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65. CERIA RELICTA, n. s. _Foem._ Nigra, faciei lateribus abdominisque
fasciis duabus flavis, antennis ferrugineo variis, pedibus fulvis, alis
cinereis costam versus nigris, halteribus stramineis.
_Female._ Black. Head yellow, beneath and in front with the exception of
a black stripe on the disk of the face; first and third joints of the
antennae somewhat ferruginous, arista white; thorax with two indistinct
yellowish marks on the transverse suture, hind border of the scutellum
and hind borders of the second and third abdominal segments yellow; legs
tawny, tibiae paler towards the base; wings green, black for nearly half
the breadth from the costa; halteres straw-colour. Length of the body 6
lines; of the wings 11 lines.
This may prove to be the female of _C. relictura_, notwithstanding its
great difference from that species in the marks of the thorax and of the
abdomen, and in the colour of the legs.
Gen. MICRODON, _Meig._
66. MICRODON FULVICORNIS, n. s. _Mas._ Niger, aureo-subpubescens,
antennis, abdomine, pedibus halteribusque fulvis, femoribus nigris,
tibiis nigro vittatis, alis fuscis postice cinereis.
_Male._ Black. Head with gilded pubescence, cinereous behind and
beneath; antennae tawny, second joint above towards the tip and third
joint piceous; thorax slightly covered with gilded tomentum; pectus with
cinereous tomentum; abdomen with gilded tomentum towards the tip; legs
tawny, femora mostly black, tibiae with black stripes; wings cinereous,
dark-brown about the costa, veinlet which bisects the subapical areolet
incomplete, as it is also in the following species; halteres tawny.
Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 12 lines.
67. MICRODON APICALIS, n. s. _Mas et Foem._ Niger, aureo-pubescens,
thorace abdomineque fasciatis, pedibus halteribusque fulvis, alis
nigro-fuscis postice obscure cinereis.
_Male and Female._ Black, with gilded tomentum, which forms two bands on
the thorax, and one on each side of the pectus; abdomen with three
gilded tomentose bands, the third subapical, first segment ferruginous
beneath; legs tawny, femora at the base and coxae black; wings
blackish-brown, dark cinereous hindward; halteres tawny. Length of the
body 5-6 lines; of the wings 10-12 lines.
Gen. GRAPTOMYZA, _Wied._
68. GRAPTOMYZA TIBIALIS, n. s. _Mas._ Testacea, vertice pectorisque
fasciis duabus piceis, antennis supra nigris, abdominis lateribus
fasciis duabus subtrigonis apiceque nigris, alis cinereis.
_Male._ Testaceous. Vertex and mouth piceous; epistoma with a piceous
line on each side; third joint of the antennae black above; abdomen black
along each side and at the tip, and with two black bands which are
angular in front; wings cinereous. Length of the body 3-1/2 lines; of
the wings 6 lines.
Gen. ERISTALIS, _Latr._
69. Eristalis splendens, _Leguillon, Voy. aut. du Monde_; _Macq. Dipt.
Exot._ 11. 2. 49. 28.
Inhabits also Solomon's Islands.
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