DIPTERA. 295 
be 
silvery, white in front and beneath, clothed beneath with white hairs; fron- 
talia deep black, narrow, linear; facialia without bristles except at the 
base ; epistoma very slightly prominent: eyes bare: mouth pitchy ; palpi 
tawny: feelers ferruginous ; third joint pitchy towards the tip, more than 
twice the length of the second, hardly reaching the epistoma; sixth joint 
black: scwtcheon slightly ferruginous along the hind border; abdomen ob- 
conical, not longer than the chest, with a slender black stripe ; first segment 
black; second and third black along the hind borders ; under side hoary, 
partly black; legs black; thighs with a white covering : wings very slightly 
gray ; veins black, tawny towards the base ; prebrachial vein forming an 
obtuse angle at its flexure, very slightly curved inward from thence to its 
tip; lower cross-vein curved inward near the base: alule white. Length 
of the body 3 lines; of the wings 7 lines, 
Brazil. 
TACHINA INTERRUPTA, Fem. 
Cana, elliptica ; caput antice auratum ; thorax nigro quadrivittatus ; ab- 
domen lateribus piceum, apice ferrugineum ; antenne nigre, basi fer- 
ruginee ; pedes nigri, tibiis piceis ; ale subcinerea, basi subtestacec. 
Fam. Faunide ; Gen, Phryno. Body elliptical, with a hoary cover- 
ing : head rather prominent, bright gold-colour in front, clothed behind and 
beneath with white hairs; frontalia pitchy, distinctly striated, widening 
from the eyelets to the feelers; facialia ferruginous, without bristles except 
at the base; epistoma hardly prominent; mouth pitchy; palpi tawny ; 
feelers black ; first and second joints ferruginous; third slender, linear, 
rounded at the tip, nearly reaching the epistoma, about thrice the length of 
the second: chest with four interrupted black stripes ; abdomen pitchy on 
each side ; tip ferruginous ; legs black ; thighs with a hoary tinge beneath; 
shanks pitchy ; wings pale gray, with a slight testaceous tinge at the base; 
veins black, tawny at the base; prebrachial vein forming an obtuse angle 
at its flexure, beyond Which it is very slightly inclined inward ; lower cross- 
vein with two equally slight curves, the lower inward, the upper outward: 
alule white, with pale yellow borders. Length of the body 5} lines; of 
the wings 11 lines, 
Georgia, 
