536 LIST OF DIPTERA. 



Odontomyia dorsalis, White, Zool. Voy. Erebus and Terror. Fern. 

 Nigra, capite piceo, pectore fulvo, scutello viridi, abdominis late- 

 ribus viridibus, antennis piceis, pedibus fulvis, alis albidis. 



Head piceous, and clothed with short tawny hairs above, green 

 in front and beneath : eyes piceous : mouth black : feelers piceous : 

 chest black: breast tawny ; scutcheon apple-green, unarmed : abdo- 

 men black, broader, but not longer than the chest ; sides green, of 

 a deeper hue than that of the scutcheon : legs tawny : wings 

 whitish ; wing-ribs tawny ; veins yellow ; poisers tawny, with green 

 knobs. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 



a. New Zealand. Presented by Dr. Sinclair. 



Odontomyia Paron, n. s., mas. Nigra, (mas.) aut nigro-cenea (fern.) 

 scutelli dentibus duabus fulvis, abdominis lateribus ventreque 

 fulvis aut flavis aut viridibus, antennis nigris basi rufis, pedibus 

 fulvis, alis albidis. 



Male. — Body black: head as broad as the chest, clothed in 

 front with short whitish hairs, red about the feelers : eyes reddish 

 bronze ; facets of the fore part larger than those elsewhere : mouth 

 black : feelers black, red at the base : chest and breast thickly 

 clothed with tawny hairs : scutcheon armed with two tawny teeth : 

 sides and underside of abdomen tawny, sometimes yellow and 

 tinged with green : legs tawny ; wings whitish ; wing-ribs tawny ; 

 veins yellow ; poisers tawny, with apple-green knobs. Fern. — Head 

 and chest bronzed : head black about the base of the feelers. 

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



a. New York Presented by the Entomological Club. 



b. New York. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



c. Trenton Falls. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



Odontomyia maculifrons, n. s. Niger, capite viridi, nigro maculato, 

 thorace pectoreque flavo-marginatis, scutello viridi dentibus dua- 

 bus flavis armato, abdomine flavo, disco nigro, antennis fulvis 

 apice piceis, pedibus flavis, femoribus nigro fasciatis, alis lim- 

 pidis. 



Head apple-green, full as broad as the chest, smooth, shining, 

 adorned with five pair of black marks ; first pair forming a short 

 band on each side of the eyelets ; second pair forming more slender 

 curved bands ; third and fifth pair forming four dots; fourth pair 

 forming two larger spots: eyes and eyelets piceous, the former with 

 a band across the middle: mouth black: feelers piceous, longer 

 than the head ; first and second joints tawny, long ; first joint shin- 

 ing; third and following joints short: chest black, clothed with 







