12 STUATIOMIDiE. 



stigma brown. Halteres tawny. Abdomen piceous, shining. Hind 

 metatarsi tawny. 



Vm\ Fem. Antennae with the third joint feiTuginous. 



Generally distributed; the pupa has been found in moss. 

 (E. S. 1.) 



4. fuscipes, Mg. zw. ii. 8. 11 (1820); Lw. — nigra, Mg. ; Mq, 

 Cyaneo-viridis, scutelU spinis 7iigris, abdomine nigro-ciipreo ; Mas. alis 

 subcinereis, pi?f/i/5i2<5 nigro-fuscis geniculis tai'sorumque basi Jlavicantihus, 

 metatarso postico incrassato ; Fcem. ahs limpidis, ped'ibus Jtavis femo- 

 ribus ante apicem, tibiis apice tarsorunique articuUs secundo ad tertium 

 fuscis. Long. 3|— 3 ; alar. 6-6-i- lin. 



Bright bluish-green, clothed with tawny hau's. Antennae black. 

 Scutellum armed ivith 6 or 8 black spines. Halteres luteous. Abdomen 

 coppeiy black. Legs tawny. Male. Wings slightly tinged with grey ; 

 stigma brown ; veins black, tawny at the base. Hind tarsi and tips of 

 the hind tibire brown. Fem. Wings colourless; femora, tibics, and fore 

 tarsi partly pale brotcn. 



Earej South of England. In Mr. Stephens's collectiou. (E.) 



5. Morrisii, Dale, ent. 175. 75 {lS4!2).—pallipes, Lw. Cyaneo- 

 viridis, scutelli spinis 7iigi'is, alis sublimpidis, abdomine nigro-ciipreo, 

 pedibusflavis,tarsorum articulis secundo ad guintum fuscis ; Fcem. fronte 

 angTista. Long. 3i-3|-; alar. 6-1—7 Un. 



Bright bluish-green, clothed with tawny hairs. Antennae black. 

 Scutellum armed toith 6 or 8 black spines. Wings almost colourless ; 

 stigma dark brown ; veins black, tawny at the base. Halteres luteous. 

 Abdomen coppery-black. Legs pale yellow ; tarsi brown ; atiterior me- 

 tatarsi tawny. Male. Tips of the tibiae brown. Fem. Front narrow. 

 Hind metatarsi tawny. 



Eare; South of England. In the British Museum. (E.) 



6. geniculata, Hal; Ct. b. e.! 837(1830). Cyaneo-viridis, capite 

 nigro-viridi, anteuuarum articulo tertio ferrugineo, scutelli spinis viridi- 

 bus, abdomine pedibusque nigris, gemibtis fulvis ; Mas. aUs nigiicanti- 

 bus ; Fcem. alis cinereis. Long. 3-3i ; alar. 6-6i lua. 



Bright bluish-gTcen. Head greenish-black. Antennae black ; third 

 joint dark feiTuginous. Scutellum armed loith 6 green spines. Halteres 

 luteous. Abdomen black, clothed with white down. Legs black; 

 femora, tibia, and tarsi at the base and knees tawny. Male. Wings 

 blackish. Fem. Wings grey. 



Rare. (E. S. 1.) 



Genus II. ACTINA. 



AcTiNA, Ct. b. c. 337 (1830). Stratiomys p., Ftr. Actina p., Mg. 

 ohm. Xylophagus I)., U. Z^ms p., Mg. ; Mq. ; Lw. 



