222. OSCINIS FEMORATA, n. s. _Mas._ Atra, nitens, capite nigro-cyaneo,
femoribus anterioribus basi, tibiis anterioribus apice, tarsis
halteribusque flavis, femoribus posticis incrassatis, alis
cinerascentibus.
_Male._ Deep black, shining; head bluish-black; abdomen conical,
shorter than the thorax; legs black; anterior femora at the base,
anterior tibiæ at the tips, and tarsi yellow; hind femora incrassated;
wings greyish; veins black; discal transverse vein straight, upright,
parted by more than its length from the border, and by much more than
its length from the præbrachial transverse; halteres yellow. Length of
the body 1-1/4 line; of the wings 2 lines.
Gen. PIOPHILA, _Fallen_.
223. PIOPHILA CONTECTA, n. s. _Foem._ Nigra, nitens, oviductu
lanceolato, pedibus halteribusque fulvis, pedibus anticis nigris,
femoribus basi fulvis, alis cinereis.
_Female._ Black, shining; oviduct prominent, lanceolate; legs and
halteres tawny; fore legs black; coxæ, femora at the base and knees
tawny; wings grey; veins black; discal transverse vein straight,
upright, parted by less than its length from the border, and by more
than its length from the præbrachial transverse. Length of the body 2
lines; of the wings 4 lines.
Gen. OPOMYZA, _Fallen_.
224. OPOMYZA NIGRIFINIS, n. s. _Foem._ Cinerea, capite antennisque
pallide rufis, arista plumosa, thorace bilineato, pectore halteribusque
albis, abdomine fulvo lanceolato apicem versus nigro, pedibus fulvis,
alis nigris albo guttatis.
_Female._ Cinereous; head pale red, white beneath; antennæ pale red,
very short, 3rd joint nearly round, arista plumose; thorax with two
indistinct darker lines; pectus and halteres white; abdomen lanceolate,
tawny, shining, black towards the tip; legs tawny; wings black, rather
narrow, with about ten white dots, of which two are larger than the
others, and form a broken and almost interrupted band near the base;
veins black; discal transverse vein straight, upright, parted by about
half its length from the border; no præbrachial transverse vein. Length
of the body 1-1/4-1-1/2 lines; of the wings 2-1/2-3 lines.
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Gen. DROSOPHILA, _Fallen_.
225. DROSOPHILA SOLENNIS, n. s. _Mas._ Testacea, facie carinata,
thorace vittis quatuor fulvis, abdomine fasciis abbreviatis
nigricantibus, alis cinereis.
_Male._ Testaceous; face keeled; antennæ wanting; thorax with four
tawny stripes; abdomen elliptical, a little longer than the thorax,
with blackish abbreviated bands; wings grey; veins black; discal
transverse vein straight, upright, parted by hardly less than its
length from the border, and by about thrice its length from the
præbrachial transverse. Length of the body 1-1/2 line; of the wings 3
lines.
226. DROSOPHILA RUDIS, n. s. _Mas._ Fulva, facie albida, abdomine
nigro nitente basi fulvo, pedibus halteribusque testaceis, alis
cinereis apud costam obscurioribus maculis quatuor nigricantibus.
_Male._ Tawny, testaceous beneath; face whitish; antennæ wanting;
abdomen elongate-oval, black, shining, tawny at the base, not longer
than the thorax; legs and halteres testaceous; wings grey, darker
along the costa, with four blackish spots, first spot subcostal,
larger than the second which is discal, third apical, band between the
second and third spots irregular, attenuated hindward; veins black;
discal transverse vein straight, upright, parted by nearly its length
from the border, and by nearly twice its length from the præbrachial
transverse. Length of the body 2 lines; of the wings 3-1/2 lines.
227. DROSOPHILA ILLATA, n. s. _Foem._ Fulva, segmentorum abdominalium
marginibus pedibusque testaceis, alis cinereis.
_Female._ Tawny; antennæ very short, 3rd joint conical, arista thinly
plumose; abdomen oval, not longer than the thorax, hind borders of the
segments and legs testaceous; wings grey; veins black, tawny at the
base; discal transverse vein straight, upright, parted by about its
length from the border, and by nearly four times its length from the
præbrachial transverse. Length of the body 1-1/4 line; of the wings
2-1/2 lines.
