Ml-. E. E. Austen on nsw 



^Malagasy KkptIox. 



Ithinomyza movdom, sp. n. Madagfuscar. 



„ simjAicicornis, sp. ii. ,, 



JEgophayamyia rniiofa, sp. n. Rodriguez I., ludian Ocean. 



„ tfrficep.i, sp. n. Astove T., Indian Ocean. 



liouvierellu puldiellu, sp. n. Madagascar. 

 Chrysops apruyna, sp. n. „ 



,, ivsideiisiif, sp. n. „ 



,, lloydi, sp. n. „ 



Australian- Kkgion. 

 J\ii>yon'ut Inncrofti, sp. ii. South Queensland. 



PAy'Goyiiyj:. 

 (jCUus Pango.via, ^facq. 

 Subgenus Erephopsis, liond. 

 Panyunia hancrofli, sp. u. 



5 . — Leii5>tli (10 specimens) 8*.25' to 9-4 mm.; widtli of 

 liead 3*5 to 3-75 mm. ; width of front at vertex 0-5 to 0"() 

 mm.' usual length of proboscis 2*6 to 3 uim.; length of 

 -Nving 8-0 to y-4 mm. 



Small, compactly built species, ivith short, rounded abdomen, 

 and ivith proboscis depending vertically beneath the head. — 

 Thorax slate -coloured*, dorsum yreyish poUinose, narrowly 

 striped ivith grey, and ground-colour posteriorly (including 

 scutellum) ivith a distinct metallic sheen {pvrplish blue, in 

 centre sometimes icith a greenish tinge) ; dorsum of abdomen 

 [second to fifth segments inclusive) shining dark metallic blue, 

 sometimes with a purplish tinge, (specially at sides, and towards 

 autre oflen with a greenish tinge, which may even almost 

 entirely replace the blue, hind borders of frst jive segments 

 metallic cinnamon-rufous or melallic cinnamon, often with a 

 purjilish tinge; wings faintly tinged ivith isaiella colour, 

 without spots or other markings; femora cinnamon-coloured. 



Head: inner margins of eyes bordering front almost 

 })arallel, diverging but slightly below ; face, jowls, and 

 portion of front immediately above auteunie ciunan. on- 

 coloured, yellowish pollinose, occiput and upper two-thinls 

 of front slate-grey, light grey pollinose; front, face, and 

 uj)per portion of })Osterior orbits clothed uith brownish or 

 blackish hair, jt-wls and basioeeipital region with bright | 

 ochraecous hair, eyes with ra-\v-sieuua-coloured hair, which ' 



* For names and illustrations of colours, see llidgway, "A Nomen- 

 clature of Color'' for Naturalists' (l^oston : Little, Hnn\n. A- Company,! 



