CALLOMYIA. 227 



Wings colourless. Halteres tawny. Legs brownish ; tarsi with a 

 tawny tinge. Male. Beep black. Fern. Thorax hoary, with 4 black 

 stripes. Abdomen hoary, with confluent black bauds. 



Rare. (E.) 



9. holosericea, Mg. zw. iv. 8. 6 (1824); Mq. Alis I imp id is ; 

 3Ias. atra, abdominis apice cine7'eo ; Foem. thorace cinereo fusco-vittato, 

 abdomine cano fasciis macxdaque dorsali atris. Long. IJ ; alar. 4 lin. 



Wings colourless. Male. Deep black. Halteres and legs piceous. 

 Abdomen hoary at the tip. Fem. Front dull gTey. Thorax brownish- 

 grey, with darker stripes. Halteres tawny. Abdomen hoary, with an 

 elliptical black spot extending from the second to the fifth segment ; first 

 segment grey ; sutures black. Legs brown. 



Eare. (E.) 



10. fumipennis, Wlk. e. m. iv. 181 (1835). Mas. Atra, alisfuscis, 

 pedibus piceis,tarsisfulvis. Long. If; alar. 3^ lin. 



jl/a/^. Deep black. Wings slightly brown. Halteres tawny, with 

 piceous knobs. Legs tawny ; femora and tibiae mostly piceous. 

 Eare. lu the collection of the Entomological Club. (E.) 



Genus IL CALLOMYIA. 



Callomyia, Mg. kl. (1804); Pz. ; Fin. Bolichopus p., Fb. ; LI. 



Al(B areola discali completa, vena prcebrachiali simplici. Tarsi articulo 



primo longissimo. Abdomen maris apice iucurvum. Oculi maris 



fronte contigui, foem. distantes. 



Body velvet}'', convex. Head semicircular. Proboscis very short. 

 Palpi cylindrical. Labium very slender and obliquely furcate at the 

 tip. AntenuaB 6-jointed, porrect, straight, approximate ; first and 

 second joints almost cylindrical, somewhat bristly ; tliird oblong, acute ; 

 fourth and fifth very short ; fourth apical ; sixth long, setiform. Wings 

 large, finely pubescent, incumbent, fiat and parallel in repose ; discal 

 areolet long ; prcebrachial vein not forked; middle transverse vein very 

 near the base. Halteres uncovered. Abdomen oblong, cylindrical. 

 Hind legs longer and thicker than the anterior legs; tarsi broad; me- 

 tatarsi as long as the other 4 joints. Male. Colour generally black. 

 Eyes contiguous. Abdomen compressed, narrow at the tip. Fem. 

 Colour brighter, more varied. Eyes remote. 



The CaUomijice inhabit hedges and woods; all the species 

 are scarce. 



1. elegans, Fb. s. a. 271. 21 (1805); Pz. ! fn. ciii. 18, 19; LI.; 

 Lm. ; Mg. ; ]\lq. ; Ztt. — leptiformis {mas.). Fin. Atra, halteribus 

 fulvis, pedibus fiavis posticis nigricantihus ; Mas. abdominis segmentorum 

 tertii quartique marginibus posticis interrupte albo-fasciatis ; Foem. 

 thorace macnlis 3 argenteis, abdomine fasciis antice luteis poslice ar- 

 genteis. Long. If; alar. 4 hn. 