228. DROSOPHILA LURIDA, n. s. _Mas._ Atra, capite piceo, arista
plumosa, abdomine lurido subpubescente, pedibus obscure fulvis,
alis lurido-cinereis, punctis marginalibus nigris, vena transversa
præbrachiali nigro nebulosa.
_Male._ Deep black; head piceous; antennæ short, 3rd joint
elongate-conical, arista thinly plumose; pectus piceous; abdomen oval,
lurid red, minutely pubescent, not longer than the thorax; legs dull
tawny; wings lurid grey, blackish at the base, with black points at
the tips of the longitudinal veins; veins yellowish; discal transverse
vein straight, upright, with a black point at each end, parted by less
than its length from the border, and by about twice its length from
the præbrachial transverse, which is clouded with black. Length of the
body 2 lines; of the wings 4 lines.
229. DROSOPHILA LATERALIS, n. s. _Mas._ Fulva, subtus testacea,
abdomine maculis lateralibus nigris, pedibus halteribusque testaceis,
alis cinereis.
_Male._ Tawny, testaceous beneath; antennæ short, 3rd joint conical,
arista plumose; abdomen not longer than the thorax, with black spots
along each side; legs and halteres testaceous; wings grey; veins
black. Length of the body 1-1/2 line; of the wings 3 lines.
Gen. DISCOMYZA, _Meigen_.
230. DISCOMYZA OBSCURATA, n. s. _Foem._ Cinereo-nigra, capite
abdomineque nigris nitentibus, antennis obscure rufis, arista plumosa,
pectoris lateribus albido conspersis, alis cinereis fascia informi
maculaque apicali nigricantibus, halteribus albis.
_Female._ Cinereous black; head black, shining; antennæ short, dark
red, 3rd joint conical, longer than the 2nd, arista thinly plumose;
sides of the pectus with minute whitish speckles; abdomen elliptical,
flat, black, shining, longer than the thorax; legs black; wings
grey, with an irregular blackish band which does not extend to the
hind border, and with a blackish apical spot; veins black; discal
transverse vein straight, oblique, parted by much less than its length
from the border, and by very much more than its length from the
præbrachial transverse, which is clouded with black; halteres white.
Length of the body 2 lines; of the wings 3 lines.
Gen. NOMBA, n. g.
_Mas et Foem. Corpus_ latum, crassum. _Frons_ lata. _Antennæ_
brevissimæ; articulus 3^{us} subrotundus; arista subpubescens. _Thorax_
subpubescens, quasi coriaceus; scutellum parvum; metathorax maximus,
abdomen alasque incumbentes obtegens. _Pedes_ breves, robusti; femora
subincrassata; tibiæ arcuatæ. _Alæ_ parvæ.
_Male and Female._ Body broad, thick, compact. Head almost as broad as
the thorax; front broad, narrower than the epistoma; face vertical.
Antennæ very short; third joint nearly round; arista very minutely
pubescent. Thorax solid, apparently horny, very minutely pubescent;
scutellum small; metathorax elliptical, enormously developed, covering
the whole abdomen, sheltering the wings when in repose. Legs short,
stout; femora slightly incrassated; tibiæ curved. Wings concealed
beneath the metathorax.
231. _Nomba tecta_, n. s. _Mas et Foem._ Nigra, obscura, antennis
piceis, tarsis flavis apice nigris, alis cinereis.
_Male and Female._ Black, dull; antennæ piceous; tarsi yellow, with
black tips; wings grey; veins black. Length of the body 1-1/2-1-3/4
line; of the wings 2-1/2-3 lines.
Subfam. HYDROMYZIDES, _Haliday_.
Gen. NOTIPHILA, _Fallen_.
232. NOTIPHILA LINEOSA, n. s. _Mas et Foem._ Fusca, obscura, capite
apud oculos linea frontali et epistomate albidis, arista plumosa,
thorace lineis sex albidis abdomine nigro segmentorum marginibus
fulvis, pedibus nigris, tibiis anticis genubus tarsis halteribusque
fulvis, alis cinereis.
