LIST OF DIPTERA. 17 



Cyphomyia mermis, Wied. Auss. Ziveifl. ii. 55, 3. Macq. Hist. 



Nat. Dipt. i. 242, 3. 

 Brazil. 



7. Cyphomyia fascipes. 



Mas. Nigra ; caput et thorax subtus albo-pubescentia ; antennce 

 ferruginece, apice nigra ; thorax testaceo quadrivittatus ; scu- 

 tellum spinis duabus longis albidis ; abdomen nigro-cganeum, 

 fere rotundum, thorace latius et brevius, maculis transversis 

 lateralibus albo-tomentosis ; femora et tarsi alba, apice nigra ; 

 alee subcinerece, venis nigris, stigmate fusco ; halteres albidi. 



Male. Black. Head and thorax clothed beneath with white 

 down. Antennae ferruginous, black towards the tips. Thorax with 

 four stripes of shining testaceous down, the outer pair interrupted. 

 Scutellum with two long whitish spines. Abdomen dark blue, nearly 

 round, broader and shorter than the thorax, with transverse spots of 

 white down along each side. Femora and tarsi white, black towards 

 the tips. Wings slightly gray ; veins black; stigma brown. Hal- 

 teres whitish. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 



a. Santarem, Brazil. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



8. Cyphomyta maculata. 



Nigra; caput ferrugineum ; thorax et abdomen cinereo maculata; 

 scutellum spinis duabus flavis ; tarsi albi ; alee limpidce. 



Stratiomys maculata, Fabr. Syst. Anil. 85, 30. 

 Cyphomyia maculata, Wied. Auss. Zweifl, ii. 57, 6. 



South America. 



9. Cyphomyia clakipennis. 



Mas. Nigra, albo-pubescens ; scutellum spinis flavidis ; tarsi 

 albidi ; alee hyalince. 



Cyphomyia claripennis, Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. 2, 29, 4. 

 Brazil. 



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