998 LIST OF DIPTERA. 



Sepsis punctual, Fall. Ortal. 22, 4. Meig. Dipt. v. 289, 10. Macq. 

 Hist. Nat. Dipt. ii. 478, 8. Walk. Ent. Mag. i. 250, 10. Zett. 

 Ins. Lapp. 749, 5. Musca punctum, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iv. 351, 

 159. Coq. Must. 109, pi. 24, /. 14. Musca, &c, Schell. 

 Gen. Mouch. pi. 4, /. 2. M. stigma, Panz. Faun. Germ. 60, 

 21. Encyl. Meth. pi. 394, f. 26. Tephritis punctum, Fabr. 

 Syst. Antl. 324, 40. Encyl. Meth. pi. 396, /. 229. Micro- 

 peza punctum, Latr. Gen. Crust, iv. 355. Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. 

 Nat. xx. 520. M. cynipsea, Desv. Essai Myod. 741, 1. 



a. England. Presented by F. Walker, Esq. 



b. England. 



c. France. 



d. ? From Mr. Children's collection. 



Sepsis linearis, n. s., mas. Nigra, thorace cyaneo-viridi, palpis ni- 

 gris, antennis pedibusque fulvis, tarsis piceis, alis sublimpidis 

 apice fusco maculatis. 



Body black, nearly linear, thinly clothed with short black hairs: 

 head and chest beset with a few black bristles : eyes dark red ; fore 

 part fiat, its facets much larger than those elsewhere : sucker and 

 palpi black : feelers tawny, shorter than the face ; third joint conical, 

 full twice the length of the second ; bristle black, bare, very slen- 

 der, twice the length of the third joint: chest bluish green : abdo- 

 men sessile, slightly compressed, longer and a little narrower than 

 the chest : legs tawny, clothed with short paler hairs ; feet pitchy ; 

 claws black : wings nearly colourless ; a brown spot on each tip ; 

 wing-ribs and veins pitchy; fourth longitudinal vein slightly curved 

 upward towards the lip ; lower cross-vein straight ; poisers tawny. 

 Length of the body 2 lines ; of the wings 3 lines. 

 a. Philippine Islands. From Mr. Wood's collection. 



Sepsis vicaria, n. s. Mneo-viridis, capite nigro antice subtusque 

 fulvo, abdomine purpureo-cupreo, antennis pedibusque fulvis, 

 tibiis postieis basi piceis, alis limpidis macula apicalifusca. 



Body shining : head and chest beset with a very few bristles : 

 head black, tawny in front and beneath ; epistoma not prominent : 

 eyes dark red, convex ; all the facets small : feelers tawny, shorter 

 than the face ; third joint conical, more than twice the length of 

 the second ; bristle black, very slender, more than twice the length 

 of the third joint: chest brassy-green: abdomen coppery, petiolated, 

 much longer than the chest : disk of the back tinged with purple : 

 legs pale tawny, slender; tips of the feet darker; claws black; hind 

 shanks pitchy for more than half the length from the base : wings 



