LIST OF DIPTERA. 



Div. B. Meig. Dipt. pi. 8, /. 19, Macq. Dipt. i. 142. 



Platyura magna, n. s. Cinerea, abdomine ferrugineo, segmentorum 

 marginibus posticis fuscis, antennis nigris, pedibus fuscis, fe- 

 moribus flavis, tibiis apici fiavo maculatis, alis subflavis apice 

 cinereis. 



Body gray : mouth yellow : eyes black : feelers black, compact, 

 setaceous, slightly compressed, much shorter than the chest : abdo- 

 men ferruginous, rather long ; hind borders of the segments brown : 

 legs dark brown ; thighs yellow ; a yellow spot at the tip of each 

 shank : wings slightly tinged with yellow ; their tips and the veins 

 brown. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 11 lines. 



a. New Holland. Presented by Dr. A. Sinclair. 



Platyura atrata, Meig. Dipt. i. 233, 2, vi. 294. Macq. Hist. Nat. 



Dipt. i. 142, 2. Ceroplalus atratus, Fabr. Syst. Anil. 16, 3. 

 a. England. 



Platyura lineata, Meig. Dipt. i. 234, 4, vi. 295. P. laticornis, 

 Meig. Dipt. i. 238, 13, pi. 8,/. 19—21, Rhagio lineatus, 

 Fabr. Sp. Ins. ii. 420, 4. Ent. Syst. iv. 273, 6. Sciara line- 

 ata, Fabr. Syst. Antl. 57, 3. Musca striata, Gmel. Ed. Syst. 

 Nat. v. 2865, 314. Stew. El. Nat. Hist. ii. 264. M. lineata, 

 Turt. iii. 663, 



a. England. 



Platyura laticornis, Meig. Dipt. i. 238, 13. Stceg. Kroy. Nat. 



Tids. iii. 279, 7. 

 a. England. From Mr. Walker's collection. 



Platyura flavipes, Meig. Dipt. i. 237, 9. Macq. Hist. Nat. Dipt. 



i. 143, 6. Curt. Brit. Ent. 134. Guer. Icon. Regn. Anim. 



Ins. pi. 93, /. 4. Stceg. Kroy. Nat. Tids. iii. 278, 5. 

 a. England. From Mr. Walker's collection. 



Platyura vitripennis, Meig. Dipt. vi. 295, 21. 

 a. England. From Mr. Walker's collection. 



Platyura rufipes ? Hoffmansegg, Meig. Dipt. i. 241, 19. 

 a. England. From Mr. Walker's collection. 



Platyura discoloria, Meig. Dipt. i. 239, 14. Macq. Hist. Nat. 



Dipt. i. 144, 11. Curt. Brit. Ent. 134. 

 a. England. 



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