154 DOLlCHOPID.i:. 



the female. Wings Ijrovvnish ; fringe of the alula pule. Ap])cndagxs 

 of the hypopygium black at the tip, with pale curled hairs. Belly pale. 

 Ler/s pale yellow ; tarsi dusky, except the first joint. In the male the 

 legs are excessively long, the fore tarsi pale, with the last joint black, 

 compressed, 'pallet-shaped. 



Rare. In the British Alaseum and otlicr collections. (E.) 



2. obscurella, Fin. d. s. dol. 13. 11 (1823) ; Stn.; Hal. ; Ztt.— 

 appendiculata, Mq. ; Stg. — pleheja, Mg. {fcem.). Obscure <Bnea, capita 

 albido, palpis nigris, pedibiis pallidis, alulis f/isco-ciliatis, tarsis simpli- 

 cibus. Long. 1^-2 ; alar. 4 lin. 



Brassy blackish-green, not shining ; front and face whitish, face clear 

 white in the male. Palpi black. Antenna? black, third joint at the 

 end reddish-brown, longer in the male, in which also the penultimate 

 joint is half as long as the last, but much less in the female. Wings 

 hxoyim&\\, fringe of the alula', dusky. Appendages of the hypopygium 

 dusky at the tip, with pale curled hairs. Legs pale yellow ; tarsi 

 darker except the fii'st joint, simple in both sexes. — Veiy like the pre- 

 ceding, but smaller, and the legs shorter, especially in the male. 



Common about rivulets in the shade. (E. S. I.) 



3. fulvicaudis, (Ct. MSS.) Obscure aenea, capite albido, antennis 



et abdomine basiferrugineis,pedibus pallidis, Mas. Long, li lin. 



Dull brassy-green, with a hoary tinge ; face clear white. Palpi 

 yellowish. Antennce ferruginous, with the end of the third joint dusky ; 

 penultimate joint not elongated. Wings hyaline, fringe of the alula? 

 pale. First two segments of the abdomen somewhat ^i^\\v:\i\ ferruginous, 

 with their hind margin brassy, more largely in the second. Hypopy- 

 gium with the outer pair of appendages small, but somewhat dilated, 

 blackish-brown, fringed with paler hairs, their margin crenulatcd. Legs 

 very pale yellowish ; tarsi darker towards the end, simple. 



A male found near Bristol ; in Mr. Curtis's collection. (E.) 



Genus IIL DOlsICHOPUS. 



DoLiCHOPUS, Mg. (1824); Stn.; Hal.; Stg.; et Ammobates, Stn.; 

 Stg. Bolichopus'^.,'L\. (1796); Fb. s. a. ; Fln.^ Ztt. Satyr a p., 

 Mg. (1803). Muscaix,L.; Spl. ; Gfr.; Mir.; lirs. ; Gra. ; Ksi. ; 

 Shr. Orthocerati'um p., Shr. 



Antenna; articulo tertio apice attenuato, arista dorsali sinuata. Pro- 

 boscis capnte brevior. Hyimpygiimi maris extricatum, obscurum, la- 

 viellis geminis externis patulis. 



Generally stouter than the others of the family. Eyes pubescent, se- 

 parated ; face usually very narrow in the male ; cilia of the lower orbit 

 black, or pale ; supercilia black spines. Proboscis usually very short, 

 never as long as the head Antenna: with, the third joint tapering. 



