176 DOLICHOPIDiE. 



narrow black edge. Legs pale yellow ; posterior coxae grey at the base, 

 fore pair nearly denuded, glossed with white in male. Anterior tcusi 

 dusky toicards tJie tip ; hind pair blackish, the metatarsus yellow except 

 the tip ; hind tibipe sometimes with a dusky spot at the tip ; the middle 

 femora have a small spine behind also. 



Found near Thetford, in Norfolk. In Mr. Curtis's collec- 

 tion. (E.) 



44*. germantis, Wd. z. m. ii. 71. 17 (1818); Fin.; Mg. ; Mq. ; 



Stn. ; Stg. ; Ztt. FiricU-aneus, antetmis nirjrls, arista nuda, pedibiis 

 luteis, tibiis posticis apice tarsisqiie niyris, vietatarsis anterioribiis luteis 

 alisfuscis; Mas. lamelUs nigris. Long. 1^-3; alar. 3-4 lin. 



Brassy-green. Antenna; black, arista nearly naked. Wings sooty- 

 brown, darker along the fore edge. Lamella; small, obtuse triangular, 

 blackish, slightly ciliated. Legs and fore coxse tatvny yelloio ; hind tibial 

 at the tip, rather largely, and tarsi black ; anterior metatarsi yelloio 

 tipped with black. 



Eare. (E.) 



45. nigriplantis, Stn. isis, xxviii. 250. 39 (1831) ; Ztt. Obscure 

 viridi-ceneus, antennis nigris, arista nuda, femoribus apice, tar sis anteri- 

 oribus basi tibiisrjue fiavis, alis antlce infuscatis ; Mas. lamellis fuscis, 

 tarsi intennedii articulo ultimo atro ciliato. Long. 2^ ; alar. 5 lin. 



Bark brassy-green. Antennce black ; arista neai'ly naked, the penulti- 

 mate joint little shorter than the last in male. Wings hyaline, dusky 

 along the fore edge ; the cubital and subapical veins a little sinuated. 

 LamellcB somewhat rounded, dusky, edge blackish. Coxae and femora 

 olive-black ; trochanters ferruginous ; ///« of femora and the tibice yellow ; 

 hind tibise blackish at the tip ; fore tarsi yellow, dusky toicards the tip) ; 

 middle tarsi blackish, tvilh the metatarsus yellowish tipped with black, the 

 last joint in the male a little dilated and ciliated, deep black, the onycliia 

 appearing as a white tip ; hind tarsi black, the first and second joints 

 nearly equal in length. 



Eare. In Mr. Clifton's collection. (E.) 



Obs. B. nigrimacnlatus, Mq. (Ct. Guide, 1258. 2), is doubt- 

 less a misprint for D. nigrilamellatus, Mq. (Brassy- green, an- 

 tennre black, arista naked, legs black or piceous, wings smoky- 

 hyaline ; male with black lamella?. Length 2,h lines.) 



Obs. D. chalybeus, Wd. (Blackish-green, front and thorax 

 steel-blue, antenna? black, first joint tawny yellow beneath, arista 

 very pubescent, legs yellow, tip of hind femora, hind tibiae ex- 

 cept the base, and tarsi black, anterior metatarsi yeUow, wings 

 blackish, the cubital and subapical veins nearly parallel ; male 

 with yellowish lamella; edged with black. Length 2 lines), has 

 been admitted into the Britisli lists, perhaps by mistake for 1). 

 chali/beus, Mg., which is treated as a vaiiety of species 9, in the 

 first section. 



