358 Capt. P. P. King's South American Diptera. 



73. Tephritis mellea, n. s. 



Fein. Fulva, thoracis vittis ahdo7mmsque fasciis Jlavis, metathor-ace nigra hima- 

 cu lata, a lis flavo fasciatis. 



Corp. long. 2| lin. Alar. 5 lin. 



Fulva, paruni nitens, pilis albis setisque nigris hirta: caput antice flaviun : 

 ocuU rufo-fusci : antenna; fulvee ; articulus 4us niger, basi fulviis : thorax 

 pallide flavus ; discus fulvus, flavo trivittatus ; metathorax utrinque nigro 

 maculatus : abdominis segmenta apice pallida flava ; telum mediocre, apice 

 fuscum : pedes flavescentes, pilis nigris hirti : alee hyalinse, iridescentes, 

 basi anticfe flava? fusco maculisque 2 magnis variae hyalinis ; fascia; 3 alse 

 apicein versus pallid^ fuscjB ; squamulce et nervi flava : halteres fulvi. 

 Taken at St. Paul's in Brazil. 



*74. Tephritis unicolor, n. s. 

 Fem. Nigra, pedibus fulvis,femoribus nigris, alis griseo nebulusis fuscoque tri- 



maculatis. 

 Corp. long. H lin. Alar. 3 lin. 



Nigra, obscura, pilis nigris albisque hirta : caput anticfe et suprfl fulvum : 

 oculi rufo-fusci : antenme fuscse ; articulus 4us niger, basi fuscus : pedes 

 fulvi, pilis nigris hirti ; femora nigra : alee grisefe, iridescentes, maculis 

 plurimis limpidis ; maculce quoque majores costales duse et disco una 

 fuscse ; squamulce et halteres fusca ; nervi nigri. 

 Taken at Port Famine in the Straits of Magellan ; and Mr. Curtis has 

 received a specimen from Purruchuca, where Mr. Mathews found six speci- 

 mens in the blossoms of plants. 



*75. SCIOMYZA BICOLOR, W. «. 



Mas et fem. Ferruginea, abdomine nigro-fusco, alis hyalinis ad costam sub- 



fulvis. 

 Corp. long, if— 2 lin. Alar. 4^—4^ lin. 



Ferruginea, parhm nitens, pilis nigris hirta : caput rufum : oculi rufo-fusci : 

 antenna; fuscse, pilis nigris hirt£e ; articulus 4us niger, pubescens, basi 

 fuscus : abdomen nigrum, basi ferrugineum : pedes fulvi, pilosi ; profemora 



