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slightly tomentose ; thorax with three indistinct brown stripes ; 

 metathorax hoary ; abdomen cinereous, tawny at the tip ; legs 

 tawny ; wings greyish, with a lurid tinge ; veins black, tawny 

 towards the base ; transverse veins, especially the praebrachial 

 one, clouded with black. 



Length of the body %\ lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 



Canada. 



Genus Sciomyza, Fall. 



Sciomyza terminalis. 



Fcem. — Cinerea, capite lato cervino subtus testaceo, antennis 

 fulvis, arista nigra plumosa, thorace vittis duabus testaceis, 

 pectore et metathorace canis, abdomine vitta nigricante, pe- 

 dibus fulvis, tibiis tarsisque apice nigris, alis cinereis apud 

 costam obscure fuscis, fascia subapicali pallidiore. 



Female. — Cinereous ; head broad ; fawn colour, testaceous be- 

 neath ; antennae tawny ; third joint conical ; arista black, plu- 

 mose ; thorax with a testaceous stripe on each side, pectus and 

 metathorax hoary ; abdomen with a blackish stripe ; legs tawny ; 

 tips of the tibiae and of the tarsi black : fore tarsi black, tawny at 

 the base ; wings grey, dark brown along the costa, and with a paler 

 brown irregular abbreviated subapical band ; veins black ; prae- 

 brachial transverse band hardly undulating ; halteres tawny. 



Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings Q\ lines. 



Hindostan. 



Genus Helomyza, Fall. 



Helomyza lata. 



Fcem. — Picea, valida, antennis nigris, thorace subvittato, abdo- 

 mine basi maculisque duabus lateralibus fulvis, pedibus ni- 

 gris, alis cinereis apud costam fuscescentibus, venis nigris. 



Female. — Piceous, stout ; antennae black ; thorax indistinctly 

 striped ; abdomen tawny at the base and with a tawny spot on 

 each side near the base ; legs black ; wings grey, brownish along 

 the costa ; veins black ; praebrachial transverse vein stout j discal 

 transverse vein nearly straight. 



Length of the body y| lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 



South America. 



