932 LIST OF DIPTERA. 



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

 hairy : feelers black ; ! 4 third joint deep, linear, rounded at the tip, 

 much longer than the second; bristle stout and feathered with short 

 hairs towards the base, very slender from thence to the tip, about 

 thrice the length of the third joint : chest with a dark brown cover- 

 ing, indistinctly striped : abdomen gray, oval, adorned with a single 

 black stripe, a little longer and broader than the chest : legs black, 

 clothed with black hairs and bristles ; shanks ferruginous ; foot- 

 cushions tawny : wings yellowish gray ; wing-ribs and veins black ; 

 tip cross-vein with two curves, the lower inward, shorter and much 

 more distinct than the other, which is outward and very slight ; 

 scales white, with pale tawny borders, the lower extending far be- 

 yond the upper ; poisers tawny. Length of the body 3f lines ; of 

 the wings 7 lines. 



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

 G. Barnston, Esq. 



Anthomyia Orata, n. s., fern. Nigra, pedibus nigris, alis cinereis. 



Body black, clothed with black hairs and bristles : eyes bright 

 red, convex ; all the facets very small : legs black, clothed with 

 black hairs and bristles : wings gray ; wing-ribs and veins black ; 

 scales dingy white, with tawny borders, the lower extending beyond 

 the upper. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 

 a. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgan. 



Anthomyia nigrifrons, Barnstoris MSS., fern. Nigra, Jlavo-fusco 

 tecta, palpis antennis pedibusque nigris, alis subcinereis ad cos- 

 tam basi subfulvis. 



Body black, adorned with a yellowish brown covering, clothed 

 with black hairs and bristles : epistoma slightly prominent ; sides 

 of the face without bristles : eyes dark red ; fore part convex ; all 

 the facets very small : sucker and palpi black, hairy : feelers black, 

 nearly as long as the face ; third joint linear, almost truncated at 

 the tip, more than twice the length of the second joint ; bristle fea- 

 thered with short hairs along the whole length, about twice the 

 length of the third joint : abdomen nearly oval, not longer nor 

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

 bristles; foot-cushions pitchy: wings pale gray, with a slight tawny 

 tinge along the fore border towards the base ; wing-ribs tawny ; 

 veins black, tawny towards the base ; tip cross-vein straight ; scales 

 dingy white, with pale tawny borders ; poisers tawny. Length of 

 h e body 2\ lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 



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

 G. Barnston, Esq. 



