510 LIST OF DIPTERA. 



Genus 3. LAMPRIA. 



Corpus non punctatum. Caput mystace conspicuo. Proboscis 

 porrecta. Palpi tenuissimi. Antennae triarticulatse, non stylats, 

 insertione solita ; articulus 3us nudus, obtusus. Abdomen non 

 petiolatum. Oviductus brevis. Femora postica anterioribus multo 

 crassiora. Alarum vena cubitalis ramo antico simplici. 



Lampria, Macq. Dipt. Exot. i. 2, 60. 

 Laphria, p., Fabr. ; Wied. 



Body metallic, almost bare. Face convex towards the epi- 

 stoma. "Mystax with a few bristles. Proboscis long, straight. 

 Third joint of the antenna? nearly linear, slightly tapering at each 

 end, much longer than the first and second together. Thorax with 

 gilded tomentum. Fore fork of the cubital vein curved, nearly an- 

 gular towards its base ; hind fork nearly straight, slightly inclined 

 towards the first externo-medial ; second externo-medial straight ; 

 third forming an obtuse angle with the praebrachial and joining the 

 fourth far from the border. Subanal joining the anal near the 

 border. 



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Mexico. 



1. Lampkia mexicana. 



Mas. Viridis, nitens ; mystax niger ; abdomen basi orichalceum ; 

 alee nigroz. 



Lampria mexicana, Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. 2, 37, 3. 



A. Abdomen auratum. .... - clavipes, Fabr. 



B. Abdomen viride. ----- Macquartii, Perty. 



C. Abdomen rufum. Tolmides, Walk. 



2. Lampria clavipes. 



Aurata ; thorax apice niger ; pedes ccnei, femoribus posticis clava- 

 tis dentatis. 



Laphria clavipes, Fabr. 



a. Tapayos, Brazil. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



