about the eyes; epistoma ferruginous, slightly prominent; antennæ tawny,
third joint rather long, somewhat lanceolate, arista bare; abdomen
nearly round, broader than the thorax; legs black, fore femora tawny;
wings very slightly greyish, black along the costa to the tip of the
præbrachial vein, with a black stripe along the præbrachial vein to the
discal transverse vein, and with a blackish tinge about the discal
transverse vein and along the adjoining part of the hind border; veins
black, discal transverse straight, vein parted by less than half its
length from the border, and by very much more than its length from the
præbrachial transverse; halteres whitish. Length of the body 2 lines; of
the wings 4 lines.
135. DACUS OBTRUDENS, n. s. _Mas._ Nigro-viridis, subtilissime
punctatus; capite nigro apud oculos albido; antennis piceis basi
rufescentibus, articulo tertio lineari longissimo; abdomine lineari
maculis duabus lateralibus testaceis; pedibus nigris, femoribus apice
tarsisque posticis basi fulvis; alis subcinereis, costa, apice maculaque
apud venam transversam discalem nigricantibus; halteribus albis.
_Male._ Dark green, very minutely punctured. Head black, whitish about
the eyes, ferruginous towards the epistoma; antennæ piceous, reddish
towards the base; third joint linear, very long, arista bare; abdomen
linear, compressed, with a testaceous spot on each side before the
middle; legs black, femora tawny towards the tips, hind tarsi tawny at
the base; wings slightly greyish, blackish along the costa and at the
tips, and about the transverse veins; veins black, tawny at the base;
discal transverse vein straight, oblique, parted by about half its
length from the border, and by a little more than its length from the
præbrachial transverse; halteres white. Length of the body 4 lines; of
the wings 7 lines.
136. DACUS POMPILOIDES, n. s. _Mas._ Niger; capite albido, epistomate
ferrugineo; antennis piceis basi rufis, articulo tertio longo lineari;
abdomine nigro-cyaneo; pedibus piceis; alis subcinereis, striga costali
basali, fascia tenui postice abbreviata et triente apicali strigam
subcineream includente nigricantibus; halteribus albis.
_Male._ Black. Head with whitish tomentum, epistoma ferruginous,
prominent; antennæ piceous, red at the base, third joint long, linear,
arista bare; abdomen linear, blackish blue, longer than the thorax; legs
piceous; wings slightly greyish, with a blackish costal streak extending
from the base, with a slender blackish band which is abbreviated
hindward, and with more than one-third of the apical part blackish and
including a slightly greyish streak; veins black, discal transverse vein
straight, oblique, parted by a little less than its length from the
border and by about its length from the præbrachial transverse;
halteres white. Length of the body 3-1/2 lines; of the wings 6 lines.
Gen. BREA, n. g.
Platystomæ affinis. _Facies_ lata. _Antennæ_ breves; articulus tertius
longiconicus; arista nuda. _Femora_ intermedia incrassata, denticulata.
Allied to _Platystoma_. Face broad; antennæ short, third joint
elongate-conical; arista bare; middle femora incrassated, denticulated
beneath.
137. BREA DISCALIS, n. s. _Mas_. Nigra; capite testaceo apud oculos
albido, fronte ochracea; antennis piceis basi rufescentibus; thorace
vitta lata cana; abdomine fulvo, disco nigro cupreo; pedibus fulvis,
femoribus anticis apice tibiisque anticis basi nigris; alis sublimpidis,
fascia media lata postice abbreviata guttam limpidam subcostalem
includente lineaque transversa exteriore nigricantibus; halteribus
testaceis.
_Male_. Black. Head testaceous, whitish about the eyes, front
ochraceous; antennæ piceous, reddish at the base; thorax with a broad
hoary stripe; abdomen tawny, with a blackish cupreous disk; legs tawny,
fore femora at the tips and fore tibiæ at the base black; wings nearly
limpid, with a broad middle blackish band, which is abbreviated hindward
and includes a limpid dot by the costa, and has beyond it a blackish
transverse line; veins black, testaceous towards the base; discal
transverse vein straight, upright, parted by half its length from the
border, and by much more than its length from the præbrachial
transverse; halteres testaceous. Length of the body 4 lines; of the
wings 7 lines.
