292 MODERN SYSTEM. 



very long, the latter subfusiforni, compressed, w'uli five rings; tko- 



rax bispiaose. 

 Sp. 1. Stra. Chamceleoii. (IV. VI. fin. i.) 

 Inhabits marshy places. 



Genus r.OO. ODO^'TOTNIYTA. Mdg., I/lig., Lair., Leach. 

 Antenna' a little longer than the head; tiie last joint cylindric-conic, 



with six rings : tliorux bispinose. 

 Sji. 1. Odont.furcalu. 

 Inhabits marshy places. 



Genus 501. CLITELLARIA. Meig., lllig., Leach. Epiiippium. 



Latr. 



Antcmue a little longer than the head, with their last joint conic, six- 

 ringed, the two last forming a little style : thorax bispinous, the 

 spines erect. 



Sj). 1. CJif. Ephippium. Meig. 



Inhabits the skirts of woods : is rare in Britain. ^ 



Genus 502. NEMOTELl^S of authors. 



Antcmue half the length of the head, the third joint fusiform, four- 

 ringed : p7-ohoscis sheathed beneath a rostelliform process on which 

 the antennae are inserted. 



Sp. 1. A"cm. uFiginosus. Fabr., Leach. 



Inhabits flowers in meadows. 



- B. Antenna terminated hy a style or seta. 

 SriRPS 3. — Scutellum spincd. 



Genus 503. OXYCERA. Meig., lllig., Latr., Leach. 

 Antenna with their first and second joints forming a subfusiform club, 



the third stylifonn. 

 Sp. 1. Ox. Hi/droleon. 

 Inhabits marshes and meadows. 



Stirps 4. — Scutellum without spines. 



Genus 504. \'APPO. Latr., Fabr., Leach. Paciiygaster. Meig. 

 Antenna- with their two first joints transverse ; the second with the 



third joints forniing a sub-hemispheric head. 

 Sp. 1. Vaj). alcr. 

 Inhabits hedges in lanes near Darent Wood in July. 



Genus 505. SARGUS of authors. 

 Antenna terminated by a seta longer than the antenna^, their second 



joint elongate: abdomen generally oblonu:. 

 Sp. 1. Surgus cupj-cus. 

 Inhabits umbelliferous flowers in marshes. 



