152 MUSClDvE. 



its length from the border. Halteres whitish. Legs taiony ; fore fe- 

 mora and fore tlhlcB armed beneath with spines. Male. Abdomen tawny 

 beneath at the tip. Fem. Abdomen compressed at the tip. 

 Not rare. (E.) 



6. obscura, Fal. Scat. 9. 6 (1819); Meig. ; Mcq. ; Zett. Nigra, 

 cano-tomentosa, capite subtus palpisque albidis, antemiis basiferrugineis, 

 frontalibus rufis, alis hyalinis, pedibus piceis, tibiis testaceis. Long. 2 ; 

 alar. 4 lin. 



Black, with hoary tomentum. Head whitish beneath ; frontalia bright 

 red ; palpi whitish. Antennoi black, almost reaching the epistoma ; first 

 and second joints ferruginous ; third more than twice the length of the 

 second. Wings hyaline ; discal transverse vein parted by more than 

 its length from the prsebrachial transverse vein, and by its length from 

 the border. Halteres whitish. Legs piceoiis ; tibia testaceous. 



Not rare. (E. I.) 



The following additional species of Cordj/Iura have been recorded 

 as British : — 



1. cibata, Meig. 8. fasciata, Meig. 



3. pudica, Meig. 9. punctipes, Meig. 



3. rufipes, Meig. 10. pallida, Fal. 



4. nervosa, Meig. 11. hydromyzina, Fal. 



5. armipes, Meig. 12. fraterna, Meig. 



6. striolata, Meig. 13. livens, F. 



7. apicalis, TFied. 



Genus II. SCATOPHAGA. 



Corpus longum, angustum, setosum. Frontalia plana. Frons promi- 

 nens. Facies obliqua. Epistoma nou prominens, lateribus sctosis. 

 Oculi ovati. Proboscis la3vis, nitens, acuminata. Palpi graciles, sub- 

 filiformes. Antennae mediocres; articulus tertius linearis, apice ro- 

 tundatus ; secundo plus duplo longior, quintus sat longus. Alse sat 

 angusttC. Abdomen pilosum, thorace longius. Pedes validi, setosi. 

 Mas. Abdomen sublinearc. Fcem. Abdomen fusiforme. 

 Eody rather long and narrow. Head and thorax bristly. Head 

 transverse ; frontalia flat ; front prominent ; face oblique ; facialia with- 

 out bristles ; epistoma not prominent, with several stout bristles on 

 each side. Eyes oval. Proboscis long, slender, smooth, shining, pointed. 

 Palpi slender, almost filiform. Antennix; nearly reaching the epistoma ; 

 third joint linear, rounded at the tip, more than twice the length of 

 the second ; fourth obsolete ; fil'lh rather long; sixth plumose or bare. 

 Thorax nearly elliptical. Wings rather narrow ; costal vein ending on 

 the hind border at some little distance from the tip of the wing ; sub- 



