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Musca villeneuvi Patton.* 



From southern India. 



A smallish species with only two thoracic stripes; the pupa- 

 rium is white. 



Musca lucens Villeneuve.* 



Recorded from Kandy, Ceylon. 



This small species was recently described by Villeneuve from 

 Kandy, Ceylon. I found one male collected by Colonel Yerbury 

 at Trincomali (January 13, 1892), and two females, one from 

 Haragam (June 1, 1892) and the other from Trincomali, Ceylon, 

 (July 20, 1890) in his collection at the British Museum. As 

 Villeneuve has only described the male, I give a short description 

 of the female, as follows: 



Female.— Frons almost the width of eye; frontal stripe about 

 one-third the width of eye; parafrontal bristles in two rows; 

 parafacials and cheeks silvery; vertex steel blue. Antenna- and 

 palps dark gray. Thorax bluish white with two broad black 

 stripes; in one specimen the stripes are a little divided before 

 the suture, giving the appearance of four stripes ; sides of thorax 

 grayish white. Scutellum light brown in the middle and bluish 

 gray at the sides. Abdomen with apparent first segment light 

 brown; second segment similar, with some bluish pollinosity; 

 third segment similar; the fourth is brownish in the center and 

 silvery at the sides. Legs light brown. 



The male of this species can quite easily be confused with the 

 male of Musca conducens; however, it has only two thoracic 

 stripes, while conducens has four, which only tend to unite. The 

 females are quite distinct. 



5 Walker.* 

 Musca praecox Walker.* 

 Musca humilis Patton (nee Wiedemann). 

 Pristirhynchomyia lineata Brunetti. 



A widely distributed Oriental species. 



This small species is of great interest as it possesses well- 

 developed prestomal teeth, which are capable of scratching off 

 a small clot or scab. Though I have not seen the type of Pristir- 

 hynchomyia lineata Brunetti, which is in the Indian Museum, I 

 have specimens, labeled by Mr. Brunetti. The female can quite 

 easily be mistaken for the female of tempestiva. 



