LIST OF DlPTERA* (547 



Psilopus amoris, n. s. Purpureus, viridi varius, abdomine cyaneo- 

 viridi, apice purpureo, antennis nigris, pedibus fulvis, tar sis 

 piceis, alls limpidis fusco bifasciatis. 



Body beset with black bristles : head green, purple on the 

 crown, covered with white down in front : eyes red : mouth tawny : 

 feelers black ; bristle shorter than the chest : chest purple ; sides 

 and breast green, slightly covered with white bloom : abdomen 

 bright bluish green, with a white bloom beneath, tinged with 

 purple beneath, and at the tip : legs pale tawny, clothed with 

 very short black hairs ; four hinder hips green, covered with 

 white bloom ; shanks rather darker than the thighs ; feet pitchy ; 

 wings colourless, adorned with two brown bands, which accompany 

 the cross-veins, but do not reach the hind border, they are joined to- 

 gether in the fore border, and extend thence to the tip ; wing-ribs 

 tawny ; veins black ; poisers yellow. Length of the body H line ; 

 of the wings 3 lines. 



a. Brazil. 



Psilopus gemma tus, n. s. Cyaneo-viridis, abdomine aureo-viridis 

 basi cyaneo-viridi, antennis nigris, pedibus flavis, alis subci- 

 nereis. 



Body bright bluish green, beset with black bristles : head cd- 

 vered in front with white down : eyes bright red : mouth tawny : 

 feelers black ; bristle nearly as long as the chest : breast and sides 

 of the chest covered with whitish bloom : abdomen golden green, 

 bluish green at the base : legs pale yellow, clothed with very short 

 black bristles; feet darker, pitchy towards the tips : wings slightly 

 gray ; wing-ribs and poisers tawny ; veins black ; curve of the tip 

 cross-vein unusually slight. Length of the body 2 lines ; of the 

 wings 4i lines. 



a. New Zealand. Presented by Dr. Sinclair. 



Psilopus metallifer, n. s. Viridis, capitis vertice purpureo-cyaneo, 

 abdomine cupreo fasciis nigris, antennis pedibusque nigris, femo- 

 ribus viridibus, alis subcinereis. 



Body bright green, beset with black bristles : head mostly pur- 

 plish blue on the crown, clothed in front with white down : eyes 

 bright red : mouth dark tawny : feelers black ; bristle nearly as 

 long as the chest : breast and sides of the chest covered with white 

 bloom : abdominal segments bright copper-colour on the disks, 

 adorned with broad black bands at the base : legs black, clothed 

 with short black hairs and bristles ; hips and thighs green ; hips co- 

 vered with white bloom ; thighs fringed with white hairs : wings 



