LIST OF DIPTERA. 955 



brown tinge; wing-ribs dark tawny; veins black, dark tawny to- 

 wards the base; lower cross-vein straight, with the exception of 

 a slight inward curve in the middle part of its course ; scales white, 

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

 Length of the body 2 lines ; of the wings 5 lines. 



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



Anthomyia Felsina, n. s., mas. Cinereo-fulva, palpis pedibusque 

 nigris, antennis piceis, alis cinereis. 



Body black, tinged with grayish tawny, clothed with black 

 hairs and bristles : sides of the face without bristles ; epistoma not 

 prominent : eyes pitchy ; fore part rather flat, its facets larger than 

 those elsewhere : sucker black, clothed with tawny hairs ; palpi 

 black, beset with black bristles: feelers pitchy, shorter than the 

 face ; third joint linear, rather deep, slightly rounded at the tip, 

 ^more than twice the length of the second joint ; bristle black, bare, 

 more than twice the length of the third joint: abdomen elliptical, 

 a little longer than the chest : legs black, clothed with black hairs 

 and bristles; foot-cushions pitchy : wings gray ; wing-ribs pitchy ; 

 veins black, pitchy at the base ; tip cross-vein with two curves, the 

 lower inward, deeper than the other which is outward ; cross-veins 

 clouded with brown ; scales dull pale tawny, with brown borders, 

 the lower extending far beyond the upper ; poisers dark tawny. 

 Length of the body 2\ lines ; of the wings 5 lines. 

 a, Monte Video. Presented by C. Darwin, Esq. 



Anthomyia personata, n. s., mas. Nigra, capite antice albo, abdo- 

 mine purpureo-cyaneo, albo micante, palpis antennis pedibusque 

 nigris, alis limpidis. 



Body black, thickly clothed with black hairs and bristles : front 

 of the head adorned with white lustre ; sides of the face without 

 bristles ; epistoma very slightly prominent, adorned with a ferrugi- 

 nous spot on each side : eyes dark red ; fore part rather flat, its fa- 

 cets larger than those elsewhere : sucker black, clothed with dark 

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

 a little shorter than the face; third joint linear, almost truncated at 

 the tip, more than twice the length of the second ; bristle slender, ra- 

 ther more than twice the length of the third joint, its second joint 

 of moderate length, third stout at the base : abdomen dark blue, 

 tinged with purple, adorned with white reflections towards the tip, 

 not longer than the chest : legs black, clothed with black hairs and 

 bristles; hind shanks beset with a fringe of long black bristles ; 

 foot-cushions dark tawny: wings colourless ; wing-ribs pitchy; veins 



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