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tibiæ black on the apical third or more, and hind tarsi black. The 

 legs have short, black hairs, the hind femora with a little longer hairs 

 above on the basal part, and with a fringe of somewhat few, but 

 very long, yellow eilia belovv in the apical two thirds; posterior 

 femora with one preapical bristle; front tibiæ with bristles above^ 

 and a row of three to five postero-ventral bristles; middle tibiæ with 

 five to six antero-dorsal bristles (two of them more dorsal), two 

 postero-dorsal, two to three antero-ventral and one ventral bristle; 

 hind tibiæ with two dorsal rows of bristles, the postero-dorsal row 

 only reaching a little beyond the middle; towards the apex there is a 

 dorsal bristle; further there is a ventral row of bristles, the four or 

 five last of which are long, the others small ; middle metatarsi with 

 one dorsal bristle, and hind metatarsi with about three dorsal, some 

 anterior, and with small ventral bristles. Wings somewhat short, 

 slightly yellowish or light brownish tinged; veins black, costa with a 



Fig. 45. Wing of D. brevipennis d. 



somewhat large swelling; discai vein with a not large, quite obtuse 

 bend; axillary lobe somewhat large, anal vein going downwards. 

 Squamulæ yellow, with a black fringe. Halteres yellow, 



Female. Epistoma broad, greyish yellow. Antennæ shorter than 

 in the male, third joint short not longer than broad. Front tarsi 

 simple, darkened towards the apex, the last three joints black; hind 

 femora without fringe. Costa without swelling. 



Length 5,5 — 6,5 mm. 



D. brevipennis is common in Denmark; Lersøen, Amager, Vester 

 Fælled, Ordrup Mose, Bøllemosen, Ruderhegn, Hillerød, Roskilde, and 

 Boserup and Svenstrup near Roskilde, Frederikssund, Nordskoven at 

 Jægerspris, Skelskør; on Langeland at Lohals; on Funen at Odense; 

 in Jutland at Ribe, Søndervig, Bovbjerg and Frederikshavn; and 

 fmally on Bornholm at Hasle. My dates are ^^le — ^Is. It occurs on 

 humid piaces and at water in low herbage and on bushes, and not 

 rarely near the shore. 



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