144 POLICHOPID.B. 



Halteres yellow. Abdomen with a row of black spots along th(! back. 

 Legs yellow ; tips of the tarsi black. 

 Generally distributed. (E. S. I.) 



3. flavella, Ztt. i. 1. 543. 4 (1843). — prcecatoria, Mg. — melanoce- 

 pliala, Hal. Testacea, capite nigro, tJiorace albido-univittato, alls lim- 

 pidis, abdomine supra fusco, pedibus flavis. Long. 1|— 1^ ; alar. 3i— 

 4 lin. 



Testaceous. Head black. Antennse yellow. Thorax with a whitish 

 dorsal stripe. Wings colourless ; no stigma ; veins pale. Halteres 

 white. Abdomen brownish above. Legs yellow. 



Rare. In Mr. Halida/s collection. (I.) 



4. unilineata, Ztt. d. s. i. 263. 3 (1842).— oraifom, Mg.; Mq. 

 Testacea, capite nigro, antennis tlavo-albis, thorace nigro-vittato, alis 

 limpidis, halteribus pedibusque fiavo-albis, abdominis disco nigro. Long. 

 11 ; alar. 3 lin. 



Testaceous. Head black. Proboscis, antennae, halteres, and legs 

 yellowish-white. Thorax with a black stripe. Wings colourless ; veins 

 pale. Disc of the abdomen black. 



Eare. In Mr. Haliday's collection. (E. I.) 



5. albicomis, Hms. ; Mg. zw. iii. 64. 4 (1822). — raptoria. Fin. 

 Nigra, antennis flavis, tliorace nigro-cinereo /i<feo-trivittato, alis limpi- 

 dis, pedibus flavis. Long. \\ ; alar. 3^ lin. 



Black. Antennae yeUow. Thorax greyish-black, with 8 tawny stripes. 

 Wings coloui'less ; veins brown, yellow towards the base. Halteres 

 white. Legs yellow. 



Eare. In Mr. Haliday's collection. (E. I.) 



6. oratoria, Mn. d. s. emp. 11. 13, 34. 13 (1815) ; Ztt. Nigra, 

 antennis flavis, thorace cinereo-testaceo, alis limpidis, pedibus flavis. 

 Long. \\-\\ ; alar. 2^-3. 



Black. Antennae yeUow. Thorax greyish-testaceous. Wings 

 colourless, veins brown. Halteres and legs yellow. 

 Not rare. (E.I.) 



Family XXI. DOLICHOPID^. 



DoLiCHOPiD.T., Leach p. (1819) ; St.; Ct. ; Wstw. Bolichopodes, 

 Fin. p. (1823); Mg. ; Lp. ; LI.; Mq. ; Ztt.; Stg. ; Lw. Dolico- 

 pincB, Rdn. Rhagionidce p. et Bolichopodes p., LI. gen. (1809). 

 Mydasidee p. et Btratiomydoi p., Efnq. (1815). 



Proboscis dejlexa ; palpis compj-essis, inciimbentibtis ; maxillis nullis. 

 Antennce porrectce, articido tertio compresso, arista biarticulata . 



