DIPTERA. 
Genus PLATYURA, Meig. 
Div. B. Meig. Dipt. pl. 8, f. 19. 
Pratyura veNusta, Fem. 
Nigra; caput subtus et antenne basi fulva; thorax canus, vitta dorsali 
nigra, lateribus testaceo vittatis; abdomen albo bifasciatum, seg- 
mentorum marginibus posticis subtus testaceis; pedes pallide tes- 
tacei, tibiis obscure testaceis, tarsis nigris; ale subhyaline, apice 
Susea, venis nigris ; halteres testacei. 
Black. Head tawny beneath. Antenne moderately stout, tawny at 
the base, as long as the thorax. Thorax hoary, with a dorsal black 
stripe, and a testaceous stripe on each side. Abdomen witha white band 
on the second suture and another on the fourth ; under side with a tes- 
taceous band on the hind border of each segment. Legs pale testaceous ; 
coxe and tibie darker; tarsi black. Wings hardly tinged with gray, 
brown at the tips; veins black, testaceous at the base. Halteres tes- 
taceous. Length of the body 3 lines; of the wings 5 lines. 
East Indies. 
Fam. CECIDOMYID, Haliday. 
Genus CECIDOMYIA, Latr. 
CEcIDoMYIA UMBRA. 
Obscure testacea ; antenne nigre ; pedes fusci, longi, gruciles, fasciis 
albidis ; ale nigro-cinerea, lituris transversis albidis. 
Dull testaceous. Antenne black. Legs brown, long, slender, with 
whitish bands, Wings blackish gray, with transverse whitish marks. 
Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 
Described from an injured specimen. 
South America. 
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