INSECTA SAUNDERSIANA, &. 
Fam. STRATIOMYD, Latr. 
Genus ODONTOMYIA, Meigen. 
Opontomyia uistRIO, Fem. 
Fulva, capitis maculis quatuor piceis, thoracis vittis tribus nigris, scutello 
dentibus duabus ferrugineis armato, pectore viridi, abdominis disco 
piceo vittis duabus flavis, antennis piceis, pedibus fulvis, alis lim- 
pidis. 
Head tawny, yellow beneath, adorned above with four pitchy spots, 
one on the tubercle of the eyelets, one at the base of the feelers, and one 
on each side in front of the crown: eyes red above, pitchy beneath; all the 
facets very small: feelers pitchy, paler beneath: chest and breast tawny : 
chest adorned with three black stripes; middle stripe widened in front ; 
scutcheon armed with two pale ferruginous teeth: breast pale green: ab- 
domen tawny, a little broader and longer than the chest, conical towards 
the tip, which is pointed; disk pitchy, adorned with two yellow stripes 
which extend from the base along half the length; underside pale tawny 
with a green tinge: legs tawny; shanks darker than the thighs; feet 
pitchy towards the tips: wings colourless; wing-ribs, veins and poisers 
tawny. Length of the body 6$—7% lines; of the wings 12—13 lines. 
Brazil. 
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