138. BREA CONTRARIA, n. s. _Mas et Foem._ Nigra; capite fulvo apud
oculos albido, fronte ochracea; antennis rufescentibus; thorace vitta
cana; abdomine purpureo apice cyaneo; pedibus nigris, femoribus anticis
tarsisque testaceis; alis sublimpidis, fascia lata media postice
abbreviata, guttis interioribus lineaque transversa exteriore
nigricantibus.
_Male and Female._ Black. Head tawny, whitish about the eyes; antennæ
reddish; thorax with a hoary stripe; sides and pectus also hoary;
abdomen purple, blue towards the tip; legs black; tarsi and fore femora
testaceous; wings nearly limpid, with a broad blackish middle band which
is abbreviated hindward, with some interior blackish dots, and with an
exterior transverse blackish line; veins black; discal transverse vein
straight, parted by less than half its length from the border, and by
less than its length from the præbrachial transverse; halteres black.
Length of the body 3--3-1/2 lines; of the wings 6-7 lines.
Gen. ADRAMA, n. g.
_Mas. Corpus_ longiusculum. _Caput_ thorace vix latius, setis duabus
posticis erectis. _Antennæ_ sat longæ; articulus tertius linearis,
apice conicus; arista pubescens. _Abdomen_ sublineare, thorace longius
et angustius. _Pedes_ mediocres; femora posteriora spinis minutis
armata. _Alæ_ sat longæ.
_Male._ Body rather long. Head transverse, hardly broader than the
thorax, with two erect setæ on the hind part of the vertex; face
vertical; epistoma slightly prominent. Antennæ nearly reaching the
epistoma; third joint long, linear, conical at the tip; arista
pubescent. Abdomen almost linear, longer and narrower than the thorax.
Legs moderately long and slender; posterior femora with minute spines
beneath. Wings rather long; discal transverse vein straight, upright,
parted by hardly half its length from the border, and by rather more
than its length from the præbrachial transverse.
139. ADRAMA SELECTA, n. s. _Mas._ Testacea; capite guttis tribus nigris;
thorace disco antico vittisque duabus posterioribus nigris; tibiis
tarsisque anticis piceis, tibiis posticis subpiceis; alis
subfuscescentibus, fascia lata limpida nigricante marginata postice
abbreviata.
_Male._ Testaceous. Head with a black dot above the antennæ and one on
each side of the epistoma; thorax with the fore part of the disk black,
and with two hindward black stripes; fore tibiæ and fore tarsi piceous;
hind tibiæ somewhat piceous; wings slightly brownish, with two blackish
bands, the first on the præbrachial transverse vein, abbreviated
hindward, the second on the discal transverse vein, abbreviated in
front, intermediate space limpid, veins testaceous, black towards the
tips; halteres pale testaceous. Length of the body 4-1/2 lines; of the
wings 8 lines.
Gen. ORTALIS, _Fallen_.
140. ORTALIS PROMPTA, n. s. _Foem._ Nigro-viridis; capite piceo apud
oculos albido; antennis rufescentibus; thorace vitta abdomineque fasciis
cinereis; pedibus nigris; alis limpidis, vittis tribus nigris, prima
postice abbreviata, secunda tertiaque latis; halteribus albidis.
_Female._ Blackish green. Head piceous, whitish about the eyes; epistoma
somewhat prominent; antennæ reddish, third joint somewhat lanceolate,
piceous towards the tip; arista bare; thorax with a cinereous stripe;
sides and pectus also cinereous; abdomen with two cinereous bands; legs
black; wings limpid white, slightly cinereous towards the base, with
three black bands, the first abbreviated hindward, the second and third
very broad; veins black, discal transverse vein curved inward, parted by
much less than its length from the border and by a little less than its
length from the præbrachial transverse; halteres whitish. Length of the
body 3-1/2 lines; of the wings 6 lines.
