TACHINA. 65 



thorace nigro-quadrivittato, alls cinereis basi et ad costam luridis, alulis 

 albis, abdomine ovato nitente. Long. 3^ ; alar. 7 lin. 



Frontalia distinctly striated ; bristles of the front descending to one- 

 third of the face ; facialia without bristles ; epistoma not prominent ; 

 palpi long and slender, with a ferruginous band near the tips. Antenna? 

 not reaching the epistoma ; second joint ferruginous ; third linear, 

 rounded at the tip, much longer than the second ; sixth very minutely 

 pubescent, stout at the base, much more than twice the length of the 

 third. Costal vein ending at hardly in front of the tip of the wing ; 

 subcostal vein ending at very little beyond one-third of the length ; 

 mediastinal vein ending at a little beyond half the length ; radial vein 

 ending at beyond five-sixths of the length; cubital vein joining the 

 costal near its tip; praebrachial vein forming a very obtuse and not 

 sharply defined angle at its flexure, beyond which it is almost straight, 

 but is very slightly curved inward towards its tip ; discal transverse 

 vein with two extremely slight curves, parted from the border and from 

 the flexure of the praebrachial by much less than its length. 



Eare. (E.) 



105. excessa, n. Nigra, nitens, capite albo, palpis nigris, alis 

 cinereis basi subluridis, ( vena prabrachiali angulum obtmum fngente, 

 alulis albidis, abdomine 'elliptico. Long. 2 ; alar. 4 lin. 



Frontalia deep black; bristles of the front descending to half the 

 length of the face ; epistoma not prominent ; palpi black. Antennae 

 reaching the epistoma ; third joint linear, slender, conical at the tip, 

 about twice the length of the second ; sixth minutely pubescent, stout 

 at the base, full twice the length of the third. Costal vein ending at 

 hardly in front of the tip of the wing ; subcostal vein ending at beyond 

 one-third of the length ; mediastinal vein ending at a little beyond half 

 the length ; radial vein ending at beyond five-sixths of the length ; 

 cubital vein ending at the tip of the costal ; prcebrachial vein forming a 

 very obtuse and not sharply defined angle at its flexure, between which 

 and its tip it is hardly curved inward ; discal transverse vein slightly 

 curved inward behind, parted from the border by less than its length, 

 and by its length from the flexure of the praebrachial. 



Rare. (E.) 



106. mera, n. Nigra, gracilis, capite cano, palpis nigris, alis 

 cinereis antice nigricantibus, vena prabracltiali curvata, alulis albidis, 

 abdomine sublineari. Long. If; alar. 3^ lin. 



Frontalia slightly concave ; bristles of the front not descending along 

 the face ; facialia without bristles ; epistoma not prominent ; palpi 

 black. Antennae hardly reaching the epistoma ; third joint almost 

 truncated at the tip, about twice the length of the second ; sixth stout 

 at the base, plumose except towards the tip, full twice the length of 

 the third. Costal vein ending at the tip of the wing ; subcostal vein 

 ending at much before one-third of the length ; mediastinal vein ending 



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