1142 LIST OF DIPTERA. 



Ornithobia capensis, n. s. Picea, capitefulvo anticejlavo, verticis 



vitta ferruginea, pedibus fulvis, alls limpidis. 



Body pitchy, smooth, shining : head tawny, yellow in front, 

 having on the crown a large dull ferruginous obconical mark, which 

 is slightly concave at the base and truncated at the tip : eyes pitchy ; 

 the facets rather large: borders of the chest and spines of the shoul- 

 ders ferruginous : abdomen dull, clothed with short black hairs : legs 

 tawny, beset with a few bristles ; claws black ; foot-cushions yellow : 

 wings colourless ; veins dark tawny. Length of the body 1 line ; 

 of the wings 4 lines. 

 a. Natal. From Dr. Krauss' collection. 



Ornithobia, n. s. ? 



Ornithomyia, Leach. 



Ornithomyia avicularia, Leach, Eproboscid. 15, 5, pi. 25, /. 4, 5. 

 Meig. Dipt. vi. 232, 1, pi. 64, f. 1—4. Macq. Hist. Nat. 

 Dipt. ii. 641, 1, pi. 24, /. 11. Oken, Lehrbuch der Nat. iii. 

 533, 1, pi. 14. Hippobosca avicularia, Linn Syst. Nat. ii. 

 1010, Faun. Suec. 1922. Gmel. Ed. Syst. Nat. i. 5, 2904, 2. 

 Fabr. Sp. Ins. ii. 275, 2. Ent. Syst. iv. 415, 2. Syst. Antl. 

 338, 3. Schell. Gen. Mouch. pi. 42, /. 3. Schranh, Faun. 

 Boic. iii. 2584. Deg. Ins. vi. 114, 2, pi. 16,/. 21—27. 

 Stew. El. 274. Turt. iii. 687? Shaw, Gen. Zool. vi. 402, pi. 

 115 ? Fall. Hcematomyz. 15, 2. 



a. England. 



b. Alten. Presented by the Entomological Club. 



Ornithomyia viridis, Leach, Eprob. 14, 4, pi. 25, /. 1 — 3. Latr. 

 Gen. Crust, iv. 362. Schell. Gen. Mouch. pi. 42, f. 2. Meig. 

 Dipt. vi. 232, 2, pi. 64, f. 1. Macq. Hist. Nat. Dipt. ii. 

 642, 2. 



a. England. 



b. France. 



c. ? From Mr. Children's collection. 



Ornithomyia Australasian, Leach, Eprob. Ins. 12, 1, pi. 25, /. 

 6 — 8. Weid. Auss. Ziveif. ii. 608, 1 . Hippobosca Australasias, 

 Fabr. Syst. 337, 1. Oliv. Encyc. Meth. Ins. viii. 544, 1. 



a. New Holland. From Mr. Gould's collection. 



Ornithomyia nigricans, Leach, Eprob. Ins. 12, 2, pi. 27, /. 7 — 1 



Wied. Auss. Zweif. ii. 609, 3. 

 a. Bengal. 



