24 STRATIOMID^. 



fingentes ; octanis brevis ; nonns stylatiis. Alanim vena; longitu- 



dinales usque ad alte marginem summum descendentes. 

 Mas. Oculi approximati. 

 Foem. Oculi remoti. 



Body nearly oval, generally rather large, mostly black. Head almost 

 semicircular. Proboscis withdi'awn. Labnim short, flat. Palpi tri- 

 articulate, clavate, hairy. Labium short, thick, cylindrical. AntenncR 

 ^-jointed., poiTect, almost as long as the head, approximate at the 

 base, diverging upwards ; first and second joints bristly ; first short, 

 almost cylindrical, somewhat thicker at the tip ; second cyathifonn, 

 as long as the first ; third and following a long obclavate flagellura ; 

 eighth short ; ninth long, stylate. Thorax almost oval ; scuteUum 

 semicircular, armed with spines. Wings lanceolate, incumbent, parallel, 

 finely pubescent. Alulae very small. Halteres uncovered. Abdomen 

 oval, with five segments, slightly convex. 



Male. Eyes contiguous. 



Fem. Eyes remote. 



These flies are rare ; they dwell on the trunks of trees ; their 

 larvae Kve on decayed wood. 



1. ephippium, Fb. sp. i. 417. 2 (1781); Sch. ; Hbst. ; Slir.; Gm. ; 

 Gfr.; Pz. ! fn. viii. 23; Mg. — Inda, Shr. — thoracicum,lA. ; Mq. Atra, 

 thoracis disco ferrugineo-hii'to, alis nigricantibus, halteribus flavis. 

 Long. 5i; alar. 12 lin. 



Deep black. Body clothed with short black hairs. Head clothed 

 above with dull tawny hairs. Thorax thickly clothed with bright fer- 

 ruginous hairs. Wings blackish, palest along the hind borders. Hal- 

 teres bright yellow. 



Very rare ; has been found in Coombe wood, Surrey, and in 

 Darenth wood, Kent. In the British Museum, and in Mr. Des- 

 vignes's collection. (E.) 



Genus VL NEMOTELUS. 



Nemotelus, Gfr. ins. ii. (1784); Fb.; Mg.; Pz. ; LI.; Fin ; Mq. ; 

 Ct. ; Ztt. Musca p., L. ; Gm. Stratiomys p., Fb.; Shr. 



Corpus oblongum, minoris magnitudinis, tenuiter pubescens, nitidum. 

 Color niger ; pictura albo fasciata vel punctata. Epistoma porrectum, 

 conicum. Ocidi nudi. Antennse S-articulatse, poiTCctfe ; articidi 

 tertius et sequentes flagellum fusiforme fingentes ; septimus brevis ; 

 octavus stylatus. Scutellmn inerme. Alarum areola discoidalis venas 

 4 emittens, fere in marginem interiorem summmn descendentes. 

 Body shining, oblong, rather small, finely pubescent. Colour black, 

 often with white bands or spots. Head as broad as the thorax or nearly 

 so. Epistonia porrect, conical. Eyes bare. Proboscis withdrawn. 