_Male and Female._ Brown, dull; head whitish about the eyes, and
with a whitish line on the front; epistoma whitish; antennæ not near
reaching the epistoma, 3rd joint elongate, arista thinly plumose;
thorax with six whitish lines, the lateral pair incomplete; abdomen
black, not longer than the thorax, hind borders of the segments tawny;
legs black, tarsi, knees, posterior tibiæ at the tips, and fore tibiæ
tawny; wings grey; veins black; discal transverse vein straight,
upright, parted by more than its length from the border, and by full
thrice its length from the præbrachial transverse; halteres tawny.
Length of the body 1-3/4-2 lines; of the wings 3-1/2-4 lines.
The two following species belong to the group of which _N. Cinerea_ is
the type.
233. NOTIPHILA QUADRIFASCIA, n. s. _Foem._ Fusca, subtus cinerea,
capite antico amplo, facie convexa, antennis nigris, arista plumosa,
metathorace abdominisque maculis duabus basalibus fasciisque quatuor
albidis, genubus tarsisque rufescentibus, alis cinereis puncto costali
nigro, halteribus testaceis.
_Female._ Brown, cinereous beneath; head large and somewhat tumid in
front and beneath; face cinereous, convex; antennæ black, very small,
3rd joint conical, arista plumose; metathorax whitish; abdomen with a
whitish spot on each side at the base, and with four whitish bands, of
which the 3rd and 4th are interrupted; legs cinereous black, knees and
tarsi reddish; wings grey, with a black costal point at the tip of the
subcostal vein; veins black; discal transverse vein oblique, nearly
straight, parted by less than half its length _from_ the border, and
by nearly thrice its length from the præbrachial transverse; halteres
testaceous. Length of the body 2-1/2 lines; of the wings _4_ lines.
234. NOTIPHILA flavilinea, n. s. _Mas et Foem._ Piceo-nigra, capite
apud oculos testaceo, antennis rufescentibus, arista plumosa,
abdominis segmentis flavo marginatis, alis cinereis apud costam
subluridis, halteribus testaceis.
_Male and Female._ Piceous brown; head rather paler, testaceous about
the eyes; antennæ reddish, very short, 3rd joint conical, arista
plumose; abdomen oval, not longer than the thorax; hind borders of
the segments yellow; wings grey, with a slight lurid tinge along the
costa; veins black; discal transverse vein straight, upright, parted
by less than its length from the border, and by a little more than
twice its length from the præbrachial transverse; halteres testaceous.
Length of the body 2-1/2 lines; of the wings 4 lines.
Gen. EPHYDRA. _Fallen_.
235. EPHYDRA BORBOROIDES, n. s. _Foem._ Nigra, lata, crassa,
pubescens, subsetosa, antennis piceis, arista pubescente, tibiis
tarsisque flavo fasciatis, alis nigricantibus latiusculis cinerascente
sexguttatis.
_Female._ Black, broad, thick, somewhat pubescent and with a few
bristles; antennæ piceous, short, 3rd joint round, arista pubescent;
abdomen broader than the thorax; legs rather setose, tibiæ and
tarsi with yellow bands; wings blackish, rather broad, with about
six greyish dots on each; veins black; posterior longitudinal veins
abbreviated; discal transverse vein parted by more than twice
its length from the border, and by less than its length from the
præbrachial transverse. Length of the body 1-1/2 line; of the wings 3
lines.
236. EPHYDRA MACULICORNIS, n. s. _Mas._ Cinereo-nigra, capite
antennisque rufis, his puncto nigro, arista nuda, abdomine nigro
nitente, tarsis testaceis, alis cinereis apud costam pubescentibus.
_Male._ Cinereous black; head red in front and about the eyes; antennæ
red, 3rd joint round with a black point above; arista short, simple;
abdomen oval, black, shining, not longer than the thorax; tarsi
testaceous; wings grey, minutely pubescent along the border; veins
black; discal transverse vein straight, oblique, parted by more than
twice its length from the border and from the præbrachial transverse;
halteres piceous. Length of the body 2 lines; of the wings 4 lines.