190 DOLICHOPIDiE. 



Not SO common as the two preceding, but generally diffused. 

 (E. S. I.) 



4. armatuSy Ztt. d. s. 3093 (1849). — prodromm, Hal. Fusco- 

 cinereus, coxis anticis peclihusque ferrugineis, tat'sis nigricantibns, antenms 

 subacLitis ; liypostomaie albido, Foem., aut lutescente, Mas. ; femorihus 

 iutermedils subtus ciliatis, tibiis arcuatls pect'matis. Long. 1 ; alar. 

 2i lin. 



Cinereous ; front sometimes slightly bluisL.. Face taxmy-yeUoio in 

 male, yellowish-white in female. Antennfe with the third joint rather 

 long, and acute triangular in male. Thorax above tinged brownish or 

 ferruginous, opahe ; scutellum bluish. Wings brownish. Abdomen 

 faintly brassy-green. Legs and fore coxce ferruginous, tibiae with a 

 blackish dot at the base and tip, tarsi almost entirely blackish ; hind 

 metatarsus scarcely shorter than the following joint. In the male the 

 intermediate femora are thickly ciliated beneath, the tibia curved and 

 pectinated behind with long erect bristles. 



Common on the sea-coast, even early in the spring. (E. S. I.) 



5. pusillus, Mg. iv. 65. 1] (1834) ; Mq. JEnescente-niger,ivonie 

 cyanescente, genubus ferriiginels, halteribus nigris ; hypostomate cano, 

 Foem., aut atro, Mas. ; t arsis ant ids apice dilatatis,femoribus intermediis 

 apice tibiisque basi pectinatis. Long. 1 ; alar. 3 lin. 



Black, slightly brassy. Front steel-blue. Face deep black in male, 

 hoary in female. Cilia of the orbit black. Antenna3 with the third 

 joint rather acute triangular in male, obtuse in female. Scutellum 

 bluish. Wings dusky, with the dot very faint. HaUeres blackish at 

 the tip at least. Legs dull \A?i(!k, femora ferruginous at the tip. In 

 the male the last two joints of the fore tarsus are dilated ; the fourth 

 oval, hairy beneath ; the intermediate femora finely ciUated beneath in 

 a double row, and pectinated behind near the tip ; the tibia compressed 

 and somewhat curved, close to the base a little tooth, pectinated beneath, 

 and in front a tuft of hairs sloping backwards. 



Eare in marshes. In Mr. Haliday^s collection. (I.) 



6. alpinus, Hal. e. m. i. 163 (1833). — Foem. atomus, Ztt.? OUva- 

 ceus, fronte cyanea, hypostomate argenteo, pedibus fusco-ferrugiueis, alls 

 nigricantibus disco hyalinis ; ili«5. oculis contiguis, /t'/«o;7'(!'«s intermediis 

 infra apicem spimdosis, alls subpetiolatis. Long. |- ; alar. 2-i- lin. 



Olive. ]?]'ont steel-blue. Face very narrow, silvery-white ; in the 

 male it is produced over the mouth, and the e}'es meet under the 

 antennae. Antennae with the third joint obtuse triangular in male, 

 rounded in female. Scutellum steel-blue. Wings narrow, blackish, 

 with the disc nearly hyaline around the clouded transverse vein and the 

 dot of the subapical. In the male the tvings are much narrowed towards 

 the base, almost petiolated, the outer veins more darkly bordered, the 

 subapical vein diverging from the cubital much as they approach the 

 tip. Legs and fore coxae dark reddish ; the base of the coxa", the 



