EMPIS. 93 



18; LI. ; Mg. ; Mq.; Ztt. ; Ct. — pennata, Shr. — ciUata,Mg. kl; Fin. 

 — longirostris, Mg. kl. Nigro-cinerea, antenuis nigris, thorace nigrO' 

 quadrlvUtato, alls nigro-fuscis, halteribiis fulvis, abdomine pedibusque 

 nigris. Long. 1-^-lf ; alar. 4-i— 5 lin. 



Gregisk-dlack, clothed with black hairs and bristles. Proboscis, 

 lancets, and palpi dark brown. Antemife black ; first and second joints 

 clothed W'ith short black hairs ; third longer than the first and second ; 

 fifth like a spine, nearly half the length of the third. Thoi'ax ivith 4 black 

 stripes ; outer pair indistinct. Wings dark brown ; stigma blackish ; 

 veins black. Halteres tawny. Abdomen black, shining. Legs black, 

 thickly clothed with short black hairs. Fem, Tibiae and posterior 

 femora fringed with long black hairs. 



Generally distributed. (E. S. I.) 



12. pennaria, Fin. d. s. emp. 20. 9 (1815); Mg. ; Mq. ; Ztt. ; 

 Ct. Cinerea, antennis nigris, alis siiblimpidis, halteribiis flavis, pedibus 

 nigro-fuscis. Long. 2 ; alar. 4 lin. 



Cinereous, clothed with black hairs. Proboscis black ; lancets pale 

 yellow. Antennse black ; first and second joints clothed with short 

 black hairs ; third conical, much longer than the first and the second ; 

 fifth stylate, hardly half the length of the third. Wings almost colour- 

 less ; no stigma ; veins black, tawny at the base. Halteres pale 

 yeUow. Legs dark brown, clothed with black haii's. Male. Hind 

 tibiffi slightly clavate ; hind metatarsi slightly dilated. Fem. Posterior 

 femora and hind tibia3 fringed. 



Generally distributed. (E. S. I.) 



13. vernalis, Mg. zw. iii. 27. 19 (1822); Ztt.; Ct. Cinerea, 

 antennis nigris, halteribiis flavis, pedibus fulvis, tarsis fuscis ; Mas. alis 

 albo-kgalinis, pedibus posticis subincrassatis ; Fc^m. alis subcinereis, 

 femoribus posterioribus tibiisque posticis ciliatis. Long. 1^ ; alar. 

 3 lin. 



Grey, thinly clothed with black hairs. Proboscis black; lancets 

 tawny. Antenna? black ; third joint longer than the first and the 

 second ; fifth much more than half the length of the third. Halteres 

 yellow. Legs dark tawny, clothed with short black hairs ; tarsi brown. 

 Male. Wings ichite. Hind legs slightly incrassated. Fem. Wings 

 sligJdly grey ; veins black, tawny towards the base. Posterior femora 

 and hind tibiae ciliated. 



Generally distributed. (E.) 



14. lepidopus, Mg. zw. iii. 23. 12 (1822) ; Ct. Nigro-cinerea, 

 antennis nigris, alis nigro-fuscis, halteribiis fidvis, pedibus nigris. 

 Long. If ; alar. 3i hn. 



Greyish-black, thinly clothed with black hairs. Proboscis black ; 

 lancets tawny. Antennae black ; first and second joints clothed with 

 short black hairs ; third longer than the first and the second ; fifth 

 more than half the length of the third. Wings dark brown ; stigma 



