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viata scutellique guttis duabus nigris, alis limpidis venis albidis vena 

 costali nigra. 

 Pale testaceous. Head and thorax with black bristles. Antennae much 

 shorter than the face; third joint conical; arista plumose. Thorax 

 with a black stripe^ which is abbreviated hindward ; scutellum with a 

 black dot on each side of the tip. Wings limpid ; veins whitish ; 

 costal vein black ; discal transverse vein straight, parted by much less 

 than its length from the border, and by very much more than its 

 length from the praebrachial transverse vein. Length of the body 

 2\ lines ; of the wings 4^ lines. 



Gren. MiLiCHiA, Meigen. 



71. MiLiCHiA MiNUTA. Mus. Nigra, abdomine argenteo subtus piceo 

 thorace valde latiori, alis cinereis. 



Male. Black. Head with short black bristles. Eyes large. Antennae 

 black, much shorter than the face ; third joint round ; arista simple, 

 short. Abdomen bright silvery above, piceous beneath, much broader 

 and a little ^longer than the thorax. Wings cinereous ; veins and 

 halteres black ; discal transverse vein straight, parted by nearly its 

 length from the border, and by twice its length from the praebrachial 

 transverse vein. Length of the body \\ line ; of the wings 2 lines, 



Subfam. Htdeomyzides, Fallen. 

 Gen. ISToTiPHiLA, Fallen. 



72. NoTiPHiLA UNiLiNEATA. FcRw,. Fusca, capitc apud oculos albidos 

 thorace vittis quinque cinereis, abdomine fasciis late interruptis vit- 

 taque cinereis, tibiis et tarsorum articulis apice genibusque cinereis, 

 alis cinereis apud costam apicalem obscurioribus, halteribus testaceis. 



Female. Brown. Head and thorax with black bristles. Head whitish 

 about the eyes. Antennae brown, much shorter than the face ; third 

 joint linear, about half the length of the second; arista plumose. 

 Thorax with five cinereous stripes. Pectus cinereous. Abdomen 

 with a cinereous stripe, and with widely interrupted cinereous bands 

 on the hind borders of the segments. Knees, and tips of the tibiae 

 and of the joints of the tarsi cinereous. Wings dingy cinereous, 

 darker along the apical part of the costa ; veins black ; discal trans- 

 verse vein parted by half its length from the border, and by more than 

 twice its length from the praebrachial transverse vein ; halteres testa- 

 ceous. Length of the body 2^ lines ; of the wings 4 lines. 



73. NoTiPHiLA CARBONARIA. Mas. Cinerco-nigra, antennis rufis 

 apice nigris, tibiis piceis, alis nigris postice nigricanti-cinereis. 



Male. Cinereous black, with black bristles. Antennae red, black 

 towards the tips; third joint conical; arista plumose. Abdomen 

 elongate oval, a little longer than the thorax. Tibiae piceous. Wings 



