DIPTERA, 363 
ANTHOMYIA ALIENA, Mas. 
Altra ; caput argenteum ; thorax cano-tomentosus, niyro trifasciatus ; ab- 
domen fulvum, albo nigroque varium ; ale sublimpide. 
Deep black: head with a silvery white covering ; facialia without bris- 
tles; epistoma hardly prominent: eyes bare: proboscis and palpi black: 
feelers black ; third joint linear, with a whitish covering, rounded at the 
tip, not nearly reaching the epistoma, full twice the length of the second ; 
sixth slender, bare, full twice the length of the third: chest with a hoary 
covering, which is interrupted by three broad, deep black bands: abdomen 
tawny, with white reflections which form a triangular spot on each segment ; 
second and third segments with a black spot on the fore border, and an inter- 
rupted black band on the hind border ; fourth hoary with two brown dots : 
legs black : wings almost colourless ; veins black, yellow towards the base ; 
fifth very slightly bent towards the tip; lower cross-vein straight: alule 
white: halteres pale yellow. Length of the body 24 lines; of the wings 
5 lines. 
East Indies. 
ANTHOMYIA ApDUcTA, Fom. 
Nigra, hirta ; thorax cinereo trivitiatus ; abdomen nigro-cyaneum ; ale 
subcineree. 
Black, hairy: frontalia deep black, broad; facialia without bristles; 
epistoma prominent: eyes bare: palpi black: feelers black ; third joint 
deep, rounded at the tip, not reaching the epistoma, about twice the length 
of the second; sixth bare, slender, stout at the bese, much more than 
twice the length of the third: chest with three indistinct gray stripes: ab- 
domen dark blue: legs black: wings very slightly gray, veins black ; lower 
cross-vein with the two curves which are very slight: alule gray. Length 
of the body 3 lines; of the wings 7 lines. 
Van Dieman’s Land. 
