12 LIST OF DIPTERA. 



Australia, New Zealand. 



A. Abdomen metallicum. 



A. Antennae fuscae, basi testaceae. - - quinquecella, Macq. 



B. Antennas nigrae. - substituta, Walk. 



B. Abdomen fulvum. incisuralis, Macq. 



17. Beris quinquecella. 



Mas. Violacea ; scutellum quadrispinosum ; antennce fusca, basi 

 testaceae ; pedes fulvi ; alee areolis quinque posticis. 



Beris quinquecella, Macq. Dipt. JSxot Suppl. i. 47, 2, pi. 5, f. 2. 

 Tasmania. 



18. Beris substituta. 



Fcem. Viridis aut ceneo-viridis ; antennce nigra ; palpi testacei ; 

 scutellum spinis quaiuor fulvis ; abdomen purpureo-cupreum ; 

 pedes fulvi, femoribus tibiisque fusco fasciatis ; alee subcinerea, 

 stigmate venisque nigris. 



Dull green or aeneous green. Antennae black. Palpi testa- 

 ceous. Scutellum witb four tawny spines. Abdomen purplish 

 cupreous. Legs tawny ; femora and tibiae with brown bands. 

 Wings grayish ; stigma and veins black. Length of the body 2 

 lines ; of the wings 3J lines. 



This species has three externo-medial veins, and the first branch 

 of the cubital vein is very short, proceeds almost directly to the bor- 

 der, and thus forms an unusually large angle with the second branch. 

 In this character it differs more than Actina from most of the spe- 

 cies of Beris. 



a — d. Auckland, New Zealand. Presented by Col. Bolton. 



19. Beris incisuralis. 



Fcem. Viridi-anea ; antennce nigrce, basi testaceo varice ; scutellum 

 sexspinosum ; abdomen fulvum, apice incisurisque nigris ; pede, 

 fulvi, femoribus apice tibiisque posticis nigris, tarsis fuscis ; 

 alee subfuscescentes. * 



Beris incisuralis, Macq. Dipt JEJxot. Suppl. ii. 28, 5. 

 New Holland. 





