32 Pipunculidae. 



knob above the antennæ. Thorax a little more greyish than in the 

 male. Hypopygium not large, pear-shaped, the basal part with a 

 furrow, ovipositor shorter, thin and straight. Claws and pulvilli 

 larger than in the male. 



Length 3 — 3,5 mm. 



P. terminalis seems to be somewhat rare in Denmark, Tisvilde, 

 on Langeland at Lohals and in Jutland at Hejls and Skamling south 

 of Kolding (the author); my dates are ^"/e — Vs; at Tisvilde it hovered 

 in some numbers at bushes in the outskirt of the wood from ^V? — ^/s 

 in 1916. A single male without locality was foimd in oiir old collection. 



Geographical distribution: — Europe down into Italy, towards 

 the north to southern Sweden. 



8. P. sericeus Beck. 



1897. Beck. Berl. Entom. Zeitschr. XLII, 100, Anmerk. et 1900. XLV, 

 223, 21 et 22. — 1910. Kertész, Cat. Dipt.VII, 381 {Donjlas). — P. holosericeics 

 Beck. 1897 1. c. XLII, 55, 21 et 1921. Wien. Ent. Zeitg. XXXVIII, 131, 5. - 

 1900. Kertész, Wien. Ent. Zeitg. XIX, 245, 4. 



Male. Frons grey, with a black shining point in the middle; 

 epistoma whitish grey. Occiput grey, dark brown or blackish brown 

 above. Antennæ with the third joint blackish, 

 pointed oval, only short rostrate. Thorax diill 

 brown, humeral knob a little yellowish, behind 

 it a slight greyish spot; the disc with sparse, 

 short hairs, only present as dorsocentral rows 

 and behind the hiimeri; along the margin of 

 scutellum a little longer hairs. Pleura and post- 

 scutellum grey. Abdomen velvet black, with 

 large and distinct, grey or whitish grey lateral 

 spots, uniting to narrow bands in the middle, first 

 segment almost quite grey, fiftli segment rather 

 long with the whole hinder part grey. Abdomen 

 Fig. 14 \ntenna of sparingly with short hairs, at the sides of first 

 P. sericeus ^ X 110. segment a couple of longer hairs. Hypopygium 

 small, somewhat shining but a little pruinose, 

 with a vertical, high and narrow apical impression. Legs black, a 

 little greyish pruinose, knees and basal part of tibiæ yellow, tarsi 

 brownish, palest at the base; hind femora shining on posterior and 

 posteroventral side; the legs all short-haired, femora nearly nude, 

 middle femora a little spinulose below the apical half. Wings almost 



