AN ACCOUNT OF BRITISH FLIES. 



I'he British species of this genus tabulate as below : 



A. Second long, vein extends beyond fork of fourth long, vei 

 Wings dark brown or black 

 Sides of abdomen yellowish 

 Sides of abdomen black 

 Sides of abdomen black 

 Abdomen red 

 Wings gray 



Legs testaceous, thorax with three cinereous stripes 

 Legs testaceous, thorax black, shiny 

 Wings nearly limpid, abdomen elongated 

 A.-\. Second long, vein extends to the fork of the fourth long. 

 vein. 

 Piceous, cinereous stripes on thorax 

 Black, veins dark 

 Black, veins pale 

 A.\.\. Second long, vein not extending to fork of fourth long, 

 vein. 

 Halteres brown or black 

 Wings brown 

 Wings gray 

 Wmgs limpid 



Fourth and fifth veins dark 

 Large 

 Small 

 Fourth and fifth veins light 



Second long, vein ending at about half length of 



wing 

 Second long, vein shorter, not half length of 

 wing 

 Halteres testaceous, with black on knobs 

 Piceous, thorax with gray stripes 

 Black, thorax black 

 Halteres testaceous or white 

 Body black or brown 



Fourth and fifth long, veins dark 

 Fourth and fifth long, veins pale 

 Body slender 



Halteres testaceous 

 Halteres whitish 

 Body very slender 

 Body tawny 

 Body testaceous 



Slender : tarsi black 

 ^'ery slender : tarsi brown 



T/ionice. 

 Morio (?) 

 Carbonaria. 

 Ruficaiida. 



Brunnipes. 

 Nitidkollis. 

 Candata. 



Hyalipeuni 



Pallipes. 



Tilicola. 



PriTcox. 

 Fiiscipeiniis. 



J'itripcniiis. 

 Minima. 



S'.afopsoid, s 



Fenestrata. 



Fiicata. 

 Pulicaria. 



Lougipes. 



Aprilina. 



Piisilla. 



Gracilis. 



Flavipes. 



Pallida. 

 Compressa. 



Note. — Quiiiqiielineata is not given by Verrall as a true British species; five 

 white lines on the thorax distinguish it at once. 



Genus. — Bradysia, Wtz. 



This is a genus founded by Winnertz, and contains only three 



species. It is distinguished by the shape, etc., of the wings. The 



characters of the wings are as follows : Shorter than the abdomen, 



narrow, minutely hairy, with ''bald inehr bald tveniger keit formiger 



Basis" (Fig. 20). There is only one British species mentioned in 



the list, viz. : 



„ , . • ,,rii ( Sciara brevipen7iis, Wlk. 

 B. brevipennis, Wlk. \ ^ . . ' 



[ B. angusfipenms, Wtz. (?) 



