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c c. Abdomen pale on each side. 



d. Wings of moderate length. Musca, Meig., etc. Species 12. 

 d d. Wings long. Plaxemyia, Desv. Species 13. 

 a a. Prsebrachial vein forming a curve. 



b. Colour bright metallic. Pyrellia, Desv. Species 14-16. 



b b. Colour bluish-black. Morellia, Desv. Curtonevra p., Mcq. 



Oyrtoneura p., Zett. Species 17. 

 b b b. Colour not metallic. 

 c. Abdomen tessellated. Cyrtoneura p., Zett. 



d. Tibiaa ferruginous. Anthomyia p., Wied. Muscina, Desv. 



Curtonevra p., Mcq. Species 18. 

 d d. Tibiae black.- Grapkomyia, Desv. Curtonevra p., Mcq. 



Cyrtoneura p., Zett. Species 19. 

 c c. Abdomen spotted, not tessellated. Curtonevra p., Mcq. 



Cyrtoneura p., Zett Species 20. 

 c c c. Abdomen without marks. Mesembrina, Meig. Species 21. 



1. erythrocephala, Meig. Zw. v. 62. 2 (1826), vii. 300. 2 ; Zett 

 vomitoria, Fal. (var.) ; Mcq. Nigro-cyanea, albido-tomentosa, capite 

 mbtus rufo nigro-hirto, antennis rufo variis, thorace nigro-quadrivittato, 

 alis cinereis, abdomine purpureo-cyaneo. Long. 8-5 ; alar. 8-12 lin. 



BLUE-BOTTLE FLY. Bluish-black, covered with whitish tomentum. 

 Head with black hairs beneath ; frontalia dull black. Interantennaria, 

 face., epistoma, mediana, and lateralia red; disc of the face black; palpi 

 reddish-tawny. Antennae red at the tip of the second joint and about 

 the base of the third ; sixth joint less -than twice the length of the third. 

 Thorax with four black stripes, the inner pair double. Wings grey, 

 slightly tinged with brown about the veins near the base ; discal trans- 

 verse vein with two distinct curves, parted from the border and from 

 the flexure of the prasbrachial by hardly one-third of its length. AlulaB 

 dark grey. Halteres luteous. Abdomen blue, rarely purplish, with 

 shining white tomentum forming large spots on each side. Legs black. 



Common. (E. S. L) 



2. vomitoria, L. Fn. 1831 (1761) ; Schr. ; Pz. ! Fn. x. 19 ; Fal. ; 

 Meig. carnivora ) F. mortuorum, F. fulvibardis, Mcq. Nigro- 

 cyanea, albido-tomentosa, capite subtus rufo fulvo-hirto, facialibus et 

 epistomate rufis, antennis rufo variis, thorace nigro-quadrivittato, alis 

 cinereis, abdomine purpureo-cyaneo. Long. 5 ; alar. 12 lin. 



BLUE-BOTTLE FLY. Bluish-black, with whitish tomentum. Head 

 clotted beneath with reddish-tawny hairs; facialia and epistoma red. 

 Antennae black ; second joint at the tip and third joint towards the 

 base beneath red. Thorax with four black stripes, the inner pair 

 double. Wings grey, slightly tinged with brown near the base. Alulae 

 dark grey. Halteres luteous. Abdomen purplish-blue, with shining 

 white tomentum on each side. Legs black. 



Common. (E. S. I.) 



