LONCHOPTEBIDiE. 221 



1. raptor, (Hal. MSS.) Cbierem, antemds 7iigris, pedibus ferrurji- 

 neis. Long. 2|- ; alai*. 5 lin. 



Cinereus. Palpi straw-colour, silvered in the male. Antennce black ; 

 the third joint twice as long as the two preceding together in the 

 female, yet more in the male, very slender except at the base, where it 

 is suddenly thickened ; arista about as long as the antenna!, naked, 

 thick at the base, very slender at the tip. Wings brownish-hyaline. 

 Lamella of the male oblong-ovate, yellowish-brown, fringed at the tip 

 with very long hairs. Lec/s ferrugmous, the coxfe and sometimes the 

 base of the femora greyish-black ; hind femora a little dusky before the 

 tip ; tarsi much longer than the tibife, dusky towards the tip. The fore 

 femora are strongly pectinated in a double row beneath, the posterior 

 pairs only so towards the tip, and have three or four long spines in a 

 row in front ; the fore tibiaj are minutely pectinated in a double row 

 inside, and slightly dilated at the tip. In the nude the base of the 

 second joint of the fore tarsus is a little dilated. 



Eare^ on rocks and shingle by the sea. First found at Torquay 

 by Mr. Dale j it has occurred also at Dundrum Bay. (E. I.) 



2. ferox, (Hal. MSS.) Cinereus, antennls bad pedibusque ferriKji- 

 neis. Long. 1 ; alar. 2i lin. 



Cinereous. Palpi dusky, in the male silvered. Eyes meeting below 

 the antenniB in the male, nearly so in the female. ArdenncB loiih the 

 fird two joints ferruginous, the third joint as long as these together, 

 conical, black ; arista more than twice as long as the antennae. Wings 

 nearly hyaline. Lamella? of the male broadly ovate, blackish-brown, 

 almost naked. Legs ferruginous; the posterior coxte and the base of 

 the fore pair grey ; tarsi dusky towards the tip, the posterior pairs 

 scarcely longer than the tibiae, the last joint a little dilated ; spines of 

 the tibia? slender, femora with only a few scattered ones ; fore tibia 

 lengthened at the tip inside into a slender process, which bears the 

 spur. In the male, the fore tarsus is compressed and dilated from the 

 tip of the first joint, the exterior joints becoming oval, and the hind 

 metatarsus is fringed in the middle with a few long erect hairs. 



Not rare on the southern coast of England. Eound by Mr. 

 Walker. (E.) 



Family XXII. LONCHOPTERID^-. 



LoNcuoPTERiD^, Ct. OxyptercE, Mg. Phytomyidce p.. Fin.; Ztl. 

 Lonchopterince, Mq. 



Proboscis distincta. Genae vibrissatce. Ociili dislautes. Alec apice acu- 

 minata ; vena cubitalis simplex ; areola disealis nulla ; lobus axil- 

 laris obsoletus. 



