PALLOPTERA, 187 



2. tarsata, Fal. Ortal. 26. 3 (1820) ; Meip^. ; Mcq. ; Zett. Nigro- 

 caerulea, capite halteribus pedibusque nigris, alls lirapidis, tarsis 2>os- 

 teriorlbus fulvis. Long. \\ ; alar. 3 Hii. 



Blackisli-blue. Antenufe, halteres, and legs black. Wings limpid ; 

 veins pale testaceous, darker towards the tips. Posterior tarsi tawny. 



Not rare. (E.) 



The following additional species of this genus have been re- 

 corded as British : — 



1. chorea, F. 4. senea, Meig. 



2. pusUla, Me'uj. 5. nigrimana. Meig. 



3. nigra, Meig. 6, latifrons, Meig. 



Genus III. PALLOPTERA. 



Palloptera, Pal. Ortal. (1820); Hal.; Westw. ; Zett. Musca p., 

 P. ; D. G. ; Schr. ; Gmel. Tepliritis p., P. Bacus p., P. Tru- 

 panea p., Schr. Sapromyza p., Pal. ; Meig. ; ]\Icq. Suillia, Sylvia, 

 Mitiettia, Lycia, et Tereuia, Desv. Toxoneum, Mcq. Subgen. Peplo- 

 myza, Hal. ; Westw. 



Corpus oblongura, flammn aut cinereum. Antennce hreves ; articulus 



tertius couicus, secundo lougior ; sextus plumosus vel pubescens. 



Alee sat longse, Sfepissime macidatee. Tibise absque cilio praeapicali. 



Fcem. Abdomen apice attenuatum et depressum. Oviductus exsertus, 



subulatus, valvulis coheerentibus glabris. 



Colour yellow or cinereous. Body oblong, with a few hairs and 

 bristles. Head nearly as broad as the thorax, almost hemispherical. 

 Pront convex. Pace vertical, very slightly concave on each side. Epi- 

 stoma and peristoma not prominent, the former very slightly prominent 

 in one species. Proboscis short. Palpi slender. Antennce short, ge- 

 nerally not reaching the epistoma ; third joint conical, longer than the 

 second; sixth plumose or pubescent. Thorax elliptical, with a slight 

 trace of the transverse furrow. Wings rather long, generally spotted ; 

 costal vein ending on the hind border at some little distance from the 

 tip of the wing ; subcostal ending at or before one-third of the length ; 

 mediastinal ending before half the length ; cubital and prffibrachial 

 slightly diverging between the transverse veins, the former ending at 

 the tip of the wing ; discal transverse straight and upright, or nearly 

 so, parted by much more than its length from the pra^braehial trans- 

 verse, and by much less than its length from the border. Pobrachial 

 and anal areolets very short. Abdomen a little longer than the tho- 

 rax. Legs slender, unarmed, almost bare. Male. Abdomen linear. 

 Fem. Abdomen attenuated at the tip. Oviduct exserted, subulate, 

 with smooth coherent valves. 



