930 LIST OF DIPTERA. 



the face ; third joint slightly increasing in depth from the base to 

 the tip, which is almost truncated ; bristle full twice the length of 

 the third joint, feathered with hairs of moderate length : abdomen 

 elliptical, brassy black, hardly broader or longer than the chest ; 

 legs black, clothed with black hairs and bristles ; foot-cushions 

 tawny : wings dark gray, blackish at the base and along the borders 

 of the veins ; wing-ribs and veins black ; tip cross-vein straight 

 along half the length from the base, slightly curved outward from 

 thence to the tip ; scales yellow, with pitchy borders. Length of 

 the body 3^ lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 



a. St. Martin's Falls, Albany River, Hudson's Bay. Presented by 

 G. Barnston, Esq. 



Anthomyia Omole, n. s., fem. Nigro-cinerea, capite fulvo vario, 

 palpis antennis pedibusque nigris, alls cinereis. 



Body black, clothed with black hairs and bristles : head with 

 a tawny tinge about the eyelets, gray in front and beneath, clothed 

 beneath with hoary hairs ; epistoma ferruginous, not prominent ; 

 sides of the face fringed with bristles for one-third of the length ; 

 eyes red ; fore part slightly convex, its facets a little larger than 

 those elsewhere : sucker black, clothed with tawny hairs ; palpi 

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

 the face ; third joint linear, rather deep, slightly rounded at the tip, 

 near four times the length of the second ; bristle more than twice 

 the length of the third joint : chest and breast slightly tinged with 

 gray : abdomen elliptical, tinged with gray, a little longer and 

 broader than the chest: legs black, clothed with black hairs and 

 bristles ; foot-cushions tawny : wings gray; wing-ribs pitchy; veins 

 black, pitchy towards the base ; fourth longitudinal vein slightly 

 curved outwards in its latter course, inclining to the form of a tip 

 cross-vein, joining the border very little below the tip of the wing ; 

 lower cross-vein with two very slight curves, the lower inward, the 

 other outward ; scales yellowish-white, with pale tawny borders ; 

 poisers tawny. Length of the body 3 — 3-g- lines ; of the wings 6 — 7 

 lines. 



a. St. Martin's Falls, Albany River, Hudson's Bay. Presented by 

 G. Barnston, Esq. 



Anthomyia similis, Barnstorms MSS., fem. Nigro-cinerea, capite 

 albo micante, thorace subvittato, abdomine subtessellato, palpis 

 antennis pedibusque nigris, alis subcinereis. 

 Body black, with a slight dark gray covering, clothed with 

 black hairs and bristles : front of the head adorned with white lus- 

 tre ; epistoma not prominent ; sides of the face without bristles : 



