28 MYCETOPHILID.E. 



Common, especially on the oak and on the lime-tree. {E. S. I.) 



2. pulchella. Curt.! B. E. 645 (1837). Ochmcea, antennis fus- 

 cis, alis flavesceiitibus, macula coslali ajncali fusca, ahdohdne maculls 



fascilsqiie n'vjris, femoribus posteiioribus apice tarsiscp^e nigricantibus. 

 Long. 2 ; alar. 4 lin. 



lingld ocJireous, sliining, finely pubescent. Vertex with a black spot. 

 Autennte brown, oclireous at the base. Metathorax with a brown spot. 

 Wings yellowish, with a long hroion mark at the apex of the costa ; first 

 and second abdominal segments toith a black spot on each ; third, fourth, 

 and fifth with a black ring on the margin ; sixth and seventh glossy black. 

 Tarsi and tips of the hinder femora blackish ; tibiaj brownish-ochre. 



Rare ; has been found by Mr. Curtis and Mr. Haliday on Um- 

 hellifercB, near Ivillarney. (I.) lu the collections of Mr. Curtis 

 and Mr. Haliday. 



3. octomaculata. Curt. B. E. 645 (1837). Ochracea, vertice an- 

 tenniscpie fuscis, thoracis vittis tribus scuteilocpie nigris, alis fascia 

 fusca arcuata subapicali, abdomine nigro maculis octo lateralibus 

 ochraceis, femoribus posterioribus apice tarsisque nigris. Long. 3 ; 

 alar. 4 lin. 



Ochreous. Vertex brown. Antennae brown, oclireous at the base. 

 Thorax with three black united stripes not reaching the front. Scutelluni 

 and abdomen black. Wings with a lunate brown spot near the apex. 

 Second, third, fourth and fifth abdominal segments toith an ochreous trigo- 

 7iate spot on each side of the base. Tarsi and tips of hinder femora 

 black ; tibia3 dull ochreous. 



Rare. In Mr. Curtis^s collection. (E.) 



4. fnmosa, n. A^i^v/rft, capite subtus, palpis, pectore, thoracis mar- 

 ginibus vittaque dorsali testaccis, alis fuscis, halteribus coxis femori- 

 busque testaceis, abdomine piceo. Long. 2^ ; alar. 4 lin. 



Black. Head beneath, palpi, pectus and borders of the thorax tes- 

 taceous. Thorax Avith a testaceous dorsal stripe. Wings brown ; veins 

 black ; subcostal vein about one-third of the length of the wing, united 

 near its tip to the radial hy a transverse veinlet; radial united to the 

 cubital at some distance from its base ; fork of the subanal much 

 nearer than the base of the subapical to the base of the wing. Halteres 

 testaceous. Abdomen piceous. Legs testaceous ; tibise and tarsi 

 black. 



Hare. In the British Museum. 



5. bimaculata, Meig. Kl.; Zw. i. 72. 7 (1804); Mcq. ; Sta;g. ; 

 Ks. ; Zctt. Nigra, palpis, thoracis maculis duabus anticis, halteribus 

 pedibusque testaceis, alls sublimpidis fascia subapicali fuscescente, ab- 

 domine ferrugineo fasciis nigris, coxis fcmoribusque nigro-notatis, tarsis 

 nigris. Long. 2; alar. 4 lin. 



Black. Palpi testaceous. Antennae stout, testaceous towards the 

 base. Thorax with a large testaceous spot on each side in front. 



