226 MUSCID^, 



Yellow. Vertex pale red ; a black dot about the ocelli. Antennfe 

 browu towards the tips. Thorax with three pale red stripes, and with 

 two Mack stripes ; metathorax black. Wings nearly limpid. Abdo- 

 men with three rows of black dots. 



Common. (E. S. I.) 



The following additional species of Meromyza have been recorded 

 as British : — 



1. femorata, Mcq^. 2. nigriventris, Mcq^. 



Genus IV. CHLOROPS. 



Chlorops, Meig. Zw. vi. 138 (1830) ; Pz. ; Mcq. Oscinis p., F. S. A. ; 

 Schr. F. B. ; Latr. ; Fal. ; Zett. Musca p., F. E. S. ; Gmel. ; Schr. 

 I. A. Tephritis p., F. 



Corpus breve. Caput transversum. Facies obliqua. Antemice hrevis- 

 sinus ; articulus tertins rotundus ; arista gracilis nuda. Alee medio- 

 cres ; vena cuhitalis costali juncta. Femora postica gracilia ; tibice 

 posticte recta:. 



Body short. Head transverse. Vertex flat. Front prominent. Face 

 oblique. Antemice very short, not near reaching the epistoma ; thi7-d 

 joint round, twice the length of the second ; sixth bare. Wings mode- 

 rately broad ; costal vein ending at a little in front of the tip of the 

 wing ; subcostal ending at much beyond one-third of the length ; radial 

 ending at tliree-fourths of the length ; cubital ending at very near the 

 tip of the costal ; praebrachial ending on the hind border near the tip ; 

 pobrachial ending at beyond half the length ; discal transverse straight, 

 upright, parted by more than twice its length from the prasbrachial 

 transverse and from the border. Abdomen obconical. Legs of mode- 

 rate length. Hind femora slender. Hind tibia; straight. 



Some of the species of this genus are excessively abundant^ and 

 their larvse are very injurious to corn. 

 a. Thorax with five black stripes. 



b. Abdomen yellow, with a black spot on each side at the base. 



Species 1. 

 b b. Abdomen yellow, with black bands. 



c. Vertex with a reddish dot on each side. Species 2, 

 c c. Vertex with no reddish dots. 

 d. Head without a black stripe. 



e. Legs yellow ; tarsi with black tips. 

 /. Wings nearly limpid. Species 3. 

 //. Wings grey. Species 4. 

 e e. Fore tarsi at the base, and tips of the fore tibia; black. 

 Species 5. 