141. ORTALIS COMPLENS, n. s. _Mas et Foem._ Nigro-viridis; capite
antennisque testaceis, articulo tertio brevi, arista plumosa; abdomine
atro; pedibus testaceis, femoribus nigris; alis albo limpidis, strigis
duabus apiceque nigro-cinereis, fasciis tribus satis nigricantibus;
halteribus albis. _Mas._ Vertice luteo postice nigro, femoribus apice
testaceis, alarum fasciis subconnexis. _Foem._ Vertice nigro, tibiis
nigris, posticis basi testaceis.
_Male and Female._ Blackish green. Head testaceous; antennæ testaceous,
third joint short, conical; arista plumose; abdomen deep black; legs
testaceous; femora black; wings limpid white, with three broad blackish
stripes, the second emitting a branch from its outer side to the costa,
a streak connected with the outer side of the third band, and the tips
blackish cinereous; discal transverse vein straight, parted by much less
than its length from the border, and by a little more than its length
from the præbrachial transverse; halteres white. _Male._ Vertex luteous,
black hindward; femora with testaceous tips; bands of the wings partly
connected. _Female._ Vertex black; tibiæ black, the hind pair testaceous
towards the base. Length of the body 1-1/2--2 lines; of the wings 3-4
lines.
Gen. TRYPETA, _Meigen_.
142. TRYPETA MULTISTRIGA, n. s. _Foem._ Testacea; thorace pectoreque
nigro-strigatis; abdomine maculis quatuor lateralibus anterioribus
fascia lata apiceque nigris; femoribus posterioribus nigro vittatis;
alis nigricantibus basi marginali maculis guttisque albis.
_Female._ Testaceous. Third joint of the antennæ short, conical; arista
plumose; thorax with black bristles on each side, with eight black
streaks, four in front, of which the middle pair are very short, four
hindward, the middle pair short, the outer pair connected in front of
the scutellum, two lateral black streaks; pectus with a black
interrupted streak on each side; disk also black; abdomen with two
transverse black spots on each side towards the base, and with a broad
black band; oviduct black, flat, lanceolate, obtuse at the tip;
posterior femora striped with black; wings blackish, limpid for a space
from the base along the costa and along the hind border, and with twelve
white marks of various size, four discal, eight marginal; discal
transverse vein nearly straight, parted by one-fourth of its length from
the border, and by about its length from the præbrachial transverse.
Length of the body 3-1/2 lines; of the wings 6 lines.
143. TRYPETA DORSIGUTTA, n. s. _Mas._ Atra; capite piceo vitta testacea,
subtus albo; antennis testaceis; thorace cinereo punctis lateralibus
albis, pectore albido; abdominis segmentis testaceo marginatis; tibiis
albido fasciatis, tarsis albidis; alis albo-limpidis, strigis basalibus
fasciisque duabus latis nigricantibus, prima antice furcata; halteribus
albis.
_Male._ Deep black. Head piceous, with cinereous tomentum, white behind
and beneath, a testaceous stripe on the vertex; antennæ testaceous,
black at the base, third joint conical, white at the base, arista
plumose; thorax with cinereous tomentum, white points along each side;
pectus whitish; hind borders of the abdominal segments testaceous with
cinereous tomentum; tibiæ with a dingy whitish band; tarsi dingy
whitish; wings limpid white, with several blackish marks towards the
base and with two broad blackish bands, the first forked in front;
discal transverse vein nearly straight, parted by less than its length
from the border, and by more than twice its length from the præbrachial
transverse; halteres white. Length of the body 2-1/2 lines; of the wings
4 lines.
144. TRYPETA BASALIS, n. s. _Mas._ Nigra, nitens; capite antennisque
fulvis, vertice maculis duabus piceis; abdomine basi pedibusque
testaceis; alis limpidis, striga basali, fasciis tribus costaque apicali
nigricantibus; halteribus testaceis.
