CALLOMYIA. 



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Fam. PLATYPEZIDiE * 



CALLOMYIA. 



Callomyia, Meigen, Klassif. und Beschr. der Europ. zweifl. Ins. i. 2, p. 311 (1804). 



1. Callomyia bella, sp. n.f, ? . 



Front shining black, very broad above. Antennse black, the basal joints somewhat reddish; third joint 

 elongate-conical, acute, shorter than the arista ; base of the arista thickened. Dorsum of thorax 

 resplendent blue, the pleurse black or brown; scutellum blue, its margin with four strong bristleB. 

 Abdomen shining luteous-yellow and dark brown, towards the base with blue reflections. Legs lutes- 

 cent-yellow, the distal extremity of the femora, the proximal portion of the tibiae, and the distal joints 

 of all the tarsi more or less blackish ; hind femora and tibiae only moderately thickened ; all the tarsi 

 slender, the penultimate joint of the hind pair with its external angle pointed. Wings pure hyaline ; 

 third and fourth longitudinal veins parallel. 



Length 3 millim. 



Hab. Mexico, Omilteme in Guerrero 8000 feet (H. H. Smith). 

 One specimen. 



The following species of Syrphidae and Conopidse from Mexico have been described 

 since the publication of the preceding pages : — 



Syrphidjs. 



Asemosyrphus olivaceus, Giglio-Tos, Boll. Mus. Torino, vii. no. 123, p. 6 (1892). — 

 Mexico. 



griseus, Giglio-Tos, loc. cit. no. 123, p. 6. — Mexico. 



impurus, Giglio-Tos, loc. cit. no. 123, p. 6. — Mexico. 



Baccha spatulata, Giglio-Tos, loc. cit. no. 132, p. 4. — Mexico. 

 Chilosia aurotecta, Giglio-Tos, loc. cit. no. 132, p. 4. — Mexico. 

 Copestylum parvum, Giglio-Tos, loc. cit. no. 123, p. 2.— Mexico. 



simile, Giglio-Tos, loc. cit. no. 123, p. 2. — Mexico. 



Crioprora arctophiloides, Giglio-Tos, loc. cit. no. 123, p. 7. — Mexico. 

 Eristalis bombusoides, Giglio-Tos, loc. cit. no. 123, p. 4. — Mexico. 



trilimbatus, Giglio-Tos, loc. cit. no. 123, p. 5. — Mexico. 



prceclarus, Giglio-Tos, loc. cit. no. 123, p. 5. — Mexico. 



clarissimus, Giglio-Tos, loc. cit. no. 123, p. 5. — Mexico. 



* By S. W. WlLLISTOIT. 



t The deseription of this species was originally published in May 1892, the incomplete page 89 being now 

 reprinted, with the Index, &c. 



biol. centr.-amer., Dipt., Vol. III., August 1903. n 



