LIST OF DIPTERA. 695 



ferruginous sides ; sides of the face yellow : eves red : mouth 

 black, ferruginous at the base : feelers black ; third joint like that 

 of O. Dotadas : abdomen red, black at the base, whence an inter- 

 rupted black stripe proceeds to the two last segments, which are 

 black ; sutures of the segments, especially on each side, adorned 

 with white lustre : legs black, clothed with black hairs and bristles ; 

 foot-cushions tawny : wings yellowish brown, paler at the tips and 

 along the hind borders ; wing-ribs, veins, and poisers black ; scales 

 white. Length of the body \\ lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 

 a. Georgia. From Mr. Abbot's collection. 



Ocyptera Dosiades, n. s. Nigra, capite albo micante, abdomine 

 rufo, basi apice vittaque Integra nigris, antennis pedibusque ni- 

 gris, alls subcinereis, basi nervorumque marginibus subfuscis. 

 Body black, clothed with black hairs aud bristles : head tinged 

 in front with silvery-white, clothed beneath with hoary hairs : eyes 

 red : mouth black : feelers black, like those of O. Dotadas : abdo- 

 men red, black at the base, whence proceeds a narrow uninterrupted 

 black stripe, which widens from the base to the tip of the third seg- 

 ment ; the following segments black : legs black, clothed with 

 black hairs and bristles ; foot-cushions tawny : wings slightly gray, 

 tinged with pale brown at the base and along the borders of the 

 veins ; wing-ribs and veins black ; scales white ; poisers tawny. 

 Length of the body 3^ lines ; of the wings 5 lines. 

 a. Nova Scotia. From Lieut. Redman's collection. 



Ocypteea picta, n. s. Aurea, thorace nigro univittato, abdomine 

 ferrugineo, cano micante, lateribus ventreque nigris, pedibus fer- 

 rugineis, tarsis nigris, alis fuscis, basi costaque Jlavis, apicibus 

 marginibusque posticis subcinereis. 



Body clothed with black hairs and bristles: head and chest 

 gold colour : feelers black (?) : a broad black stripe with two slender 

 gold stripes along the middle of the chest : abdomen ferruginous, 

 black on each side and beneath, adorned with hoary reflections, 

 which are most conspicuous on the sutures of the segments : legs 

 ferruginous, clothed with black hairs and bristles ; feet black ; foot- 

 cushions tawny : wings brown, grayish at the tips and along the 

 hind borders, bright yellow at the base and for two-thirds of the 

 length of the fore border; wing-ribs and veins ferruginous; veins 

 tawny on the yellow part of the wing ; scales pale yellow. Length 

 of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 9 lines, 

 a. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgan. 