_Male._ Black, slender, shining. Head tawny, with two elongated piceous
spots on the vertex; antennæ tawny, third joint linear, rather long,
arista bare; abdomen nearly fusiform, testaceous at the base; legs
testaceous; wings limpid, with a blackish oblique streak extending from
the base, with three blackish bands, and with a blackish costal streak
extending round the tip, first and third bands slender, second broad,
abbreviated like the first hindward; discal transverse vein straight,
parted by about one-fourth of its length from the border, and by less
than its length from the præbrachial transverse; halteres testaceous.
Length of the body 1-1/2 line; of the wings 3 lines.
145. TRYPETA IMPLETA, n. s. _Foem._ Cinerea; capite albido; antennarum
articulo tertio albido apice nigro; thorace vitta fusca, scutello
albido, abdomine nigro; pedibus albidis nigro fasciatis; alis albis,
maculis plurimis nigricantibus ex parte confluentibus; halteribus
albidis.
_Female._ Cinereous. Head whitish; third joint of the antennæ short,
conical, whitish, blackish at the tip, arista plumose; thorax with a
brown stripe; scutellum whitish; abdomen black; legs whitish, with black
bands; wings white, with many blackish spots, some of them confluent;
discal transverse vein straight, parted by much less than its length
from the border, and by a little less than its length from the
præbrachial transverse; halteres whitish. Length of the body 1-1/2 line;
of the wings 3 lines.
146. TRYPETA SUBOCELLIFERA, n. s. _Mas._ Cana; antennis albidis; thorace
guttis fuscis, scutelli margine albido; abdomine fusco apicem versus
cano maculis fuscis; pedibus albidis fusco fasciatis; alis limpidis,
maculis nigricantibus pallido signatis ex parte confluentibus.
_Male._ Hoary. Antennæ whitish, third joint short, conical, arista
plumose; thorax with some slight brown dots; scutellum brown, hind
borders of the scutellum white; abdomen brown, hind borders of the
segments and apical part cinereous, the latter with brown dots; legs
whitish, with brown bands; wings limpid, with several blackish dots
containing pale marks, some of them confluent and forming a middle band;
discal transverse vein straight, enclosed in a pale streak, parted by
much less than its length from the border and by much more than its
length from the præbrachial transverse; halteres whitish. Length of the
body 1-1/2 line; of the wings 3 lines.
Subfam. ACHIIDES, _Walk._
Gen. ACHIAS, _Fabr._
147. ACHIAS LONGIVIDENS, n. s. _Mas et Foem._ Viridi-cinerea; capite
testaceo fasciis duabus vittisque tribus anticis nigris; antennis
nigris; thorace vittis quatuor purpureo-nigris, pectore ferrugineo;
abdomine viridi-fulvo; pedibus piceis; alis limpidis, costa
lurido-nigricante, vena transversa discali fusco nebulosa; halteribus
testaceis apice nigris. _Mas._ Oculis longissime petiolatis, scutello
viridi, femoribus basi fulvis. _Foem._ Oculis subpetiolatis, scutello
nigro-purpureo.
_Male and Female._ Greenish cinereous. Head with two black bands on the
vertex and with four black stripes in front; antennæ black, third joint
linear, very long, arista plumose; thorax with four purplish black
stripes, middle pair abbreviated hindward and having behind them a spot
of the same hue, lateral pair interrupted; pectus ferruginous; abdomen
tawny, with bright green reflections, testaceous beneath; legs piceous;
wings limpid, blackish, and with a lurid tinge along the costa, whence a
short oblique blackish streak proceeds by the præbrachial transverse
vein; discal transverse vein clouded with brown, hardly curved, parted
by less than one-third of its length from the border, and by much more
than its length from the præbrachial transverse, which is very oblique;
halteres testaceous, with black tips. _Male._ Head with the fore black
band interrupted; eyes with very long petioles, the latter about
three-fourths of the length of the body; scutellum green; femora tawny
towards the base. _Female._ Eyes with short petioles, extending a little
beyond the sides of the thorax; scutellum blackish purple. Length of the
body 5-6 lines; of the wings 12-13 lines.
