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eyes dark red ; fore part slightly convex ; all the facets very small i 

 sucker and palpi black, hairy : feelers black, as long as the face ; 

 third joint linear, truncated at the tip, full thrice the length of the 

 second joint; bristle feathered with rather long hairs, about twice 

 the length of the third joint : chest indistinctly striped : abdomen 

 oval, a little longer and broader than the chest, slightly tessellated 

 with gray reflections : legs black, clothed with black hairs aud bris- 

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

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

 other outward ; third longitudinal vein a little inclined upward to- 

 wards the tip ; scales dingy white, the lower extending far beyond 

 the upper ; poisers tawny. Length of the body 3| — 1 lines ; of the 

 wings 7 — 8 lines. Allied to Musca. 



Var. /3. Borders of the scales tawny. 

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



G. Barnston, Esq. 



Anthomyia nigra, Barnston' s MSS., fem. Nigro-fusca, abdomine 



cinereo subtessellato, palpis antennis pedibusque nigris, alls cine- 



reis. 



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

 black hairs and bristles : epistoma slightly prominent ; sides of the 

 face bristly at the base : eyes red, convex ; all the facets small : 

 sucker and palpi black, hairy : feelers black, as long as the face ; 

 third joint linear, rounded at the tip, more than twice the length of 

 the second ; bristle feathered with long hairs, more than twice the 

 length of the third joint: abdomen oval, slightly tessellated with 

 dark gray reflections, a little longer and broader than the chest : 

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

 tawny ; wings gray ; wing-ribs and veins black ; lower cross-vein 

 straight at the base and having two curves from thence to the tip, 

 the lower inward, much deeper than the other, which is outward ; 

 third longitudinal vein slightly inclined upward towards the tip ; 

 scales dingy white, with pale tawny borders. Allied to Musca. 

 Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 

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



G. Barnston, Esq. 



Anthomyia Teate, n. s. Nigro-fusca, capite antico fulvo, thorace 

 subvittato, abdomine cinereo vitta nigra ornato, palpis antennis 

 pedibusque nigris, alis flavo-cinereis. 



Body black, thickly clothed with black hairs and bristles : 

 front of the head adorned with a tawny covering ; epistoma slightly 

 prominent ; sides of the face without bristles : eyes dark red ; fore 



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