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joint linear, slender, rounded at the tip, nearly four times the length 

 of the second ; bristle fringed nearly to the tip with long hairs, 

 more than twice the length of the third joint: chest adorned with 

 four black stripes : abdomen obconical, slightly tessellated, a little 

 longer and broader than the chest : legs black, tinged with gray, 

 clothed with black hairs and bristles ; foot-cushions pitchy : wings 

 slightly gray ; wing-ribs tawny ; veins black, tawny at the base ; 

 cross-veins clouded with brown ; lower cross-vein straight till near 

 the tip, where it is very slightly curved outward ; scales of moderate 

 size, dingy white, with pale tawny borders, the lower extending 

 somewhat beyond the upper ; poisers tawny. Length of the body 

 3 lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 

 a, North America. Presented by the Entomological Club. 



Anthomtia cana, n. s., mas. Cana, palpis fiavo-albis apice latis, 

 antennis nigris, seta pilis brevissimis hirta, pedibus nigris, alis 



Body black, covered with hoary bloom, clothed with black 

 hairs and bristles : head adorned with white lustre ; epistoma not 

 prominent ; sides of the face without bristles : eyes dark red, not 

 hairy : sucker black, clothed at the tip with tawny hairs ; palpi yel- 

 lowish white, compressed, very broad : feelers black, very short, 

 hardly more than half the length of the face, covered with hoary 

 bloom ; third joint about twice the length of the second, flat above, 

 slightly convex beneath, rounded at the tip ; bristle stout at the 

 base, feathered nearly to the tip with very short hairs, a little longer 

 than the third joint : abdomen elliptical, a little longer and nar- 

 rower than the chest ; tip curved beneath, like that of Phania : 

 legs black, covered with hoary bloom, clothed with black hairs and 

 bristles ; foot-cushions tawny : wings colourless ; wing-ribs pitchy ; 

 veins black ; lower cross-vein slightly curved inward ; scales white, 

 very large. Length of the body 2 lines ; of the wings 4 lines. 

 a. New Holland. Presented by the Entomological Club. 



Anthomyia nigripennis, Barnstons MSS., fern. Nigra, capite ci- 



nereo micante, abdomine nigro-ceneo, palpis antennis pedibusque 



nigris, alis cinereis, basi venarumque marginibus nigro-fuscis. 



Body black, slightly shining, clothed with black hairs and 



bristles ; front of the head adorned with gray lustre ; epistoma 



slightly prominent ; sides of the face without bristles : eyes red ; 



fore part nearly flat, all the facets very small : sucker and palpi 



black ; sucker pitchy towards the tip, clothed with tawny hairs ; 



palpi beset with black bristles : feelers black, a little shorter than 



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