LIST OF DIPTERA. 937 



vein almost straight, but having a very indistinct inward curve; 

 scales dingy white, with yellow borders, the lower extending far be- 

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

 the wings 6 lines. 

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



Anthomyia JEmene, n. s., fern. Cervina, capitefulvo supra ferru- 

 gineo subtus canescente, thoracis lateribus scutello abdomineque 

 fulvis, hujus suturis nigris, antennis piceis basi fulvis, palpis 

 pedibusque fulvis, tarsis nigris, alis fulvis. 

 Body clothed with black hairs and bristles : head tawny, ferru- 

 ginous above, with a hoary tinge beneath ; sides of the face without 

 bristles ; epistoma not prominent : eyes red, convex ; all the facets 

 very small : sucker pitchy, clothed with tawny hairs ; palpi tawny, 

 beset with black bristles : feelers taw r ny, much shorter than the face ; 

 third joint pitchy, linear, ferruginous at the base, almost truncated 

 at the tip, nearly twice the length of the second joint ; bristle black, 

 feathered to the tip with short hairs, about thrice the length of the 

 third joint : chest and breast fawn-colour ; sides pale tawny : 

 scutcheon tawny : abdomen tawny, obconical, longer than the 

 chest ; sutures of the segments black : legs tawny, clothed with 

 black hairs and bristles ; feet black ; foot-cushions pitchy : wings 

 tawny ; wing-ribs and veins tawny ; tips of the veins pitchy ; tip 

 cross-vein straight ; scales tawny, small, the lower not extending 

 much beyond the upper ; poisers pale yellow. Length of the body 

 2^ lines ; of the wings 5 lines. 

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



Anthomyia Alcathoe, n. s., mas. Nigra, fulvo tecta, capite cano 

 antice fulvo, pectore cano. abdomine cano micante, vitta dorsali 

 marginibusque segmentorum posticis nigris, antennis nigris basi 

 ferrugineis, palpis pedibusque fulvis, tarsis nigris, alis fulvis, 

 apicibus marginibusque posticis subcinereis. 



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

 with a hoary cohering ; face pale tawny, its sides without bristles ; 

 epistoma not prominent : eyes dark red ; fore part rather flat, its fa- 

 cets larger than those elsewhere : sucker pitchy, clothed with tawny 

 hairs; palpi tawny, slender, beset with black bristles: feelers black, 

 nearly as long as the face ; first and second joints ferruginous 5 ; third, 

 joint about thrice the length of the second, very slightly convex be- 

 neath and equally concave above, almost truncated at the tip ; 

 bristle feathered to the tip with long hairs, more than twice the 

 length of the third joint : chest adorned with a dull pale tawny co- 



