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MUSCIDjE. 



The species of tins subfamily are numerous, and of small size ; 

 they frequent recent or decaying vegetable substances. The ge- 

 nera here described may be grouped thus : 



f bare. Body bare, more or 



^of the usual length. 

 Arista . 



Radial vein 



less 



oy 

 metalli 



pubescent. Body pale, with 

 some bristles , 



1. GYMNOPA. 



2. OPOMYZA. 



thinly plumose on both sides 3. DIASTATA. 



with five or six bristles on 



each side . 4. DROSOPHILA. 



_very short 5. ASTEIA. 



Genus I. GYMNOPA. 



GYMNOPA, Fal. Oscinid. (1820); Meig.; Mcq. ; Westw. ; Zett. Syr- 

 phus p., F. E. S. Eristalis p., F. S. A. Madiza p., Fal. ; Zett. 



Corpus parvum, glabrum, nitens, nudum. Caput trans versum, thoracis 

 latitudine. Fron* plana. Facies tuberculata. Epistoma prominens. 

 Antennae facie multo breviores; articulus tertius oblongus; arista 

 gracilis, nuda. Abdomen ovatum vel subellipticum, thorace paullo 

 longius. Pedes mediocres. 



Body smooth, shining, bare. Head transverse, as broad as the tho- 

 rax. Front flat. Face tuberculated. Epistoma prominent, angular. 

 Eyes nearly round. Antennae very short, not near reaching the epi- 

 stoma ; third joint oblong, a little longer than the second ; sixth slen- 

 der, setiform, bare. Thorax more or less convex. Wings of moderate 

 size, or rather short. PraBbrachial vein ending at the tip of the costal. 

 Abdomen oval or nearly elliptical, a little longer than the thorax. Legs 

 of moderate length and thickness. 



The Gymnopa inhabit herbage, and frequently occur on win- 

 dows. 



1. subsultans, F. E. S. iv. 304. 96 (1792); Meig.; Mcq. 

 (Enea, Fal. ; Zett. JEnea, antennis nigris, thorace valde convexo, alis 

 limpidis, halteribus albidis, tarsis posticis fulvis. Long. 1 ; alar. 2 lin. 



jffineous. Antennae black. Thorax very convex. Wings limpid ; 

 costal vein ending on the hind border near the tip of the wing ; sub- 

 costal ending before one-third of the length; radial ending at much 

 beyond three-fourths of the length ; cubital ending at the tip ; praebra- 

 chial ending at the tip of the costal ; pobrachial angular at its junction 

 with the discal transverse ; discal transverse straight, slightly oblique, 

 parted by full twice its length from the prsebrachial transverse, and by 



