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front of, 2 behind suture). Inner dorso-central^ 1. Scu- 

 tellar, 4 (1 prsebasal, 1 basal, I discal, 1 apical). Meso- 

 pleural, normally 6 (space between uppermost two greater 

 than that between any other two). Sterno pleural, 1 : 2. 



Wings: venation as in Musca domestica, Linn., except that 

 the terminal portion of the fourth longitudinal vein, after 



Fhilcematomyia insignis, sp. n. 



Fig. II. — Proboscis of 9 , witb " tubular extension " not quite fully 



protruded ( X tibout 70). 

 Fig. III. — Proboscis of S, with tubular extension fully protruded, 



showing circlet of stout, black, chitinous teeth (x about 70). 



the bend, is straighter and less incurved, and that the poste- 

 rior transverse vein is more sinuous ; opening of first 

 posterior cell as in Mvsca domestica. 



Typical species, Philamatomyia insignis, sp. n. 



The genus Philcematomyia, of which but a single very 

 "widely distributed species has yet been observed, consists of 



