LIST OF DIPTERA. 961 



Eriphia, Meigen. 



Eriphia Arelate, d. s., mas. Nigra, palpis anlennis pedibusque 

 nigris, alis nigro-cinereis basi subfuscis. 



Body black, clothed with black hairs and bristles, which latter 

 are very thick towards the tip of the abdomen : sides of the face 

 without bristles ; epistoma slightly prominent ; eyes red, having a 

 narrow space between them on the crown ; fore part nearly flat, its 

 facets a little larger than those elsewhere : sucker black, clothed 

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

 black, a little shorter than the face ; third joint tapering from the 

 base to the tip, where it is truncated, much longer than the second, 

 but not twice its length ; bristle bare, very stout near the base, very 

 slender from thence to the tip, about thrice the length of the 

 third joint, its first joint very short, second long : abdomen obconi- 

 cal, longer than the chest : legs black, clothed with black hairs and 

 bristles ; foot-cushions tawny : wings dark gray, tinged with brown 

 at the base and along the borders of the veins ; wing-ribs and veins 

 black ; lower cross-vein straight, with the exception of a slight 

 inward curve in the middle part of its course : scales rather small, 

 dingy white with yellow borders, the lower not extending beyond 

 the upper ; poisers ferruginous. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the 

 wings 6 lines. 

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



G. Barnston, Esq. 



Eriphia ciliata, Barnston' 's MSS., mas. Nigra, capite antico ar- 

 genteo , palpis antennis pedibusque nigris, alis nigro-cinereis basi 

 fuscis. 



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

 front of the head adorned with bright silvery lustre ; sides of the 

 face without bristles ; epistoma prominent : eyes red ; fore part ra- 

 ther flat, its facets larger than those elsewhere : sucker black, 

 clothed with dark tawny hairs ; palpi black, beset with black bris- 

 tles : feelers black, much shorter than the face ; third joint not 

 longer than the second, convex above, straight beneath, obliquely 

 truncated at the tip : abdomen slightly tapering from the base 

 to the tip, very hairy on each side, longer and narrower than 

 the chest : legs black, clothed with black hairs and bristles ; foot- 

 cushions pitchy : wings dark gray, brown at the base ; wing-ribs 

 and veins black ; lower cross-vein nearly straight ; scales small, 

 tinged with gray, their borders pale yellow, the upper extending a 



