Oblongo-suhcylindrica, fusco-cinerea, thorace quadri-striato, 

 abdomine nigro-fasciato lattribus rufescentibus , macrockaetis dis- 

 coidalibus in dorso segmentorum intermediorum instructo. Fron- 

 talia angiista, vittn nigra. Antennae fuscae articulo tertio secundo 

 parum longiore. Ärista articido jpenultimo subelongato. Palpi nigri, 

 tenues, longiusculi , a'pice setosi. Proboscis j[)icea, Cornea, elongata 

 angustaqiie. Alae spinula costali magna, vena tertia longitudinali 

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



(5 H e a d. Frons slightly prominent ; frontalia narrow, central 

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

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

 bristles in a single row^ on each side and extending down tlie 

 face as far as the apex of the second Joint of tlie antennae ; 

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

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

 bristles; epistonie very j)rominent and testaceous in colour; 

 vibrissae few in nnmber 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 niinute ; 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 



