INSECTA. 321 



Anihomyia MEIG. Eyes in each sex, or in males, approximate, 

 in last more frequently contiguous. Wings divaricate or incum- 

 bent. 



Sp. Anthomyla pluvialis, Musca pluvialis L., Gu^RiN Iconogr, Ins. PL 102, 

 figs. 9, &c. A very numerous genus. 



Sub-genera : Aricia ROBIN., Spilog aster MACQ., Hydrophoria 

 ROBIN., Hylemyia ROBIN., Chortophila MACQ., Atomogaster MACQ., 

 Eriphia MEIG. (with eyes contiguous in male). 



Drymeia MEIG. Lips of proboscis elongate, inflexed, forming a 

 terminal hamate capitulum. 



Sp. Drymeia obscura, Musca hamata PALL., MEIG. Europ. Zweifl. Ins. v. 

 Tab. 44, figs. 1013. 



** Poisers obtect. 



Lispe MEIG. Wings incumbent. Abdomen quadriannulate, 

 oval. Palps dilated at apex, cochleariform. (Habitus of Antho- 

 myia. Seta of antennas plumose. Eyes distant). 



6) Wings with a transverse apical nervure, closing the first 

 posterior cellule completely or for the most part. Poisers covered 

 with large squamae. Seta of antennae with two joints or three 

 (Creophilce LATE.) 



Abdomen mostly quadriannulate. Wings often divaricate. 



1) Seta of antennce plumose. 



Idia MEIO., WIEDEM. Head produced beneath into a rostrum 

 above the proboscis. 



AcJiias FABR. Head transverse, produced on both sides into a 

 thick oculiferous peduncle. Antennae short, inserted in the frons. 



Sp. Achias oculatus FABR., Syst. antliator. p. 247, GUERIN, Magas. de Zool. i. 

 1831, Ins. PI. 7, CUVIER.R. Ani. ed. ill., Ins. PI. 178, fig. 3, Java, and 

 some other smaller species, on which comp. C. B. G. WIEDEMANN, Achias, 

 Dipterorum genus iUustratum novisque speciebus auctum, cum Tab. 2 

 lithogr. Kiliae Holsatorum, 1830, 8vo. This genus is distinguished from 

 Diopsis by many characters, by the position of the antennae, and by the 

 habitus. 



Musca nob. (Spec, of genus Musca L.) Head globose, not 

 produced either anteriorly or transversely. 



a) Feet moderate. Seta of antennce plumose to the apex. 



Sub-genera; Curtoneura MACQ., Mesembrina MEIG., Pollenia 

 MACQ., (Pollenia ROBIN, and Ntiellia KOBIN.), Musca MACQ., Calli- 

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