*02 LIST OF DiPTERA. 



borders and along the borders of the veins ; fore borders adorned with 

 four black spots, first spot at the base, irregular ; second smaller, 

 triangular; third like a dot; fourth at the tip; wing-ribs and veins 

 lawny; veins black on the dark parts, and at the tips of the wings ; 

 fourth longitudinal vein forming an extremely obtuse angle at the 

 junction of the lower cross-vein, thence very slightly curved inward, 

 and joining the border a little below the tip of the wing; lower 

 cross-vein very slightly curved inward, forming a very obtuse angle 

 with the fourth longitudinal vein ; scales yellowish-white, with yellow 

 borders. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 

 a. Australia. From the Rev. J. Wenham's collection. 



Chromatomyia placida, n. s., fern. Ferruginea, abdomine viridi, 

 antennis ferrugineis, articulo 3° palpisque nigris, pedibus fulvis, 

 tarsis subnigris, alls subfulvis fusco quadrimaculatis. 

 Head ferruginous, thinly clothed with short tawny hairs ; eyes 

 gold-colour, not hairy : sucker ferruginous; palpi black, beset with 

 black bristles ; feelers ferruginous, not more than half the length of 

 the face; third joint black, slightly convex above and beneath, 

 rounded at the tip, nearly twice the length of the second joint ; 

 bristle black, tawny at the base, nearly twice the length of the third 

 joint, its third joint stout for less than one-fourth of the length, very 

 slender from thence to the tip : chest ferruginous, clothed with short 

 black hairs ; abdomen obconical, green, smooth, shining, ferruginous 

 at the base, a little shorter than the chest: legs tawny ; feet nearly 

 black ; foot-cushions pale tawny: wings slightly tawny, darker at the 

 base and on the fore boders, the latter adorned with four brown 

 marks j first mark near the base, small and indistinct ; second and 

 third bordering the middle and lower cross-veins ; fourth blackish 

 brown, extending along the fore border from three-fourths of the 

 length to the tip ; wing-ribs and veins tawny ; veins darker on the 

 spots of the wings; fourth longitudinal vein nearly straight, joining 

 the border at the tip of the wing ; lower cross-vein with an extremely 

 slight outward curve, forming a very obtuse angle with the fourth 

 longitudinal vein ; scales tawny. Length of the body 5 lines ; of 

 the veins 12 lines. 

 a. Philippine Isles. From Mr. Cuming's collection. 



Chromatomyia jucunda, n. s. Ferruginea, scutello fulvo, abdomine 

 purpureo-cyaneo, antennis ferrugineis, pedibus fulvis, tarsis apice 

 nigris, alis limpidis apice fuscis, basi costa venarumque margini- 

 busjiavis. 

 Body ferruginous : head thickly clothed with short tawny hairs; 



face yellow : mouth ferruginous ; palpi tawny, beset with black bris- 



