ar, rather
long, arista plumose; legs blackish-piceous; wings blackish; veins
black, discal transverse vein straight, parted by a little more than its
length from the border. Length of the body 1-1/2 line; of the wings
2-1/2 lines.

Fam. PHORIDAE, _Haliday_.

Gen. PALLURA, n. g.

_Mas._ _Corpus_ latiusculum, pubescens. _Os_ retractum. _Oculi_
pubescentes. _Antennae_ brevissimae; arista longissima. _Scutellum_
magnum, conicum. _Abdomen_ subellipticum, thorace non longius. _Pedes_
latiusculi, pubescentes, non setosi. _Alae_ amplae, venis aequalibus.

_Male._ Body rather broad, pubescent. Proboscis small, withdrawn; eyes
pubescent; antennae very short, arista very long; scutellum large,
conical, very prominent, extending beyond the base of the abdomen;
abdomen nearly elliptical, not longer than the thorax; legs rather
broad, pubescent, without bristles; wings rather long and broad; veins
of equal size, costal vein ending at rather before half the length of
the wing, radial ending at somewhat in front of the tip of the wing,
cubital ending at hardly in front of the tip, praebrachial ending at a
little behind the tip, pobrachial ending on the hind border at half the
length of the wing, discal transverse vein straight, parted by more than
twice its length from the border and from the praebrachial transverse.

166. PALLURA INVARIA. _Mas._ Lutea, immaculata, alis cinereis basi
luteis, apice nigricantibus, venis nigris robustis.

_Male._ Luteous, of one colour. Wings grey, luteous at the base,
blackish towards the tips; veins black, robust. Length of the body 3
lines; of the wings 6 lines.

Fam. HIPPOBOSCIDAE, _Leach_.

Gen. ORNITHOMYIA, _Leach_.

167. Ornithomyia parva?, _Macq. Hist. Nat. Dipt._ 11. 2. 279. 3.

KEY ISLAND.

Fam. ASILIDAE, _Leach_.

Subfam. LAPHRITES, _Walk._

Gen. LAPHRIA, _Fabr._

1. LAPHRIA PARADISIACA, n. s. _Mas._ Cuprea, aureo pilosa, capite
pectoreque argenteis albo pilosis, mystace subaurato setis nonnullis
nigris, abdomine apice purpureo subtus albido piloso, pedibus
cyaneo-purpureis albido pilosis, femoribus cyaneo-viridibus, alis
nigricantibus basi cinereis, halteribus albidis nigro notatis.

_Male._ Cupreous, with gilded hairs. Head and pectus silvery, with white
hairs; mystax slightly gilded, with a few long black bristles; antennae
and mouth black; abdomen purple at the tip, underside clothed with long
whitish hairs, silvery white at the base, the following segments
bor