538 LIST OF DIPTERA. 



wing-ribs and veins tawny ; poisers yellow. Length of the body 7 

 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



a. Jamaica. From Mr. Gosse's collection. 



Ceria intricata, Saunders, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. iv. 64, 1, pi. 4, 



a. Albania. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



Ceria ornata, Saunders, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. iv. 64, 2, pi. 4, 



/•3. 

 a. North West Coast of New Holland. Presented by J. Hunter, 



Esq. 



Group II. 



Ceria Eumenioides, Saunders, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. iii. 60, pi. 5, 



/•6. 

 a. North Bengal. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



Microdon, Illiger. 



Group I. 



Microdon fulgens, Wied. Auss. Zweif. ii. 82, 1, m. M. euglossoi- 



des, G.R. Gray, Griff. Anim. Kingd.Ins. ii. pi. 125,/. 2. 

 a. Georgia. From Mr. Abbot's collection. 



Microdon stilboides, n. s., fern. Viridis micans, cyaneo purpureo 

 ceneoque varius, antennis nigris, pedibus purpureis, alis fuscis. 



Body bright emerald green, punctured: head adorned with 

 blue and purple on the crown, thinly clothed in front with short 

 whitish hairs : mouth and feelers black : eyes red ; facets on 

 the fore part of the crown larger than those elsewhere : chest 

 clothed with short black hairs, slightly coppery in front, tinged with 

 blue and purple behind ; scutcheon truncate ; hind angles slightly 

 projecting: abdomen very slightly furrowed across the back, longer 

 and broader than the chest, blue and purple towards the base, cop- 

 pery, and with two impressions towards the tip: legs purple, 

 clothed with short black hairs ; claws black ; foot-cushions tawny : 

 wings brown, darker along the fore borders ; wing-ribs blue ; veins 

 black; poisers yellow. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 

 12 lines. 



a. East Indies. From Archdeacon Clerk's collection. 



