Germaria. 437 



below. Oral cone and proboscis short, the latter somewhat thick. An- 

 tennæ inserted well or high above middle of the eye, third joint about 

 thrice as long as second in male, shorter in f emale ; arista thickened to 

 end, geniculate between second and third joint, second joint consider- 

 ably elongated. Thorax rectangular; three, sometimes four postsutural 

 dorsocentrals and three præ- and two or three postsutural acro- 

 stichals; a præsutural intraalar bristle. Scutellum with three or four 

 marginal bristles on each side, the apical crossing; a præapical pair 

 near apex present, and a pair or some irregular discai bristles. Three 

 sternopleural bristles. Pteropleura with hairs and a long bristle 

 above. Abdomen longer or shorter, with excavation on second seg- 

 ment reaching hind margin; a sixth segment anterior to the præ- 

 hypopygial more or less visible; there are only marginal bristles, 

 none on »econd segment. Genitalia not specially small, lying at the 

 end of abdomen below. Legs with anterodorsal bristles on hind tibiæ 

 unequal and rather large ; claws and pulvilli in male slightly elongated ; 

 front tarsi in female simple. Wings with first posterior cell narrowly 

 open or closed just at margin, ending considerably before apex of 

 wing; discai angle rectangular, with a small or quite small veinlet; 

 subcostal vein with bristles on basal part, cubital vein with bristles 

 towards or to medial cross-vein; anal vein long, reaching near to 

 or almost quite to the margin; costal spine small. 



Of the genus two or three palæarctic species are known, two 

 occurring in Denmark. 



Tahle of Species. 



1. Antennæ black; second and third joint of arista about equal; 

 humeral callus generally reddish; fifth abdominal segment 

 quite black ; smallish species 1 . ancjustaia. 



— Second antennal joint red; third joint of arista longer than 

 second ; humeral callus black ; fifth abdominal segment with 

 pruinosity ; large species 2. ruficeps. 



1. G. angustata Zett. 



1844. Zett. Dipt. Scand. III, 1198, 7 et 1858. XII, 4703, 7 {Go7iia). — 1907. 

 Kat. palåarkt. Dipt. III, 360. — 1924. Stein, Arch. f. Naturgesch. 90, 6, 117 

 {AtractocJiaeta) . — Tachina luguhrina Zett. 1844. Dipt. Scand. III, 1081, 78 et 

 1849. VIII, 3239, 78. — G. sahulosa Wulp, 1869. Entom. Tijdschr. 2, IV, 146, 

 Tab. IV, Fig. 6—9. — 1907. Kat. palåarkt. Dipt. III, 361. — 1909. Villen. 

 Deutsch. Ent. Zeitschr. 677, 2. — AtractocJiaeta graeca B. B. 1889. Denkschr. 

 Akad. Wiss. Wien, LVI, 100, Tab. IV, Fig. 73, et 1893. LX, 125 et 240. — 

 1907. Kat. palåarkt. Dipt. III, 360. — 1907. Villen. Wien. Ent. Zeitg. XXVL 

 256, 51. 



