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Genus Aricia, Desv. 



Aricia ignava. 



Fcem. — Nigra, cinereo-tomentosa, capite albo, scutelli margine 

 pedibusque fiilvis, abdomine ovato, tarsi's nigris,alis sublurido- 

 cinereis, venis nigris, alulis cinereis, halteribus testaceis. 



Female. — Black, with cinereous tomentum ; head white in front 

 and beneath; scutellum with a tawny border; abdomen oval, 

 very little broader and longer than the thorax ; legs tawny ; 

 tarsi black ; wings grey, with a slight lurid tinge ; veins black ; 

 discal transverse vein very slightly curved inward, parted by more 

 than half its length from the border, and by a little more than its 

 length from the proebrachial transverse vein ; alulae cinereous ; 

 hal teres testaceous. 



Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 



Brazil. 



Aricia ? tJiscia, 



Foem. — Nigra, cinereo-tomentosa capite subaurato postice albido, 

 thorace trivittato, abdomine cyaneo basi nigro, alis limpidis, 

 venis nigris basi fulvis, alulis albis. 



Allied to A, cceruleigaster, Macq. Female. — Black, with slight 

 cinereous tomentum ; head slightly gilded, whitish behind ; arista 

 moderately plumose ; thorax with three indistinct black stripes ; 

 abdomen blue, oval, not longer nor broader than the thorax ; 

 first segment black ; wings limpid ; veins black, tawny at the 

 base ; discal transverse vein undulating, parted by more than half 

 its length from the border, and by very little more than its length 

 from the prsebrachial transverse vein ; alulae white. 



Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 



Tasmania. 



Genus Hylemyia, Desv. 



Hylemyia fasciata. 



Fcem. — Nigra, albo-tomentosa, thoracis fasciis duabus scutello- 

 que atris, abdomine subaurato vitta fasciisque nigris, alis 

 limpidis, venis testaceis apice nigris, alulis albis. 



Female. — Nearly allied to //. pluvialis. Black, with white 

 tomentum ; thorax with two deep black bands ; scutellum deep 



