174 roLiCHoriB.E. 



Blaclnsli-hrassy . Face silvery-wldte in male, yellowish-grey in female. 

 JntemKB with the first two joints tawny yellow, the third black ; tliis 

 short, as also the penultimate joint of the arista. Thorax above dusted 

 with ferruyinons. Wings dark hyaline ; costal vein near the base loith 

 a black swelling, not reaching to the junction of the subcostal ; discal 

 transverse vein very faintly curved, shaded with brown, oblique in the 

 male ; a brownish dot on the flexure which lies before the middle of 

 the subapical vein. Abdomen chequered. Lamelltc dusky, broad and 

 rounded at the end ; forceps nearly hidden by the obtuse dilated edge 

 of hypopygium ; acideus as it were bifid, the outer lobe being nearly 

 as long as the internal spine-shaped one, slender, the tip pointed and 

 slightly incurved, outside before this a recurved spine-shaped tooth, 

 and between the two a small obtuse one. Coxfe and femora olive- 

 black, with hoary gloss ; femora ferruginous at the tip, the middle pair 

 to the half-length ; these with 3 or 4 spines in front, the hind pair 4 or 

 5 ; tibia; and anterior metatarsi ferruginous, tipped with black, hind 

 tibise with a dusky spot at the base. In the male i\\cfore tibia is des- 

 titute of spines, and glossed with white as well as the metatarsus, which 

 is as long as the succeeding joints together ; these are much dilated (the 

 third and fourth broader than long), deep black, silvered in front, fringed 

 above with black, the tip of the last with white, hairs. 



On moory uplands of Wicklow. In Mr. HaKday's collec- 

 tion. (I.) 



43. notatus, Stn. isis, xxviii. 369. 3 (1831); Ztg. ; ^ii.—plu- 

 mipes, Hal. z. j. — litoreus, Hal. e. m. Obscure cenescens, thorace fe^'ru- 

 ginoso, antennis basi subtus, genubus, tlbiis et inetatarsis anterioribus basi, 

 tibiisque posticis medio fe?rugineis, femoribus posterioribns pluri-spi- 

 nosis, alis vena transversa punctoquc fuscis, lineola costali atra prope 

 basim ; Mas. tarsi antici articulo ultimo antice argentato, hypostomate ar- 

 genteo; Fcem. hypostomate cano. Long. 3|^ ; alar. 4-| lin. 



Blackish-brassy. Face silvery-white in male, dull white in female. Cilia 

 of the lower orbit whitish (yellow in the allied species). Antenme 

 black, the lower edge of the first joint and base of second reddish-ferru- 

 ginous; the third joint short, as is the penultimate. Thorax above 

 dusted with ferruginous. Wings dark hyaline ; costal vein 7iear the base 

 with a black swelling, not reaching to the junction of the subcostal ; 

 diseal transverse vein straight and perpendicular, shaded with brown, 

 a brownish dot on the flexure which lies before the middle of the sub- 

 apical vein. Abdomen chequered. Lamella; dusky, broad, rounded 

 at the end ; forceps nearly hidden ; aculeus as it were bifid, the outer 

 lobe being nearly as long as the inner one, broad, compressed, notched 

 at the tip, with the inner tooth acute incurved, the outer broad 

 rounded, outside before this a recuiTed spine-shaped tooth. Coxaj 

 and femora olive-black, a little hoary ; tips of anterior femora (a mere 

 dot on the hind pair) and basal half of the tibice and anterior metatarsi 

 reddish-ferruginous, the base of the hind tibice again blackish ; the middle 



