936 LIST OF DIPTERA. 



Anthomyia Bysia, n. s., fem. Nigro-cinerea, capite antico cano la~ 

 teribus ferrugineis, thorace nigro trivittato, humeris fulvis, abdo- 

 mine cano, antennis piceis, basi palpisque ferrugineis, pedibus 

 fulvis, tarsis nigris, alis subfulvis. 



Body slender, black : head and chest tinged with gray : front 

 of the head slightly adorned with hoary lustre ; sides of the face fer- 

 ruginous, without bristles ; epistoma not prominent : eyes bright 

 red ; ifore part slightly convex, its facets a little larger than those 

 elsewhere : sucker pitchy, clothed with tawny hairs ; palpi ferrugi- 

 nous, beset with black bristles : feelers pitchy, as long as the face ; 

 first and second joints ferruginous ; third joint linear, rounded 

 at the tip, ferruginous at the base, almost thrice the length of the 

 second joint ; bristle feathered to the tip with short hairs, much 

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

 black stripes ; shoulders tawny : abdomen elliptical, a little longer 

 and broader than the chest, adorned with a hoary covering : legs 

 tawny, slender, clothed with black hairs and bristles ; feet black : 

 wings slightly tawny ; wing-ribs and veins tawny ; tip cross-vein 

 very slightly curved inward along the whole length ; scales small, 

 white with yellow borders, the lower not extending beyond the up- 

 per ; poisers tawny. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 6 

 lines. 

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



Anthomyia. Troene, n. s., fem. Nigra, fulvo tecta, thorace fusco 

 quadrivittato, scutelli apice abdominisque segmentorum margini- 

 bus posticis fulvis, antennis nigris basi ferrugineis, palpis pedi- 

 busque fulvis, alis fulvo-subcinereis. 



Body black, clothed with black hairs and bristles, adorned with 

 a fawn-coloured covering : head darker on the crown ; epistoma not 

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

 slightly convex ; all the facets very small : sucker black, clothed 

 with tawny hairs ; palpi dark tawny, beset with black bristles : feel- 

 ers black, as long as the face ; first and second joints pale ferrugi- 

 nous ; third joint linear, ferruginous at the base, truncated at 

 the tip, about twice the length of the second joint; bristle feathered 

 to the tip with short hairs, much more than twice the length of the 

 third joint : chest adorned with four brown stripes ; tip of the 

 scutcheon tawny : abdomen oval, a little broader and longer than 

 the chest ; hind borders of the segments tawny: legs tawny, clothed 

 with black hairs and bristles ; foot-cushions pale tawny : wings pale 

 gray, with a slight tawny tinge ; wing-ribs tawny ; veins black, 

 tawny at the base ; cross-veins clouded with dark brown ; tip cross- 



