988 LIST OF DIPTEKA. 



Sapromyza dichromata, While, Zool. Voy. Erebus and Terror. 



Fulva, abdomine piceo, palpis antennis pedibus alisque fmlvis. 



Body tawny, thinly clothed with short black hairs : head and 

 chest beset with a few black bristles : sides of the face without bris- 

 tles ; epistoma not prominent : eyes pale red, convex ; facets of the 

 fore part a little larger than those elsewhere : sucker tawny, clothed 

 with tawny hairs; pal pi tawny, beset with black bristles: feelers 

 tawny, very much shorter than the face ; third joint conical, downy, 

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

 much more than thrice the length of the third joint : abdomen 

 pitcby. nearly obconical, much shorter than the chest: legs tawny, 

 clothed with short block hairs; feet dark tawny; claws black: 

 wings tawny ; wing-ribs and veios Lawny, the latter darker towards 

 the tips ; lower crnss-vein nearly straight ; poisers lawny, with 

 pitchy knobs. Length of the body 2f lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 

 a. New Zealand. Presented by Dr. Sinclair. 



Sapromyza Ainida, mas. Fulva, capile flavo, abdomine piceo, pal- 

 pis flavis, anlennis pedibusque fulvis, tibiis posticis subarcuatis, 

 alis limpidis. 



Body lawny: head and chest beset with a few black bristles: 

 head yellow ; face tinged with white, its sides without bristles : epi- 

 stoma not prominent : eyes bright red, convex ; all the facets very 

 small : sucker and palpi yellow : feelers lawny, shorter than the 

 face ; third joint conical, downy, more than twice the length uf the 

 second ; bristle black, rather stout, feathered with long hairs, less 

 than twice the length of the third feeler joint: abdomen pitchy, 

 linear, shining, longer and much narvower than the chest: legs 

 lawny ; tips of the shanks armed with black spines ; feet darker to- 

 wards the tips : claws black ; hind shanks slightly curved : wings 

 colourless ; wing-vibs lawny ; veins black, tawny at the base ; lower 

 cross-vein hardly curved inward, parted by much more than twice its 

 length from the middle cross-veiu ; poises lawny. Length of the 

 body If line ; of the wings 3 lines. 

 a. Georgia. From Mr. Abbot's collection. 



Sapromyza vittata, n. s. Fulva, capite thoraceque Jlavo-albido vit- 

 talis, abdomine albido viltis duabus fulvis ornato, palpis anten- 

 nis pedibusque fulvis, alis limpidis. 



Body pale tawny, beset with a few black bristles : face whitish, 

 its sides without bristles, except at the base ; epistoma not promi- 

 nent : three yellowish white stripes on the crown of the head : eyes 



