804 LIST OF D1PTEEA. 



Chromatomyia hilaris, n. s. Ferruginea, thoracis disco nigra, 

 abdomine viridi-cyaneo, antennis fulvis, articulo 3° pedibusque 

 ferrugineis, tarsis apice nigris, alis limpidis fusco quadrimacu- 

 latis basi fulvis. 



Head ferruginous, thinly clothed with short tawny hairs, 

 tawny in front; face yellow: eves pitchy; mouth and palpi black: 

 feelers tawny, shorter than the face; third joint ferruginous, more 

 than twice the length of the second, pitchy towards the tip ; 

 bristle black, tawny towards the base, full twice the length of the 

 third joint, rather stout for about one-sixth of its length, very slender 

 from thence to the tip : chest black, clothed with short tawny hairs ; 

 sides, breast, and scutcheon ferruginous ; sides of the scutcheon pur- 

 plish-blue : abdomen obconical, greenish blue, smooth, shining, a 

 little shorter than the chest: legs ferruginous, clothed with short 

 tawny hairs ; feet black towards the tips ; foot-cushions pale tawny : 

 wings colourless, tawny at the base ; fore borders adorned with four 

 brown spots ; the first irregular, near the base ; second descending 

 towards the disk ; third like a dot ; fourth at the tip ; wing-ribs 

 tawny; veins black, tawny at the base: fourth longitudinal vein 

 almost straight, joining the border just below the tip of the wing, 

 forming a slightly obtuse angle with the lower cross-vein, which is 

 nearly straight ; scales white. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the 

 wings 8 lines. 

 a. New Holland ? Presented by the Entomological Club. 



Chromatomyia apicalis, n. s. Ferruginea, thoracis disco abdomi- 

 neque viridi, hujus apiee scutelloque fulvis, antennis pedibusque 

 fulvis, femoribus tibiisque nigra maculatis, alis limpidis, basi 

 costaque subfulvis. 



Head ferruginous, with black marks on the crown, tawny about 

 the peristoma ; face large, yellow : eyes pitchy : sucker black ; palpi 

 tawny, beset with long black bristles : feelers tawny, a little shorter 

 than the face; third joint full four times the length of the second, 

 nearly linear, slightly tapering from the base to the tip which is 

 rounded : bristle black, tawny at the base, nearly twice the length of 

 the third joint : chest green, clothed with short tawny hairs ; sides and 

 breast ferruginous; scutcheon tawny, armed with black bristles, 

 adorned with a green spot in the middle of the fore border: abdo- 

 men obconical, green, smooth, shining, clothed with tawny hairs, 

 not longer than the chest, tawny at the tip : legs tawny, clothed with 

 tawny hairs ; a black mark on each thigh ; knees pitchy ; two black 

 marks on each shank whose tips are also black ; tips of feet ferru- 

 ginous ; foot-cushions pitchy ; claws tawny with black tips : wings 

 long, colourless, with a slight tawny tinge at the base, and along 



