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Gen. Calliphora, Desv. 



76. C erythrocephala. Musca erytbrocephala, Meig. 

 Zweijl. V. 62. Cairo. Inhabits Europe. 



Gen. Musca, Linn. 



77. M. corvina, Fabr. Sp. Ins. ii. 440. Cairo. Mount 

 Sinai. Inhabits Europe. 



78. M. domestica, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 2, 990. Cairo. 

 Wady Ferran. Inhabits Europe. 



Gen. Idia, Meig. 



79. /. xanthogaster, Wied. Auss. Zweifl. ii. 349. Hor 

 Tamanib. Inhabits Hindostan. 



Fam. Anthomyid^. — Gen. Anthomyia, Meig. 



80. A. muscoldes. Male. Cinereous. Head silvery white 

 above and in front, with black bristles along the frontalia ; 

 some stout bristles on each side of the epistoma. Eyes bare. 

 Antennae black, reaching the epistoma; arista slender, except 

 at the base. Abdomen testaceous ; first, second and third 

 segments with a black triangular spot on each ; third spot 

 joining the apical black part of the abdomen. Legs black. 

 Wings cinereous; veins black; discal transverse vein slightly 

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

 and by more than its length from the pra^brachial transverse 

 vein ; alulae white. Length of the body 2f lines. Cairo. 



81. A. conica, Wied. Zool. Mag. i. 79. Cairo. Inhabits 

 Europe. 



82. A. meteorica. Musca meteorica, Linn. Faun. Suec. 

 1849. Cairo. Inhabits Europe. 



Fam. Ortalid^. — Gen. Dacus, Meig. 



83. D. sexmaculatus. Male. Reddish, slender, testa- 

 ceous beneath. Head testaceous, with a black dot on each 

 side of the facialia. Eyes piceous. Palpi long, slender. 

 Antenna3 reaching the epistoma. Thorax with a black spot 

 on each side near the scutellum, which is testaceous. Abdo- 

 meh with a black spot on each side of the second segment. 

 Legs testaceous. Wings pellucid, with a black costal stripe, 

 which is slightly dilated at the tip; veins black, testaceous at 

 the base; discal transverse vein nearly straight, parted by 



