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350 INSECTA SAUNDERSIANA. 
Genus IDIA, Meigen. 
IpDIA VARIA. 
(Group, Cosmina, Desv.) 
Viridis; caput flavum ; abdomen testaceum, lateribus albidum ; antenne 
lutea ; tibia ferruginee ; tarsi nigri; ale subcineree, ad venas 
fulve. 
Green: head pale yellow, clothed behind and beneath with whitish 
hairs; crown gilded ; frontalia darker, decreasing in breadth from the eye- 
lets to the feelers ; optica and face white; mouth ferruginous, black and 
shining towards the base ; palpi yellow : feelers luteous; third joint much 
more than twice the length of the second; sixth joint tawny, blackish to- 
wards the base: chest with a whitish covering: abdomen testaceous, with a 
whitish covering along each side: thighs green, with a hoary covering; 
shanks ferruginous ; feet black : wings pale gray, tawny along the fore bor- 
ders and along the veins ; cross-veins clouded with pale brown ; a large brown 
spot near the tip of the fore border : alule white, with pale yellow borders : 
halteres yellow. Length of the body 3—3} lines; of the wings 64—64 
lines. 
Ceylon? 
Genus ANTHOMYIA, Meigen. 
The species here described may be grouped thus :— 
a. Alule rather large or of moderate size; lower valve extending beyond 
the upper. 
b. Sixth feeler-joint feathered. 
c. Abdomen oval . solevuaernuseedsdetsoeonae secsveseeceooes ATICIO. 
preecipua, stupitl Indica, watbalon suibpunetita, solita, incerta, tar- 
salis, adjecta ? 
ec. Abdomen oblong or obconical .......::seeseecseseeetsereeeeee SPilogaster. 
terminalis, detracta, maculosa, maculipennis, tricolor. 
bb. Sixth feeler-joint downy .. isacushusdaraenaiehaadauseagane LULDINODMOYH 
fumosa, translata, alii craahiie iedita iaittotettia vicaria, in- 
troducta. 
bbb, Sixth feeler-joint bare ....c.sssssseessesessccereessesereveee Ophyra. 
indicata, aliena, adducta. 
