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below the base; anterior metatarsi dark yellowish except the base. 

 The legs have short, black hairs, a Uttle longer above the hind femora 

 in ihe basal half, and below the hind femora short, pale hairs ; posterior 

 femora with one preapical bristle; front tibiæ with four rows of 

 bristles on the dorsal, posterior and postero- ven tral side; middle tibiæ 

 with aboiit five antero-dorsal, two postero-dorsal bristles, one dorsal 

 above and one ventral below the middle; hind tibiæ with two dorsal 

 rows, and with one ventral bristle below the middle, besides with a 

 ventral row of small, distant bristles ; hind metatarsi with three bristles 

 above and some on the anterior side, and with small bristles below. 

 Wings slightly tinged, a little brownish at the anterior margin above 

 the cubital vein; veins black, costa with a rather large swelling; discai 

 vein with a very slight and obtuse bend; axillary lobe well developed, 

 anal vein going somewhat downwards. Squamulæ yellow, with a 

 black fringe. Balteres yellow. 



Female unknown. 



Length 5,3 mm. 



This species seems to be most nearly allied to D.picipes, from 

 which however the colour of the legs and the costal swelling at once 

 distinguish it. 



D. varitibia is very rare, only one specimen, a male, has been 

 caught in Lyngby Mose on ^h 1911 (the aiithor). 



11. D. remipes Wahlb. 



1838. Wahlb. Vetensk. Akad. Handl. 1838. 13,6. — 1843. Zett. Dipt. 

 Scand. II, 518, 15. — 1903. Kat. palaarkt. Dipt. II. 303. — DolicJwpus 

 lepidus Zett. (nec Stæg.) 1843. Dipt. Scand. II, 527, 24, et 1849. VIII, 

 3079, 24, et 1859. XIII, 5048, 24, ?. 



Male, Vertex and frons brightly dark green. Epistoma some- 

 what narrow, silver-white, reaching to or nearly to the lower margin 

 of the eyes, slightly widened downwards. Palpi blackish grey. Occiput 

 green or bluish, slightly pruinose; postocular bristles white, almost 

 silver-white below, black above; they are longer and stronger below, 

 longest and dense to each side of the mouth aperture, and here a 

 little flattened. Antennæ black, shorter than the head, third joint 

 about as long as broad. Thorax bright bluish green, golden green or 

 even coppery, sometimes quite bluish, it is almost not pruinose, much 

 shining; scutellum with distinct, yellow hairs at the margin; post- 

 scutellum slightly grey pruinose, Pleura green, greyish pruinose; pro- 

 pleura with longish, pale hairs, and a black prothoracic bristle. Ab- 

 domen green, bluish green or blue, very finely whitish pruinose down- 

 wards, with black incisures ; it is clothed with short hairs, which are 



