Dolichopodidae. 3J 



Female. Epistoma broader than in the male, grey. Antennæ of 

 about the same length as in the male. Hind femora with short hairs 

 below. 



Length 4,2 to fully 5 mm. 



D. campestris is common in Denmark; Lersøen, Amager, Char- 

 lottenlund, Ermelund, Ørholm, Fm-e Sø, Hillerød, Roskilde; on Funen 

 at Odense ; in Jutland at Horsens, Tinbæk Mølle at Lindenborg Aa 

 and Frederikshavn, and on Bornholm at Hasle and Allinge. My dates 

 are ^/g—^^Is. It occurs on meadows and in fens, and else on humid 

 piaces and at horders of water. 



Geographical distribution: — Northern and middle Europe down 

 into France; towards the north to middle Sweden. 



8. D. lepidus Stæg. 



1842. Stæg. Krøyer's Tidsskr. IV, 36, 29. — 1862. Schin. F. A. I, 

 215. — 1903. Kat. palåarkt. Dipt. II, 299. — Doliclwpus tihialis Zett. 1838. 

 Ins. Lapp. 710, 13. — 1843. Zett. Dipt. Scand. 11, 524, 20, et 1852. XI, 

 4284, 20, et 1859. XIII, 5045, 20. — Dolichopus gefiiailatus Zett. (nec 

 Stann.) 1843. Dipt. Scand. II, 525, 21, et 1852. XI, 4285, 21, et 1859. 

 XIII, 5047, 21. 



iMale. Vertex and frons green or bluish green. Epistoma very 

 narrow, brown. Palpi black. Occiput green, greyish pruinose; post- 

 ocular bristles black. Antennæ black, short, not as long as the head, 

 third joint short, triangular. Thorax green, very slightly pruinose, 

 shining; scutellum fmely yellow- or brown-haired ; postscutellum greyish 

 pruinose. Pleura green, fmely greyish pruinose; propleura with fme, 

 blackish hairs and a black prothoracic bristle. Abdomen green, some- 

 times with bronze reflexes, fmely whitish pruinose downwards, and 

 with darkened hind margins to the segments. It is clothed with short, 

 black hairs, and has longer hindmarginal bristles. Venter greyish, 

 slightly yellow-haired at the base. Hypopygium somewhat large, 

 black, greyish pruinose; eighth segment with black hairs; there are 

 slightly projecting posterior ventral lobes; the inner lamellæ small, 

 curved downwards, the lateral dilated at the apex; the outer lamellæ 

 not large, roundish, dirtily whitish, with a somewhat broad, blackish 

 margin; the end has some teeth with curved, black hairs; the ventral 

 edge is almost not serrated and has short, dense, pale hairs. Legs 

 black, coxæ grey, a little lighter pruinose anteriorly; knees and the 

 anterior tibiæ and metatarsi except the apex yellow or pale ferruginous. 

 The legs have short, black hairs, hind femora with longer hairs above 

 in the basal part, and with a fringe of long, black cilia below in the 

 apical part; posterior femora with one preapical bristle; front tibiæ 



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