148. ACHIAS LATIVIDENS, n. s. _Foem._ Viridi-cinerea; capite testaceo,
vittis tribus anticis nigris, oculis subpetiolatis; antennis nigris;
thorace vittisquatuor purpureo-nigris, scutello cyaneo basi viridi,
pectore fulvo; abdomine viridi-fulvo; pedibus nigris, femoribus basi
luteis, tibiis luteo fasciatis; alis subcinereis, vitta costali
nigricante interrupta lurida strigata, vena transversa discali fusco
nebulosa; halteribus testaceis apice nigris.
_Female._ Greenish cinereous. Head testaceous, with three black stripes
on the face; eyes very slightly petiolated; antennæ black; thorax with
four purplish black stripes; scutellum blue, green at the base; pectus
tawny; abdomen tawny, with bright green reflections; legs black; femora
luteous towards the base; tibiæ with indistinct luteous bands; wings
slightly greenish, with a blackish interrupted costal stripe containing
luteous streaks; discal transverse vein clouded with brown; veins in
structure like those of the preceding species; halteres testaceous, with
black tips. Length of the body 6 lines; of the 13 lines.
This species at first sight seems like a variety of the preceding one,
but the petioles of the eyes are shorter and thicker, the costal stripes
of the wings are interrupted, and the shade on the discal transverse
vein is more diffuse.
149. ACHIAS AMPLIVIDENS, n. s. _Foem._ Fulva, subtus testacea; oculis
extantibus non petiolatis; thorace submetallico, vittis quinque
cinereis; abdomine purpureo basi testaceo, tibiis tarsisque nigris; alis
subcinereis, costa nigro-fusca, venis transversis nigro-fusco nebulosis.
_Female._ Tawny, testaceous beneath. Head testaceous; eyes very
prominent, but hardly petiolated; antennæ tawny; thorax slightly
metallic, with five cinereous stripes, which are abbreviated hindward,
the inner pair slender; abdomen purple, testaceous at the base; legs
black; coxæ and femora testaceous, the latter with black tips; wings
slightly greyish, costal stripe brown, blackish towards the tip;
præbrachial transverse vein clouded with blackish, discal transverse
vein clouded with a much paler hue than that of the præbrachial
transverse vein, in structure like those of the two preceding species;
halteres testaceous, with black tips. Length of the body 4-1/2 lines; of
the wings 9 lines.
Subfam.----?
Gen. POLYARA, n. g.
_Mas._ _Corpus_ longiusculum. _Caput_ transversum; facies lata, plana,
non obliqua. _Palpi_ lati. _Antennæ_ parvæ; articulus tertius
longiconicus; arista plumosa. _Thorax_ oblongo-subquadratus. _Abdomen_
sublineare, thorace multo longinus et angustius. _Pedes_ breves, tenues.
_Alæ_ latiusculæ; venæ optime determinatæ; venæ duæ transversæ inter
venas radialem et cubitalem; vena præbrachialis apicem versus valde
flexa.
_Male._ Body rather long. Head transverse, a little broader than the
thorax; face broad, flat, vertical. Palpi broad. Antennæ small; third
joint elongate-conical, not extending more than half the length to the
epistoma; arista plumose. Thorax oblong-subquadrate. Abdomen nearly
linear, much longer and more slender than the thorax. Legs short, rather
slender; fore femora somewhat setose beneath. Wings rather broad, flat
in repose; veins very strongly marked; a transverse vein between the
cubital and mediastinal veins; two transverse veins between the radial
and cubital veins; cubital vein slightly angular between the præbrachial
transverse vein and the tip of the wing; præbrachial vein much curved
towards its tip.
The structure of the wing veins in this genus is very peculiar, and it
does not agree well with any of the established subfamilies of
_Muscidæ_.
150. POLYARA INSOLITA, n. s. _Mas._ Testacea; faciei sulcis albidis;
abdomine lutescente fulvo; alis subcinereis, nigricante-fusco
submarginatis et subfasciatis.
