194 MUSCIDjE. 



Antennae brevissimse ; articulus tertius subrotundus, secundo paullo 

 longior; sextus nudus. Abdomen brevi-obconicum. Pedes validi. 

 Body short, broad. Head transverse ; vertex flat, very broad. Face 

 obliquely projecting. Epistoma and sides of the peristoma prominent. 

 Palpi thick. Antennae very short ; third joint nearly round, a little 

 longer than the second ; sixth setaceous, very slender, stout towards 

 the base. Wings moderate ; costal vein ending at the tip of the wing ; 

 ' subcostal ending at much beyond one-third of the length ; mediastinal 

 ending much beyond half the length; radial ending beyond seven- 

 eighths ; praebrachial much curved, approaching very near the cubital 

 at the tip of the wing ; discal transverse almost straight, very slightly 

 oblique, parted by more than twice its length from the praBbrachial 

 transverse. Anal areolet lanceolate, very long. Abdomen short-obco- 

 m'cal. Legs rather stout. Jem. Oviduct exserted. 



1. demandata, F. E. S. Suppl. 564 (1794) ; Meig. ; Mcq. ; Zett. 

 spkndida, Fal. bicolor, Mcq. Viridis, capite rufo albo-bimaculato, 

 antennis rufescentibus apice nigris, thorace seneo-trivittato, alis albis, 

 pedibus nigris, tarsis flavis. Long. 2 ; alar. 4 lin. 



Metallic-green. Head red, with a white spot on each side of the 

 vertex ; face and orbits of eyes with white tomentum. Antennas red- 

 dish ; third joint black towards the tip ; sixth black, pale at the base. 

 Thorax with three asneous stripes. Wings white ; veins pale yellow ; 

 costal vein black towards the tip. Halteres white. Legs black ; pos- 

 terior tarsi yellow, with black tips ; fore tarsi yellow at the base. 



Bare. (E.) 



Ulidia erythrophthalma, Meig v has been recorded as a British 

 species. 



Genus III. ORTALIS. 



ORTALIS, Fal. Ortal. (1820); Meig.; Mcq.; Zett. Musca p., F. 



ScatopJiaga p., F. Tephritis p., F. Trupanea p., Schr. Seioptera, 



Kby. Ceroxys, Herina, etc., Mcq. Melieria, Myodina, Heramya, 



Herina, etc., etc., Desv. 

 Corpus oblongum. Facies carinata. Oculi non metallici. Palpi gra- 



ciles. Antennarum articulus tertius secundo plus duplo longior; 



sextus pubescens. Foem. Oviductns non depressus nee cylindricus. 



Body oblong, with a few hairs and bristles. Face keeled. Eyes not 

 metallic-coloured. Palpi slender. Antennas moderately long; third 

 joint more or less longer than the second ; sixth minutely pubescent, 

 more than twice the length of the third; costal vein ending on the 

 hind border near the tip of the wing ; subcostal ending beyond one- 

 third of the length ; mediastiual ending beyond half the length ; cubi- 

 tal ending at the tip. Fern. Oviduct not flat nor cylindrical. 



