in the Collection of W. \V. Saunders, E^q. 317 



vein hardly curved, parted by a little less than its length from the 

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

 transverse vein ; halteres testaceous. 



Length of the l)ody 3 lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 



New South Wales. 



Ophyra congressa. 

 Anthracina, sub-pilosa, abdomine pubescente, alis sub-cinereis, 

 venis testaceis, alidis sub-cinereis testaceo-marginatis, halte- 

 ribus albidis. 

 Coal black, slightly pilose: abdomen thickly pubescent; wings 

 sliglitly greyish ; veins testaceous; discal transverse vein oblique, 

 hardly curved, parted by about half its length from the border, 

 and by hardly less than its length from the praebrachial transverse 

 vein ; alulae slightly cinereous, witli testaceous borders ; halteres 

 wliitish. 



Length of the body 2| lines ; of the wings 5 lines. 

 Hindostan. 



Genus Anthomyia, Meigen. 

 Anthomy'm prolrita. 

 Fcem, — Cinerea, capitealbido, frontalibus atris, antennis brevius- 

 culis, thorace vittis quatuor angustis nigricantibus, abdomine 

 tessellato, pedibus nigris, alis sub-cinereis, vena praebrachiali 

 angulum obtusum fingente, vena discali transversa subrecta. 

 Female. — Cinereous : head whitish ; frontalia deep black ; an- 

 tennae short, not reaching the epistoma ; tliorax with four slender 

 blackish stripes ; abdomen tessellated ; legs black ; wings greyish ; 

 veins black; praebrachial vein forming an obtuse but well defined 

 angle, slightly curved inward from thence to its tip, whirh is some- 

 what in front of the tip of the front ; discal transverse vein nearly 

 straight, parted by about its length from the border, and by much 

 less than its length from the flexure of the praebrachial; alulae 

 white. 



Length of the body 2\ lines ; of the wings 4 lines. 

 Mexico. 



Atilhomy'ia prolectata. 



Fcem. — Cyanescente nigra, capite albo, vertice palpis antennis 



pedibusque nigris, thoracis vittis duabus latis, lateribus pec- 



toreque albis, abdomine subtessellato, alis sub-cinereis, vena 



praebrachiali arcuata, vena discali transversa recia. 



Female. — Bluish black : head white ; vertex, proboscis, palpi, 



antennae and legs black ; thorax with two broad white stripes ; 



