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Labruin and lingua tawny. Palpi clothed with short blaclv hairs. 

 Wiuf/s (jrejj ; stigma brown. Halteres yellow. Legs clothed with 

 short black hairs, beset with black bristles. 

 Generally distributed. (E. S. I.) 



2. vitripennis, Mg. zw. ii. 348. 2 (1820); Ct. ; Mq. ; Zii.—fu- 

 nebrU v., Flu. Niger, cinereo-suft'usus, alts limpidls, tarsis pedibusque 

 auterioribus nonuunquam fuscis. Long. 1^2 ; alar. 4-4 1^ lin. 



Black, with a cinereous covering, thinly clothed with black hairs. 

 Labrum and lingua tawny. Palpi clothed with very short black hairs. 

 Whujs colourless ; stigma very pale brown. Halteres pale yellow. 

 Legs clothed with short black hairs, beset with black bristles ; tarsi 

 and anterior legs often brown. 



Generally distributed. (E. S. I.) 



3. femoratus, Mir. pr. 213.5 {lll&).—Jlcmpes, Fb. ; Mg. ; Fin. ; 

 Ct. ; j\lq. ; Ztt. ; Gr. ! ic. pi. 94. f. 0. Niger, cinereo-suilusus, alls lim- 

 pldis, pedibnsftilvis, femoYihus tibiisqiie posticis nigris. Long. 1|— 2 ; 

 alar. 4-4^ lin. 



Black, with a cinereous covering, thinly clothed with black hairs. 

 Labriuu and lingua tawny. Palpi clothed with very short black hairs. 

 JFbigs colourless ; stigma indistinct. Halteres pale yellow. Legs lawny; 

 hind femora and hind tibi;e black, beset with black bristles, clothed 

 with rather long whitish hairs. 



Generally distributed. (E, S. I.) 



4. fumipennis, Mg. zw. ii. 319. 4 (1820); Ahr. ; Ct. Niger, 

 cinereo-suffusus, alls suhfusco-chtereis, pedibus falvis, femoribus tibiisque 

 posticis nigris. Long. 2 ; alar. 4|^ Un. 



Black, with a cinereous covering, thinly clothed with black hairs. 

 Labrum and lingua tawny. Palpi clothed with very short black hairs. 

 Wings pale brow idsli-fjrey ; stigma pale brown. Halteres tawn3^ Legs 

 tawny ; hiud femora and hind tibiae black, beset with black bristles, 

 clothed with rather long whitish liairs. 



Generally distributed. (E. I.) 



Genus XVIL PLATYPAL.PUS. 



Platypalpus, Mq. s. n. (1 827). Musca p., Fb. Enipis p., Fb. Tacliy- 

 dromia p., Mg. ; Fb. ; Fin. ; Ztt. 



Corpus parvuui, saepe minutissimum, oblougum, glabiiim, parura setu- 

 losum. Color corporis niger, fuscus, flavus; pictura propter annulos 

 pedum nulla. Caput parvum. Oculi fusci, unicolores, interdura 

 teneo-micantes, in utroque sexu remoti. Proboscis capitc brevior. 

 Palpi compressi, squanitieformes, incumbentes, apice ciliati. Antenna! 

 '1-articulatse, capitc SEepius breviorcs ; articulus tcrtius ovatus, acutus, 



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