DIPTERA. 355 
ANTHOMYIA TARSALIS, Fem. 
Cana, nitens; caput ferrugineum, albo-tomentosum ; antenne nigra, arti- 
culo 30 basi rufo ; thorax vittis duabus anticis nigris ; pedes testacei, 
tarsis nigris ; ale limpide. 
Hoary, shining ; head ferruginous with a white covering: frontalia 
blackish ; ptilinum projecting; epistoma not prominent: mouth pitchy ; 
palpi black: feelers bluck ; third joint red at the base, nearly twice the 
length of the second joint; fifth joint distinct; sixth feathered with very 
short hairs: fore part of the chest with two short black stripes ; scutcheon 
testaceous beneath: legs testaceous; feet black: wings colourless; yeins 
pitchy, luteous towards the base; lower cross-vein with three very slight 
curves, the middle one inward, the other two outward: alule whitish with 
luteous borders: halteres yellow. Length of the body 3} lines; of the 
wings 7 lines. 
United States. 
Male. Palpi tawny: first and second joints of the feelers tawny ; 
third tawny towards the base ; sixth tawny, pitchy towards the tip, feathered 
with moderately long hairs: chest with four black stripes; scutcheon 
tawny, hoary at the base: outward curves of the lower cross-vein hardly 
perceptible. Length of the body 24 lines; of the witige 6 lines. 
United States. 
ANTHOMYIA ADJEcTA, Mas. 
Nigra, hirta, cano-tomentosa ; caput album; thorax nigro quadrivittatus, 
scutello cyaneo-nigro ; abdomen cyaneum, albo varium; ale sub- 
cinerea. 
Black, very hairy, with a hoary covering: head with a white covering ; 
frontalia deep black, widening much towards the feelers ; facialia without 
bristles; epistoma prominent: eyes hairy: palpi black: feelers black ; 
third joint pitchy, linear, rounded at the-tip, not reaching the epistoma, 
twice the length of the second; sixth feathered, more than twice the length 
of the third: chest with four black stripes ; scutcheon bluish-black : abdo- 
men blue with white reflections, a little shorter and hardly broader than the 
chest: legs black: wings slightly gray ; veins black ; lower cross-vein with 
a deep inward bend in the middle and a slight outward bend near the tip: 
