LIST OF DIPTERA. 71 1 



Group XIV. 



Third joint of the feelers nearly linear, much more than twice 

 the length of the second joint, hardly concave above, slightly convex 

 beneath, rounded at the tip ; second joint of the bristle longer than 

 the first. 



Tachina Zelica, n. s. Fulva, thorace ferrugineo, disco fusco quin- 

 que vittato, abdominis segmentorum marginibus posticis nigris, 

 antennis piceis, articulo 3° nigro, pedibus ferrugineis, alls cine- 

 reis basi fulvis, venis fusco limbatis. 



Body clothed with black hairs and bristles : head tawny, silky, 

 clothed beneath with pale yellow hairs, darker on the crown, and 

 having there a broad dark ferruginous stripe, which widens from the 

 eyelets to the base of the feelers ; sides of the face fringed with bris- 

 tles for one-fourth of the length from the base ; epistoma somewhat 

 prominent : eyes pitchy, hairy, red along the borders : sucker black, 

 clothed at the tip with tawny hairs : palpi tawny, long, beset with 

 black bristles : feelers pitchy, shorter than the face ; second joint 

 ferruginous towards the tip; third joint black, nearly linear, much 

 more than twice the length of the second joint, hardly concave 

 above, slightly convex beneath, rounded at the tip ; bristle much 

 longer than the third joint, its second joint rather short, but longer 

 than the first ; third joint stout, tapering from the base to the tip : 

 chest dark brown, adorned with five paler indistinct stripes ; 

 sides and scutcheon ferruginous ; breast pitchy : abdomen bright 

 tawny, clothed with tawny hairs and black bristles, the latter are 

 chiefly on the hind borders of the segments and towards the tip ; a 

 black band on the hind border of each segment : legs ferruginous 

 clothed with black hairs and bristles ; claws and foot-cushions pale 

 tawny ; tips of the claws black : wings dark gray, tawny at the base, 

 brown along the borders of the veins, and especially of the cross- 

 veins ; tip cross-vein forming a slightly acute angle with the fourth 

 longitudinal vein, much curved near the base, straight from thence 

 to the tip, joining the border at some distance above the tip of the 

 wing ; lower cross-vein with two slight curves, the lower inward, the 

 other outward ; scales yellow with darker borders. Length of the 

 body 7 lines ; of the wings 13 lines. 

 a. New Zealand. Presented by Dr. Sinclair. 



Group XV. 



Third joint of the feelers long, slender, linear, full thrice the 

 length of the second joint, rounded at the tip, reaching the epistoma ; 

 first and second joint of the bristle very short. 



