LIST OF DIPTEKA. 939 



ties : feelers black, nearly as long as the face ; third joint linear, 

 almost four times the length of the second, its tip truncated above, 

 rounded beneath; bristle feathered nearly to the tip with moderately 

 long hairs, much more than twice the length of the third joint : ab- 

 domen elliptical, a little longer than the chest : legs tawny, clothed 

 with black hairs and bristles ; claws black : wings pale gray, 

 slightly tinged with tawny towards the base ; wing-ribs and veins 

 tawny ; cross-veins darker ; tip cross-vein straight ; scales white, 

 with yellow borders, the lower extending far beyond the upper ; 

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

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



Anthomyia Signia, n. s., fein. Fulva, capitis vertice nigro, thorace 

 antico vittis tribus canis, abdomine nigro basifulvo apice subca- 

 no, antennis nigris basi fulvis, palpis pedibusque fulvis, tarsis 

 nigris, alis subfulvis. 



Body tawny, beset with black hairs and bristles : crown of the 

 head black ; sides of the face without bristles ; epistoma not pro- 

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

 than those elsewhere : sucker black, clothed with tawny hairs ; pal- 

 pi tawny, beset with black bristles ; feelers black, nearly as long as 

 the face ; first and second joints tawny ; third linear, truncated at 

 the tip, almost thrice the length of the second joint ; bristle fea- 

 thered to the tip with very short hairs, almost thrice the length of 

 the third joint : fore part of the chest adorned with three indistinct 

 hoary stripes: abdomen black, oval, a little longer and broader than 

 the chest, with a hoary tinge towards the tip ; first segment and 

 sides of the second and third segments tawny : legs tawny, clothed 

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

 wings slightly tawny ; wing -ribs tawny ; veins black, tawny to- 

 wards the base ; tip cross-vein with two very indistinct curves, the 

 lower outward, the other inward ; scales yellow, of moderate size, 

 the lower extending a little beyond the upper ; poisers tawny. 

 Very near allied to A. Geldria. Length of the body 3| lines ; of 

 the wings 6^ lines. 

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



Anthomyia Peroe, n. s., fern. Fulva, facie albo micante, thorace 

 antico vittis tribus canis, abdominis apice nigro, palpis antennis 

 pedibusque fulvis, alis subfulvis. 



Body tawny, clothed with black hairs and bristles : face 

 adorned with white lustre, its sides without bristles ; epistoma not 

 prominent : eyes red ; fore part slightly convex, its facets much 



