BHYACOPHILIDjE. AGAFETUS. 157 



above, beneath ochreous ; anterior wings bright tawny-griseous, clothed 

 with hairs of a golden hue, especially at the base ; cilia long and slightly 

 ochreous-brown ; posterior wings more transparent, somewhat fuscescent 

 and iridescent ; legs ochreous ; antennae dusky. 



Common in Walsam-meadows, near Ripley, in June; also at 

 Hertford. 



Sp. 4. comatus. Niger, subtus ochraceo'fulvus, tomentosus, alls anticis canescen- 

 tibus pilis subochraceis, pedibus ochraceis. (Long. corp. 2| lin.; Exp. Alar. 

 5i lin.) 



N. G. (552). flavipes. Steph. Catal. 31T. No. 3588.— Rh. comata. Pictet, 194. 

 pi. xvi.f. 17. 



Above black : head and thorax densely clothed with a glossy griseous pile ; 

 beneath tawny-ochreous ; anterior wings ochreous-brown, clothed with a 

 brighter pile, and ciliated with long ochreous-brown hairs; legs pale 

 ochreous. 



Less abundant than the last : taken near Ripley in June. 



Sp. 5. setiferus. Capite corporeque brunneis, antennis ochraceis brunneo annu- 

 latis, alis griseo-cinereis sericeis, pedibus flavis. (Long. corp. 2 lin. ; Exp. 

 Alar. 5 lin.) 



Rhy. setifera. Pictet, 197. pi xvi./. 24. — Ag. setiferus. Steph. Nomen.2dedii. 



Appendix. 

 Head and palpi brown : antennae annulated with ochreous and brown ; anterior 



wings griseous-ash, immaculate, ochreous at the base, with long silky 



griseous cilia ; legs ochreous-yellow, with short spines, and dusky cilia on 



the femora and tibiae. 



Found, in June, at Hertford. 



'fSp. 6. azureus. Niger, antennis fuscis, alis anticis atris, nitidis, postice atro 

 azureis, pedibus ochraceis. (Long. corp. 2 lin. ; Exp. Alar. 5 lin.) 



Ph. azurea. Linne. — Turton{\) — Mystacide.? azurea. Steph. Catal. 320. 

 No. 3660. 



Deep glossy black : antennae short, thick and deep brown ; anterior wings 

 shining black, the hinder portion brilliant steel blue, with long black cilia ; 

 legs ochreous. 



Introduced by Turton into the British list : I supposed that I possessed the 

 insect when ray Catalogue was published, seven years since, but my insect 

 proves to be a species allied to Mystacide niger, and not the present, according 

 to Pictet's detailed description, which appears to place it in this genus. 



