292 MODERN SYSTEM. 



very long, the latter subfusiform, compressed, with five rings : tho- 

 rax bispinose. 



Sp. 1. Stra. Cliumaleon. {PL 11. fig. 4.) 



Inhabits marshy places. 



Genus 500. ODONTOMYTyV. Mcig., Illig., Latr., Leach. 

 '^Antenna a little longer than the head; the last joint cylindric-couic, 

 with six rings : thorax bispinose. 

 Sp. 1. Odont.furcata. 

 Inhabits marshy places. 



N Genus 501. CLITELLARIA. Meig., Illig., Leach. Epiiippum. 



Lutr. 



Aniennce 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. 



Sp. 1. cut. Ephippium. Meig. 



Inhabits the skirts of woods: is rare in Britain. 



Genus 502. NEMOTELUS of authors. 



Antenna: half the length of the head, the third joint fusiform, four- 

 ringed : proboscis sheathed beneath a rostclliform process on which 

 the antennae are inserted. 



Sp. 1. Ncm. iiliginosus. Fabr., Leach. 



Inhabits flowers in meadows. 



B. Antenna terminated hij a stijle or seta. 



SriRPS 3. — Seidell urn spined. 



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

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



the third styliform. 

 Sp. 1. O.c. Ih/drokon. 

 Inhabits marshes and meadows. ?. k^*<\utsu^^r^^. 



SriRPS 4. — ScidcUum. without spines. 



Genus 504. VAPPO. Lutr., Fabr., Leach. Pachygaster. Meig. 

 Antcnn(E with their two first joints transverse ; the second with the 



third joints forming a sub-hemispheric head. 

 Sj). 1. Vap. atcr. 

 Inhabits hedges in lanes near Darent AVood in July. 



Genus 505. SARGUS of authors. 

 AiifenntE terminated by a seta longer tiian the ant'onna'", their second 



joint elongate : abdomen generally oblong. 

 Sp. 1. Sargiis cupreus. 

 Inhabits umbelliferous flowers in marshes. 



