68 MUSCID^E. 



dorsali et segmentorum marginibus posticis nigris. Long. 3 ; alar. 7 

 lin. 



Frontalia striated, slightly depressed ; bristles of the front descend- 

 ing to one-fourth of the length of the face ; facialia beset with bristles 

 along one-fourth of the length ; epistoma pale testaceous, slightly pro- 

 minent ; palpi subclavate. Antennae not reaching the epistoma ; third 

 joint sublinear, a little rising above at the tip, which is slightly rounded, 

 full twice the length of the second; sixth very minutely pubescent, 

 stout for near half the length, more than twice the length of the third. 

 Costal vein ending a little above the tip of the wing ; subcostal vein 

 ending at full one-third of the length ; mediastinal vein ending at be- 

 yond half the length ; radial vein ending at much beyond three-fourths 

 of the length ; cubital vein joining the costal near its tip ; praebrachial 

 vein forming a right angle at its flexure, beyond this it is curved in- 

 ward, and is thence straight to its tip ; discal transverse vein with two 

 very slight curves, parted from the border by less than its length, and 

 by hardly more than one-fourth of its length from the flexure of the 

 praabrachial. 



Hare. In Mr. Saunders's collection. (E.) 



112. melania? Meig. Zw. iv. 348. 189 (1824). Nigra, capite 

 albo, antennarum articulo sexto ad trientem incrassato, alis obscure 

 ciuereis, alulis albis, abdoinine ovato hirsutissimo. Long. 2|- ; alar. 5 

 lin. 



Frontalia widening in front ; bristles of the front descending to one- 

 third of the face ; face vertical ; epistoma not prominent ; palpi clavate. 

 Antennas nearly reaching the epistoma ; second joint much longer than 

 deep ; third linear, rounded at the tip, nearly twice the length of the 

 second ; fourth indistinct ; fifth short ; sixth minutely pubescent, stout 

 for one-third of the length, twice the length of the third. Costal vein 

 with a spine at the tip of the subcostal, ending close to the tip ; sub- 

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

 tinal vein ending at a little beyond half of the length ; radial vein end- 

 ing at beyond five-sixths of the length ; cubital vein ending near the 

 tip of the costal ; praebrachial vein forming a very obtuse and some- 

 what rounded angle at the flexure, nearly straight from thence to the 

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

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



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



113. senta, n. Nigra, cano-tornentosa, capite albo, frontalibus 

 ferrugineis, thorace nigro-trivittato, alis cinereis, vena prcebrachiali an- 

 gulum rectum Jingente, alulis albis, abdomine longi-obconico tessellato. 

 Long. 4 1 ; alar. 8 lin. 



Frontalia dark ferruginous ; bristles of the front descending along 

 one-third of the face ; face oblique ; lateralia red ; facialia ferruginous ; 

 epistoma testaceous, slightly prominent. Antenna nearly reaching the 



