LIST OF DIPTERA. 755 



ginous band on each side from the eyes to the epistoma, which 

 is yellow and slightly prominent ; sides of the face fringed with 

 bristles : eyes red, not hairy : palpi pitchy, beset with black bristles : 

 feelers pitchy, nearly as long as the face ; third joint much longer 

 than the second, very slightly convex above and beneath, obliquely 

 truncated at the tip ; bristle not much longer than the third joint, 

 its second joint more than twice the length of the first ; third joint 

 tapering from the base to the tip : abdomen obconical, a little shorter 

 than the chest, adorned along the fore borders of the segments with 

 broad bands of hoary lustre, which are partly interrupted by a black 

 stripe on the back : legs black, clothed with black hairs and bristles ; 

 foot-cushions pitohy : wings nearly colourless ; wing-ribs pitchy ; 

 veins black, pitchy at the base ; tip cross-vein forming a very obtuse 

 angle with the fourth longitudinal vein, nearly straight, joining the 

 border at some distance above the tip of the wing ; lower cross-vein 

 with two very slight curves, the lower inward, the other outward ; 

 scales white, with yellow borders. Length of the body 2i lines ; of 

 the wings 5 lines. 

 a. England. 



Tachina Titormus, n. s. Cinerea, abdomine cinereo-fulvo , palpis 

 fulvis, antennu ferrugineis articulo 3° nigro, pedibus fulvis, tar- 

 sis nigris, alis subcinereis. 



Body black, covered with gray bloom, clothed with black hairs 

 and bristles ; a pitchy stripe between the eyelets and the feelers; 

 sides of the face without bristles, except at the base ; epistoma taw- 

 ny, slightly prominent: eyes dark red, hairy : sucker black, ferrugi- 

 nous, and clothed with pale tawny hairs at the tip ; palpi tawny, be- 

 set with black bristles : feelers ferruginous, a little shorter than the 

 face ; third joint black, ferruginous at the base, a little longer than 

 the second joint, its length hardly twice its breadth, very slightly 

 convex above, beneath, and at the tip ; bristle much more than 

 twice the length of the third joint, its second joint long, more than 

 twice the length of the first ; third joint stout for about one-fourth of 

 its length, very slender from thence to the tip : abdomen obconical, 

 not longer than the chest, covered with dark grayish tawny bloom, 

 very thinly clothed with hairs and bristles : legs tawny ; feet and 

 claws black ; foot-cushions tawny : wings light gray ; wing-ribs 

 tawny ; veins black, tawny at the base ; tip cross-vein forming 

 a very obtuse angle with the fourth longitudinal vein, very slightly 

 curved inward along the whole length, joining the border at some 

 distance above the tip of the wing ; lower cross-vein with two very 

 slight curves, the lower inward, shorter, and more distinct than the 



