228 CHIRON OMID.E. 



thorax ; the first (hirge obhite sphnjroitLal) joint and the base of the 

 second dingy yellowish. Vagina dingy yellowish. Ungues unequal, 

 the longer nearly as long as the claw-joint. 



Found at Holywood. Not very rare iu open groves. (I.) 

 Obs. C. gracilis, Winn.^ has no relation to this species. 



54. candidatus, Winn.! Linn. Ent. vi. 57. 53. pi. 7. f. 53 (1852). 

 Fcem. ater, obscurus, palpis antennisque nigris, his nigro-hirtis, alls ni- 

 veis, venis pallide fuscescentibus, halteribus niveis, pedibus nigro-fuscis, 

 tarsorum articulis primo et secundo albis. Long. 1 ; alar. 2 lin. 



Fern. Deep black, not .shining. Palpi black. Antennae black, with 

 black verticillate hairs, which are glistening-white on the apical joints ; 

 joints from the first to the eighth cylindrical ; from the ninth to the 

 thirteenth elongated, oval. Wings and halteres snowy-white ; veins 

 pale brownish. Legs blackish-brown j first and second joints of the 

 tarsi white. 

 (E.?) 



55. flavipes, Meig. Zw. i. 82. 35 (1818); Sta^g. ; Winn.! Linn. 

 Ent. vi. pi. 7. f. 54-. — hortulamis, Meig. ; Zett. ; Ks. Foem. niger, ni- 

 tidus, ca])it(- postico, facie, palpis, antennisque nirjro-fmcis, alls limpidis, 

 venis apud costam pallide fuscis, halteribus albidis, capitulis nigris, pedi- 

 bus fnlvis nigro-variis. Long. If-lf; alar. 3 hn. 



Fern. Black, shining. Hind head, face, palpi, and antenna hlacliish- 

 hrown. First joint of the antennte cylindrical, contracted before and 

 beyond the middle ; the following seven joints more oval, contracted 

 only in the middle; the five last cylindrical, much elongated, somewhat 

 widened at the base of each. Wings limpid; veins pale brown towards 

 the costa. Halteres whitish, with black knobs. Fore legs taicng ; femora 

 with eight spines; knees, tips of the tibia, and tarsi, black ; first tarsal 

 joint tawny, with a black tip; second more or less tawny towards the base. 

 Middle legs tatcny; tarsi, apical third part of the femora, and tips of the 

 tibia, black ; first tarsal Joint tawny, with a black tip. Hind legs black; 

 femora lavjny for two-thirds of the length from the base. Ungues short. 

 Generally distributed. (E. S. I.) 



56. spinipes, Meig. Zw. i. 81. 33 (ISlS) ;.Winn. ! Linn. Ent. vi. 

 pi. 7. f- 55. Mas, niger, nitidus, capite nigro-fusco, alis limpidis, venis 

 apud costam fuscis, halteribus albis, abdomine fiisco apud apiceni nigro, 

 pedibus fulvis, genubus, tibiis apice tarsisque nigris, tarsorum articulis 

 quarto et quinto fuscis, femoribus posticis apices versus nigris. Long. 1 ; 

 alar. 2 lin. 



Male. Head blackish-brotvn. Antennae and their plumes rather paler ; 

 the long apical joints with white-glistening verticillate hairs. Thorax 

 black, shining. Wings limpid ; veins towards the costa brown. Hal- 

 teres loldte. Abdomen brown, black towards the tip ; force})s very small, 

 with pointed blades. Legs tawny ; knees, tarsi, and tips of the tibia, 

 black ; fourth and ffth tarsal joints brown ; apical third part of the 

 hind feitwr a black ; fore femora armed with seven spines; middle fe- 



