PIOPHILA. 221 



3. pallida, Fal. Opomyz. 9. 2 (1820) ; Meig. ; Mcq. ; Zett. Tes- 

 tacea, alls suhtestaceis. Long. 3 ; alar. 6 lin. 



Testaceous. Head paler beneath. Arista pubescent, black at the 

 base. Wings sl'ujldhj testaceous; prasbrachial vein slightly curved and 

 parallel to the cubital between the discal transverse and the tip ; discal 

 transverse parted by nearly thrice its length from the praebrachial trans- 

 verse, and by full one-third of its length from the border. Male. Ab- 

 domen linear. Fem. Abdomen oblanceolate. 



Not common. (E. S=) 



4. bicolor, Meig. ! Zw. v. 358. 4. pi. 51. f. 18 (1826); Mcq.; 

 Zett. — pallida var. /3, Eal. Testacea, alis limpidis, ahdomine nigro. 

 Long. 2-3 ; alar. 4-6 lin. 



Testaceous. Arista pubescent. Wings limpid; pr?ebrachial vein 

 slightly curved and diverging from the cvdiital towards the tip ; discal 

 transverse slightly oblique, parted by four times its length from the 

 prffibrachial transverse, and by almost half its length from the border. 

 Abdomen black. Male. Abdomen linear. Fem. Abdomen oblanceolate, 

 compressed towards the tip, which is tawny. 



Not rare. (E.) 



5. Rosse, F. E. S. iv. 356. 181 (1792); Fal.; Meig.; Mcq.; 

 Zett. ; Curt. Nigra, capite fulvo, alis limpidis, pedibus testaceis. Long. 

 11-2; alar. 3-4 lin. 



Black. Head tawny, testaceous beneath. Third joint of the antcnnse 

 black ; sixth testaceous, pubescent. Wings linqjid ; praebrachial vein 

 slightly curved beyond the discal transverse, diverging from the cubital 

 towards the tip ; discal transverse nearly straight and upright, parted 

 by much more than twice its length from the prajbrachial transverse, 

 and by full half its length from the border. Halteres whitish. Legs 

 testaceous. Alale. Abdomen nearly linear. Fem. Abdomen fusiform. 



Common. (E. S. I.) 



The following additional species have been recorded as British: — 



1. pectoralis, Fal. 3. nigra, Fal. 



2. nigricornis, Meig. 4. atra, Meig. 



Genus VI. PIOPHILA. 



PloPHiLA, Fal. Heterom. (1820) ; Meig. ; Mcq. ; Zett. Musca p., 

 F. E. S. ; Gmel. Tephritis p., F. S. A. Tyrophaga, Kby. ; Curt. 



Corpus lincare, non elongatura. Caput sidjrotundum. Antenna epi- 

 stoma non attingentes ; articulns tertius sccundo duplo longior. Alaa 

 subangustse. Abdomen thorace pauUo longius. Pedes longitudine 

 mcdiocres. 

 Body linear, moderately long, shining, not bristly. Head nearly 



