MYCETOPHILA. 11 



Zett. ; St;rg. ; Ross. — nitida, Mcig. — atm ? Mcq. Nigra, palpis aii- 

 teiinis basi lialteribus pedibusquc testaceis, alls cinercls immaculatis, I'e- 

 moribus posterioribus apice tarsisque nigris. Long, f-l ; alar. l|-2 lin. 



Black. Palpi testaceous. Aiitenna3 sometimes testaceous at the 

 base. Wbujs grey ; veiulets of the praibracliial arcolet forming an 

 obtuse angle ; the hind one about twice the length of the fore one, and 

 nearly as long as the subapical vein before its fork ; anal vein rather 

 less than half the length of the subanal. Halteres testaceous. Legs 

 testaceous ; tarsi black ; posterior femora with black tips ; fore tibirc a 

 little longer than the fore metatarsi. 



Note. ]\Ieigen, in his sixth volume, has corrected his previous 

 erroneous description of this species. 



Not rare in woods, from June to October. (E. S. I.) 



2. notata, Staun. Observ. Spec. Mycetoph. 17, 18 (1831). Nigra, 

 antennis basi pedibusque flavis, alls macula media ftisca, femoribus pos- 

 ticis apice fuscis. Long, f- 1; alar. 1^-2 lin. 



Black. Antennas at the base and legs yellow. TF'mgs with a diacnl 

 brown spot. Hind femora with brown tips. 

 Not common. (E. L) 



3. binotata, Hal. J\ISS. Nigra, antennis basi pedibusque flavis, alis 

 macula media el fascia ante apiccm fuscis. Long. |— 1 ; alar. \h-% lin. 



Bhick, with fine pale pubescence. First and second joints of the 

 antenna?, and base of the third, dingy yellow. Thorax with brown hairs. 

 JFings yellowish, hyaline, with a brown rniddle spot occupying the fork 

 of the praebrachial vein and the median vein, and « broicn subapical 

 band, which is broader in front; veins brownish ferruginous. Legs 

 dingy yellow ; tibiae with brown spurs, their lateral spines rather 

 long, slender, black; tarsi with brownish tips; fore tarsi thrice the 

 length of the til)i8e or upwards; fore metatarsus hardly shorter than 

 the tibiic ; hind tarsi nearly longer Ijy half than the tibiae. 



Rare. In Mr, Haliday's collection. (I.) 



In the three preceding species, the head and the mcsonotum 

 form a continuous even curve. 



4. paludosa? Sta?g. Dipt. 2G5. 40 (1810); Zctt. Nigro-cinerca, 

 palpis haltcribus pedibusque testaceis, alis subcinercis, nebulis duabus 

 suhobsohtis, una discali, altera subapicali, femoribus tibiisque apice tar- 

 sisque nigricantibus. Long. 1^ ; alar. 2 lin. 



Greyish-black. Palpi testaceous. Antennae rather longer than the 

 thorax. Wings slightly greyish, very indistinctly cloudei about the tip 

 of the prrebrachial areolet and near the tip of the costa ; veinlets of the 

 praibrachial areolet forming an obtuse angle, the hind one twice the 

 lengtli of the fore one, and about half the length of the subapical 

 vein before its fork ; anal vein short. Halteres testaceous. Ab(h)meu 

 about twice the length of the thorax. Legs testaceous, stout ; tarsi and 

 tips of the femora and of the tibia) blackish. 



