524 LIST OF DIPTERA. 



moderate and equal size : mouth and feelers black, the latter linear, 

 and full twice the length of the head : chest deep black, adorned 

 with three broad stripes of brown down ; scutcheon unarmed : abdo- 

 men purplish blue, adorned on each side towards the tip with patches 

 of white down, rather broader than long, much wider and a little 

 shorter than the chest : legs bluish black, clothed with tawny down ; 

 feet tawny, black towards the tips ; hind feet black : wings blackish 

 brown, darkest along the fore borders; wing-ribs and veins black ; 

 poisers piceous. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 8 

 lines. 

 a. ? From Mr. Children's collection. 



Clitellaria cuprea, n. s. Cuprea, antennis pedibusque nigris, alis 

 nigro-fuscis. 



Body bright copper-colour, shining, thickly clothed with short 

 hoary hairs : head much narrower than the chest ; eyes dark red, 

 clothed with black down: mouth black, clothed with short black 

 hairs: feelers black, short; first and second joints cup-shaped, of 

 nearly equal length, beset with short black hairs ; third joint coni- 

 cal till near the tip, where it is narrow and slightly curved, more 

 than twice the length of the two preceding joints : abdomen convex, 

 much broader, but not longer than the chest, its breadth slightly 

 exceeding its length : legs black, clothed with hoary down : wings 

 dark brown, especially along the fore borders ; wing-ribs and veins 

 black ; poisers tawny. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 6 

 lines. 

 a. West Australia. From Mr. Clifton's collection. 



Clitellaria rufa, n. s. Rufa, antennis pedibusque rufis, Mis apice 

 nigris, alis limpidis. 



Body red, shining, finely punctured, rather flat, almost hairless : 

 head a little narrower than the chest : eyes and eyelets piceous : 

 feelers black, nearly as long as the head, ending in a spine ; first 

 and second joints red, long, nearly equal in length ; third and fol- 

 lowing joints short : abdomen flat, rather wider than long, shorter 

 and very much broader than the chest : legs red : wings colourless ; 

 wing-ribs, veins, and poisers tawny. Length of the body 2\ lines ; 

 of the wings 4 lines. 



a. ? From Mr. Children's collection. 



Clitellaria Cormasa, n. s., mas. Nigra, antennis pieeis basi ful- 

 vis, pedibus fulvis, alis cinereis. 



Body black, head as broad as the chest: eyes reddish bronze ; 

 facets large : feelers piceous ; first joint tawny ; second joint slightly 







