Stratiomyiidae. 87 



Horsens (H. J. Hansen). All the specimens are taken in the last part 

 of Jiily. Stæger 1. c. mentions it as taken on the '■'■'k. 



Geographical distribution: — Tlie species is distributed in the 

 noithern and middle Europe from soutiiern Sweden down to Styria, 

 but here it is rare. 



4. O. leonina Panz. 

 1798. Stratiomys, Panz. Fn. Geim. LVIII, L'l. - 1844. Schiødte, 

 Naturh. Tidsskr. 2, I, 40. — 1862. Scliin. F. A. I, 10. — 1903. Kat. 

 palaarkt. Dipt. II, 12. 



Male. Eyes hairy; the upper facets iarger than the lower, a 

 reddish band on the dividing line. Face and front black. Antennæ 

 black. Thorax black, on the sides from the humeral callus to the 

 wing-root a narrow yellow stripe , slightly broadened behind ; the 

 postalar callus with a small yellow spot. Scutellum yellow, except a 

 narrow basal stripe extending over the sides; the spines blackish at 

 the tips. Postscutellurn black. Thorax with white pubescence. Abdomen 

 black with a yellow spot at the base and one at the apex. Venter 

 black. Feniora black with the tips yellow; tibiæ yellowish, broadly 

 black in the middle; the front tarsi brownish, the posterior tarsi yellow, 

 brownish towards the ends. Wings with a faint yellowish tinge, the 

 anterior veins dark yellow, the stigma yellow. Halteres whitish yellow, 

 tiie peduncle slightly darker. 



Female. Eyes less hairy than in the male with a reddish band 

 above the middle; front and face black with a white haired .«tripe on 

 each side along the inner eye-margins from the eye-band downwards; 

 hinder eye-margin black, a yellow .spot above on each side of the 

 vertex. The rest as in the male. 



Length 6 — 7 mm. 



O. leonina seems to be very rare in our country, I only know of 

 two si)ecimens, both females, the one taken for many years ago 

 between Roskilde and Ringsted (Jacobsen), the other taken in Ordrup 

 Mose in July 1905 by J. P. Kryger. I do not know the male. 



Geographical distribution : — Northern and middle Europe down 

 to northern France; it seems to have its northern limit in Denmark. 



o. O. terminata Meig. 

 1822. Meig. Syst. Beschr. III, 130,9. — 1857. Loew, Berl. Ent. Zeitschr. 

 I. 25. - 1862. Schin. F. A. I, 10. - 1903. Kat. palaarkt. Dipt. II, 15. 



Male. Eyes sparingly hairy, upper facets Iarger than the lower, 

 a reddish band on the dividing line. Face and front black, front 

 with some whitish hue. Antennæ with the basal joints yellow, the 

 rest brown. Thorax black, partly blackish haired, on the sides with 



