e of the wings. Abdomen nearly flat and linear,
a little longer than the thorax. Legs slender; hind pair long. Wings
narrow; veins complete, distinctly marked; first cubital areolet rather
short, divided from the second by the oblique first cubital rim; discal
areolet large, hexagonal; subanal and anal veins united at some distance
from the border.

9. SALDUBA DIPHYSOIDES, n. s., _Mas._ Nigra, ore flavo, thorace vittis
quatuor subauratis, abdominis apice cinereo, pedibus albidis, femoribus
posticis apices versus tibiisque posticis nigris, alis cinereis, venis
stigmateque nigris, halteribus testaceis.

_Male._ Black. Mouth yellow; thorax with four stripes of slightly gilded
tomentum; tip of the abdomen with cinereous tomentum; legs whitish, hind
femora towards the tips and hind tibiae black; wings greyish, veins and
stigma black; halteres testaceous. Length of the body 4-1/2 lines; of
the wings 8 lines.

Gen. STRATIOMYS.

10. STRATIOMYS CONFERTISSIMA, n. s. _Foem._ Nigra, subtus ferruginea,
capite fulvo, antennis basi fulvis, thorace vittis quatuor subauratis,
scutelli margine fulvo, ventre piceo basi testaceo, pedibus fulvis nigro
fasciatis; alis subcinereis, venis stigmateque nigris, halteribus
testaceis.

_Female._ Black, ferruginous beneath. Head, antennae at the base, border
of the scutellum, and legs tawny; antennae a little shorter than the
breadth of the head; thorax with four slightly gilded stripes; abdomen
beneath piceous, testaceous at the base; femora and tibiae with broad
black bands; wings greyish, stigma and veins black; halteres testaceous.
Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 7-1/2 lines.

11. STRATIOMYS NEXURA, n. s. _Mas et Foem._ Nigra, antennis basi fulvis,
capite transverso brevioribus, abdominis lateribus, ventre, tibiis,
tarsis halteribusque fulvis, alis limpidis, venis testaceis. _Mas._
Thorace atro piloso. _Foem._ Thorace nigro-aeneo angustiore.

_Male and female._ Black. Head rather prominent; antennae tawny towards
the base, shorter than the breadth of the head; spines of the scutellum,
abdomen beneath, tibiae, tarsi, and halteres tawny; wings limpid, veins
testaceous. _Male._ Thorax deep black, pilose; abdomen tawny along each
side. _Female._ Head shining; thorax aeneous black, narrower than that of
the male; abdomen with the tawny stripes much narrower than those of the
male. Length of the body 3-1/2 lines; of the wings 6-1/2 lines.

Gen. CLITELLARIA, _Meigen._

12. Clitellar