LIST OF DIPTERA. 941 



tip cross-vein straight ; scales yellow, of moderate size, the lower 

 extending a little beyond the upper ; poisers tawny. Length of 

 the body 2f lines ; of the wings 5^ lines. 

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



Anthoivtyia Alone, n. s., fern. Nigro-cinerea, capite antico sub- 

 fulvo, palpis antennisque nigris, pedibus fulvis, alis subcinereis 

 basi nervorumque marginibus subfulvis. 



Body black, clothed with black hairs and bristles, adorned 

 with a gray covering : head silky and somewhat tawny in front ; 

 sides of the face without bristles ; epistoma slightly prominent : 

 eyes red ; fore part nearly flat, its facets larger than those elsewhere : 

 sucker black, clothed with tawny hairs ; palpi long, black, slender, 

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

 third joint flat above till just before the tip, where it slightly rises, 

 indistinctly convex beneath, truncated at the tip, a little more than 

 twice the length of the second joint ; bristle feathered with short 

 hairs to the tip, about twice the length of the third joint : chest not 

 striped : abdomen obconical, longer and a little broader than the 

 chest: legs stout, tawny, thickly clothed with hairs and bristles ; 

 claws long, black ; foot-cushions very pale yellow : wings pale 

 gray, with a slight tawny tinge on the fore border and along 

 the borders of the veins ; lower cross-vein almost straight ; scales 

 rather large, dingy white with yellow borders, the lower extending 

 far beyond the upper ; poisers yellow. Length of the body 3^ lines ; 

 of the wings 7 lines. 

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



G. Barnston, Esq. 



Anthomyia soccata, Barnstonh MSS., fern. Nigro-cinerea, thorace 

 vittis tribus aut quinque nigro-ceneis, palpis antennisque nigris, 

 pedibus fulvis, tarsis nigris, alis subcinereis, basi nervorumque 

 marginibus subfulvis. 



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

 in front ; sides of the face without bristles ; epistoma slightly pro- 

 minent : eyes dark red ; facets larger than usual, especially on the 

 fore part, which is slightly convex : sucker black, clothed at the tip 

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

 black, nearly as long as the face ; third joint linear, rather more 

 than twice the length of the second joint, slightly rounded at the 

 tip, especially towards the underside ; bristle feathered to the tip 

 with long hairs, more than twice the length of the third joint: chest 

 with dark gray covering, adorned with three, or perhaps, five black 

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