_Male._ Testaceous, paler beneath. Facial grooves for the antennæ
whitish; thorax with some almost obsolete stripes, the middle pair
approximate, slender, somewhat more distinct than the others; abdomen
somewhat lutescent-tawny; wings slightly greyish, irregularly
blackish-brown along the costa, brown at the tips, and with a brown band
which is indistinct in front but much darker on the discal transverse
vein; præbrachial vein largely bordered with brown; veins black,
testaceous towards the base, discal transverse vein straight, parted by
about one-sixth of its length from the border, and by rather less than
half its length from the præbrachial transverse; alulæ very small.
Length of the body 5-1/2 lines; of the wings 10 lines.
Subfam. SEPSIDES, _Walk._
Gen. ANGITULA, n. g.
_Foem._ _Corpus_ convexum, glaberrimum, nitidissimum. _Caput_
subrotundum; epistoma valde prominens. _Antennæ_ epistoma non
attingentes; articulus tertius longiusculus, linearis, apice conicus;
arista subpubescens. _Thorax_ anticus valde productus et attenuatus;
scutellum bispinosum; metathorax magnus, declivis. _Abdomen_
longi-subfusiforme; segmentum primum gibbosum. _Pedes_ longi, graciles;
coxæ anticæ longissimæ. _Alæ_ longæ, angustæ; alulæ obsoletæ.
_Female._ Body convex, very smooth and shining. Head nearly round; front
subquadrate; face short; epistoma very prominent. Mouth short. Antennæ
not reaching the epistoma; third joint linear, rather long, conical at
the tip; arista somewhat pubescent. Thorax much produced and attenuated
in front; scutellum armed with two spines; metathorax slanting, well
developed. Abdomen elongate-subfusiform, longer and much more slender
than the thorax; first segment gibbous above. Legs long, slender,
without bristles; fore coxæ very long. Wings long, narrow; discal
transverse vein straight, upright, parted by less than half its length
from the border, and by nearly twice its length from the præbrachial
transverse.
151. ANGITULA LONGICOLLIS, n. s. _Foem._ Nigro-ænea; capite subtus
albido, frontis disco rufescente, fascia albida; antennis piceis basi
rufis; pedibus nigris, femoribus basi coxisque anticis albidis; alis
limpidis, costa nigra.
_Female._ Æneous black. Head whitish beneath, front with a reddish disk,
face whitish. Antennæ piceous, first and second joints red; legs black,
bare; femora towards the base and fore coxæ whitish; wings limpid, with
a black costal line extending to the tip of the præbrachial vein; veins
and halteres black. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 8 lines.
Gen. SEPSIS, _Fallen_.
152. SEPSIS BASIFERA, n. s. _Mas et Foem._ Nigra; thorace nigro-æneo;
tarsis, femoribus basi pedibusque anticis testaceis; alis limpidis,
costa basi nigra. _Mas._ Metatarsis intermediis dilatatis, alis apice
vix nigricantibus. _Foem._ Alis apice nigris.
_Male and Female._ Black, shining. Thorax æneous black; pectus
cinereous; tarsi, femora at the base, and fore legs, pale testaceous;
wings limpid; costa at the base and veins black. _Male._ Basal joint of
the intermediate tarsi dilated; wings hardly blackish at the tips.
_Female._ Wings black at the tips. Length of the body 2--2-1/2 lines; of
the wings 3--3-1/2 lines.
Gen. CALOBATA, _Fabr._
153. Calobata albitarsis, _Wied. Auss. Zweifl._ 71. 544. 22. Inhabits
also Java and Australia.
154. Calobata indica, _Desv. Ess. Myod._ 737. 4. (Nerius). Inhabits also
Hindostan.
155. Calobata Abana, _Walk. Cat. Dipt._ pt. 4. 1054.
156. CALOBATA SEPSOIDES, n. s. _Foem._ Nigra; antennis ferrugineis,
articulo tertio conico brevi, arista nuda; pedibus testaceis nigricante
subnotatis, femoribus anticis nigris basi testaceis, tibiis anticis
nigris, tarsis anticis niveis, posticis albidis; alis subcinereis,
fasciis duabus indistinctis fuscescentibus.