Diptera of St. Vincent (West Indies). 367 



LUCILIA. 



Robineau Desvoidy, Myodaires, 452, 1830. 

 1. Luoilia [Compsomyia] macellaria. 



Musca macellaria, Fabricius, Syst. Ent., 776 (for 

 the extensive bibliography and synonymy, see 

 Lynch A., An. Soc. Cient. Arg., x., 7i, 233). — 

 North and South America. 



2. Lucilia ruficornis. 



? Lucilia ruficornis, Macquart, Dipt. Exot. ler Suppl., 

 198 ; Schiuer, Reise der Novara, Dipt., 3U4; 

 Roeder, Stett. Ent. Zeit., xiii., 347; Bigot, in 

 Ramon de la Sagra. Nat. Hist., 821. — Colombia 

 (Macq.), Chile (Schiner), Cuba (Bigot), Porto 

 Rico (Roeder). 



? Lucilia cluvia, Walker, List, iv., 885. — West Indies. 

 ^ ? Mitsca insularis, Walker, Dipt., Saund., 340. — West 

 Indies. 



I do not feel quite sure of the determination. 



ANTHOMYIID^. 



Ophyra. 

 Robineau Desvoidy, Myodaires, 516, 1830. 



1. O-phyra senescens. (PI. XII., figs. 120, head of $ ; 

 120a, wing.) 



Anthomyia wnescens, Wiedemann, Auss. Zw. Ins., ii., 



435. — New Orleans, West Indies. 

 Ophyra senescens, Macquart, Dipt. Exot. ler Suppl., 



203; Roeder, Stett. Ent. Zeit., 1885.— Texas 



(Macq.), Porto Rico (Roeder). 



$ . Deep shining green black, the face and legs black. Eyes 

 nearly contiguous. Front below with short bristles. Antennae 

 dark-red ; arista slender, bare. A small spot in the middle above 

 the antennae ; the face and the cheeks light, silvery pollinose ; 

 oral and cheek bristles small. Proboscis short ; palpi yellow. 

 Abdomen ovate, with rather dense, erect, black hair ; bristles at 

 the tip slender and not long. Wings lightly tinged with brown. 

 Hind tibi^ simple. Length 5 mm. 



One specimen. St. Vincent. 



