list of diptera. 581 



21. Mallophora Sylveirii. 



Foem. Atra; caput, sculellum et abdomen basi apiceque flava ; 

 tibia posticcB fuscm aut testacece, albo vel jiavo pilosm ; alee 

 fuscce. 

 Mallophora Sylveirii, Macq. Dipt. Exot. i. 2, 86, 5. 

 Brazil. 



22. Mallophora opposita. 

 Mallophora opposita, Diptera Saundersiana, Pt. 2, 112. 

 Brazil. 



23. Mallophora ciliata. 

 Mallophora ciliata, Diptera Saundersiana, Pt. 2, 114. 

 South America ? 



24. Mallophora cinerascens. 



Fcem. Nigra, cinereo tomentosa, sublus Jiavo pilosa ; mystax setis 

 fulvis nigrisque ; pedes lutei, femoribus supra nigro vittatis, 

 tibiis apice tarsisque nigris ; aim fuscescentes, ad costam ob- 

 scuriores. 



Black, with cinereous tomentum ; under side with yellowish 

 hairs. Face tawny towards the episloma. Mystax with pale 

 tawny and with black bristles. Beard with black bristles. Abdo- 

 men on each side at the base with a tuft of yellow hairs, with which 

 there are a few black hairs. Legs luteous, thinly clothed with short 

 pale yellow hairs ; femora above with black stripes ; tarsi and tips 

 of the tibia? black. Wings brownish, darker along the costa. 

 Length of the body 9 lines; of the wings 16 lines. 



a. Para. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



25. Mallophora antiqua. 



Fcem. Nigra, cinereo tomentosa ; caput albo pilosum ; mystax 

 albidus ; thorax vittis tribus nigricantibus ,• abdomen stylo 

 Icevi nitido; tibia? lutece, apice nigra ; alw subfuscescentes. 



Black, with cinereous tomentum. Head testaceous in front, 

 white, and with white hairs behind and beneath. Mystax with 

 whitish bristles. Thorax with three blackish stripes ; lateral pair 

 interrupted ; sides and scutellum with black bristles. Abdomen 

 about twice the length of the thorax, extending beyond the wings ; 



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