TACHINA. 59 



90. affinis ? Fal. Msc. 28. 57 (1810); Meig. ; Zett. Nigra, cano-to- 

 mentosa, capite albo, palpis fulvis, thorace nigro-quinqueviUato, scutello 

 apice fulvo, alis sublimpidis, alulis albis, abdomine brevi-elliptico, vitta 

 dorsal! et segmentorum marginibus posticis nigris, tibiis fulvis. Long. 

 3 1 ; alar. 8 lin. 



Frontalia deep black, hardly widening in front ; bristles of the front 

 descending to one-third of the face ; face vertical ; epistoma not pro- 

 minent. Antennae nearly reaching the epistoma ; second joint much 

 longer than deep ; third deepening beneath from the base towards the 

 tip, which is very obliquely truncated, nearly twice the length of the 

 second ; fourth very short ; fifth rather short ; sixth very minutely 

 pubescent, stout to half the length, nearly half the length of the third. 

 Thorax with five black stripes, the middle one very broad. Costal vein 

 ending at some little distance in front of the tip of the wing ; subcostal 

 vein ending at a little beyond one-third of the length ; mediastinal vein 

 ending at much beyond half of the length ; radial vein ending at five- 

 sixths of the length ; cubital vein ending near the tip of the costal ; 

 praebrachial vein forming an obtuse angle at the flexure, almost straight 

 from thence to the tip ; discal transverse vein bent inward behind, 

 parted by little more than half its length from the flexure of the prse- 

 brachial and from the border. 



Bare. In Mr. Desvignes's collection. (E.) 



91. conjuncta, n. Nigra, cinereo-tomentosa, capite albo, palpis 

 fulvis, thorace vix vittato, alis cinereis, alulis albidis, abdomine obconico 



lateribus basi subferrugineis. Long. 3^ ; alar. 8 lin. 



Bristles of the front descending to one-sixth of the face ; face slightly 

 oblique ; facialia bristly for one-sixth of the length; epistoma not pro- 

 minent ; palpi tawny. Antennae not reaching the epistoma ; second 

 joint nearly twice longer than deep, red at the tip ; third subfusiform, 

 red at the base, rounded at the tip, nearly twice longer than the second ; 

 fourth very short ; fifth rather short ; sixth bare, stout for one-third of 

 the length, full twice longer than the third. Costal vein ending at 

 some distance in front of the tip of the wing ; subcostal vein ending at 

 one-third of the length ; mediastinal vein ending at beyond half of the 

 length; radial vein ending at five-sixths of the length; cubital vein 

 ending near the tip of the costal ; praabrachial vein forming a hardly 

 obtuse angle at the flexure, slightly curved inward from thence to the 

 tip ; discal transverse vein with two very slight curves, parted by half 

 its length from the flexure of the prsebrachial and from the border. 



Rare. In Mr. Desvignes's collection. (E.) 



92. Heraclei, Meig. Zw. iv. 339. 172 (1824); Mcq. ; Zett. Ni- 

 gra, cano-tomentosa, capite albo, frontalibus ferrugineis, thorace nigro- 

 quadrivittato, scutelli apice ferrugineo, alis subcinereis, alulis albis, 

 abdomine obconico lateribus rufo-fulvis. Long. 3^ ; alar. 7 lin. 



Bristles of the front descending to half the length of the face ; fron- 



