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from thence to the tip, joining the border at some distance above 

 the tip of the wing ; lower cross-vein with two curves, the lower in- 

 ward, shorter than the other, which is outward ; scales gray, with 

 dull, pale yellow borders. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the 

 wings 7 lines. 

 a. New Zealand. Presented by Dr. Sinclair. 



Musca equestris, Meig. Dipt. v. 57, 13. Lucilia equestris, Macq. 

 Hist. Nat. Dipt. ii. 253, 10. 



a. England. 



b. France. 



c. Lapland. Presented by the Entomological Club. 



Musca viridescens. Calliphora viridescens, Desv. Essai Myod. 

 437, 12. 



a. Florida. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



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



Musca chrysorrhaea, Meig. Dipt. v. 68, 20. Calliphora chrysor- 



rhsea, 'Macq. Hist. Nat. Dipt. ii. 263, 4. 

 a. Aix-la-Chapelle. Presented by F. Walker, Esq. 



Group IV. Melinda, Desv. Essai Myod. 439. 



Musca canilea, Meig. Dipt. v. 63, 23. M. cognata, Meig. Dipt. 

 vi. 374, vii. 300, 4. Melinda cserulea, Desv. Essai Myod. 439, 

 1 . Calliphora caerulea ? Macq. Hist. Nat. Dipt. ii. 264, 8. 

 Sarcophaga camilea, Zett. Dipt. Scand. iv. 1310, 30. 



a. England. 



b. France. 



c. ? From Mr. Children's collection. 



Musca Ilerda, n. s., fem. Nigra, capite aureo micante, abdomine 

 purpureo-cyaneo, palpis fulvis, antennis piceis, pedibus nigris, 

 alis subcinereis. 



Body beset with a few black hairs and bristles : head black, 

 adorned with gold lustre in front ; facials and epistoma pale ferru- 

 ginous, the latter prominent : sides of the face fringed with bristles 

 for more than half the length : eyes dark red ; fore part slightly 

 convex, its facets small : sucker black, clothed at the tip with tawny 

 hairs ; palpi tawny, beset with black bristles : feelers pitchy, shorter 

 than the face ; second joint ferruginous above ; third joint nearly 

 four times the length of the second, deep, nearly linear, truncated, at 

 the tip ; bristle much more than twice the length of the third joint, 



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