LISPE. 147 



very slightly curved ; discal transverse vein slightly obli(|uc, hardly 

 curved inward, parted by much more than its length from the prsebra- 

 chial transverse vein, and by much less than its length from the border. 

 AlulcB greyish, with testaceous borders. 

 Not rare. (E. I.) 



Genus III. LISPE. 



LisPA, Latr. G. C. iv. 347 (1810); Zett. Musca p., D. G. Lispe, 

 Fal.; Meig.; Hal.; Mcq. 



Corpus subsetosum. Caput breve. Frons lata. Facialia nuda. Epistoma 

 subprominens. Ocidi nudi, in idroque sexa reuioli. Palpi cupitati. 

 Antennae epistoma vix attingentes ; articulus tertius secundo duplo 

 longior; arista basi supra plumata. Alee par vse. Alulse mediocres. 

 Abdomen ovatum, depressum. Pedes intermedil eloiujati. 

 Body slightly bristly. Head short ; front broad ; facialia bare ; epi- 

 stoma slightly prominent, pjijes bare, remote in both sexes. Palpi capi- 

 tate. Antennse nearly reaching the epistoma ; third joint twice the 

 length of the second ; sixth plumose above towards the base. Wings 

 rather small ; cubital and prtebrachial veins diverging from the prse- 

 brachial transverse vein to the discal transverse vein, nearly parallel 

 from thence to the border ; discal transverse vein slightly oblique, nearly 

 straight, parted by about twice its length from the prEebrachial trans- 

 verse vein, and by much less than its length from tlie border. Alulae 

 of moderate size ; lower valve extending much beyond the upper. Ab- 

 domen oval, flat. Legs slender ; middle legs rather lonrj. 



These flies inhabit the sea-shore^ and the borders of ponds and 

 lakes. L. cuhcita, Hal., and perhaps another British species, might 

 be removed from this genus. 



1. tentaculata, D. G. I. vi. 43. 15 (1752) ; Latr. ; Fal. ; Meig. ; 

 Mcq. ; Zett. Cinereo-tomentosa, subtus cana, capile aurato, palpisful- 

 vis, thorace fusco-quadrivittato, alls cinereis, ahdomine e maculis albidis 

 suhtrigonis trivittato ; Mas, tarsis anticis fnlvo-cinclis. Ijong. 2|-3; 

 alar. 4-5 lin. 



Black, with cinereous tomentum, hoary beneath. Head gilded in front. 

 Palpi taioni/. Thorax with four brown stripes. Wings grey. Alulae 

 white. Abdomen with three whitish nearly triangular spots on each 

 segment. Femora, tibice, and tarsi of the middle legs long in both sexes. 

 Male. Fore metatarsus armed with a spine at the tip, shorter than 

 the second joint, which is tawny and slightly dilated ; third and fourth 

 tawny beneath. Hind metatarsus with a tuft of bristles beneath at the 

 base. 



Not common. (E. I.) 



