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a little more than its length from the border. Halteres whitish. Ab- 

 domen broad, slightly convex. Hind tarsi tawny. 

 Not rare. (E.)' 



2. glabra, Fal. Oscinid. 9. 3 (1820); Meig. ; Mcq. ; Zett. Ni- 

 gro-viridis, sublinearis, vix convexa, antenuis halteribus pedibusque ni- 

 gris, alis albis, tarsis fulvis. Long. 1-1^; alar. 2-2| lin. 



Blackish-green, nearly linear, rather slender. Head and thorax sVghtly 

 convex. Antennre black. Thorax minutely punctnred. Wings white; 

 veins whitish ; costal vein ending on the hind border at a short distance 

 from the tip ; subcostal ending before one-third of the length ; radial 

 ending at very near the tip ; cubital ending at the tip ; pra^brachial 

 endnig at the tip of the costal ; pobrachial hardly angular at its junc- 

 tion with the discal transverse ; discal transverse almost straight, slightly 

 oblique, parted by much more than its length from the prLel)rachial 

 transverse and from the border. Halteres black. Abdomen subfusi- 

 form, depressed, a little broader than the thorax. Legs bhick ; tarsi 

 towards the l)ase and hind tarsi tawny. 



Very abundant on windows. (E. S. I.) 



Genus IL OPOMYZA. 



Opomyza, Fal. Opomyz. (1820); Meig.; Westw. ; Mcq.; Zett. 

 Musca p., F. E. S. ; Schr. ; Gmel. Bacm p., F. S. A. Tephritis 

 p., F. Geomyza p., Fal. ; Zett. 



Corpus sat longum, sublineare. Caput et thorax convexa, sidsefosa. 

 Caput transversum, l:>reve, thoracis latitudine. Antennae breves ; ar- 

 ticulus tertius I'otundus ; arista longa, gracilis, puhescens. Thorax 

 ellipticus. Alse mediocres vel sat angusta}, plerumque maculatte. 

 Abdomen lineare. Pedes mediocres. i 



Body rather long, nearly linear. Head and thorax convex, beset with 

 a few bristles. Head transverse, short, as broad as the thorax. Pro- 

 boscis retracted when at rest. Palpi short. Antennm short ; first and 

 second joints minute ; third round ; fourth and fifth obsolete ; sixth or 

 arista long, slender, pubescent. Thorax elliptical. Scutellum rather 

 large, short-obconical. Wings of moderate length, rather narrow, ge- 

 nerally spotted ; costal vein ending on the liind border near the tip ; 

 subcostal ending at one-fourth of the length of the wing; radial ending 

 at very little in front of the tip ; cubital ending at the tip ; pntbrachial 

 ending at the tip of the costal ; pobrachial straight ; discal transverse 

 straight, slightly oblique, parted by half its length from the border, and 

 by more than its length from the pncbrachial transverse. Abdomen 

 linear, with six or seven segments. Legs of moderate length and thick- 

 ness. 



The Ojpomijz<T abound on herbage. 



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