982 LIST OF DIPTEEA. 



Scatophaga pubescens. Barnstorms MSS., mas. Fusca, capiie an- 

 iico ferrugineo, palpis flavis, aniennls ferrugineis, pedibus ful- 

 vis, alls suhcinereis. 



Body adorned with a pale dull brown covering, clothed with 

 blue hail's and bristles : head ferruginous in front, sides of the lace 

 without bristles ; epistoma not prominent : eyes red, convex ; all the 

 facets small: sucker black; palpi pale yellow : feelers pale ferrugi- 

 nous ; third joint linear, rounded and blackish towards the lip. 

 much longer than the second joint ; bristle downy towards the base, 

 much more than twice the length of the third joint: abdomen a 

 little longer than the chest: legs dark tawny, clothed with black 

 hairs and bristles; claws black: wings slightly gray; wing-ribs 

 tawny ; veins pitchy, tawny towards the base ; cross-veins clouded 

 with brown; poisers tawny. Length of the body 2-j lines; of the 

 wings 5 lines. 



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



G. Bamslon, Esq. 



b. Nova Scotia. From Lieut. Redman's collection. 



Scatophaga bicolor, Barnsion's MSS., mas. Cinerea, capitis ver- 

 lice ferrugineo, abdomine fu/vo, palpis JIavis, antennis ferru- 

 gineis, articulo 3° supra piceo, pedibus fulvis, alis suhcinereis. 



Body thinly beset with long black bristles: head and chest 

 gray : head ferruginous in front of the crown, yellow beneath : sides 

 of the face with two or three bristles at the base ; epistoma slightly 

 prominent : eyes pitchy, convex ; facets of the fore part larger than 

 those elsewhere: sucker ferruginous, clothed with tawny hairs; 

 palpi yellow, beset with black bristles: feelers ferruginous, nearly as 

 long as the face; third joint linear, pitchy above, rounded at 

 the tip, about twice the length of the second ; bristle black, downy, 

 rather stout at the base, about twice the length of the third joint : 

 chest adorned with three brown stripes: abdomea pale tawny, 

 nearly linear, clothed with short black hairs, hardly longer than the 

 chest: legs tawny, clothed with black hairs, beset with black bris- 

 tles; claws black; foot-cushions yellow : wings very slightly gray; 

 wing-ribs tawny ; veins pitchy, tawny at the base ; cross-veins 

 clouded with brown ; lower cross-vein hardly curved outward, 

 slightly oblique, parted by full twice its length from the middle 

 cross-vein, and by more than thrice its length from the tip of the 

 wing ; poisers yellow. Length of the body 2% lines ; of the wings 

 5% lines. 



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

 G. Barnston, Esq. 



