70 Orthori'hapha lnachycera. 



XXXIII, 243) desciibcs thc larva of Ihe somewhat nearly related 

 Chorisops tibialif: Meig. Tliis larva reseiiibles a Sargitu larva what 

 iiiay probably also l)e tiie case vvitb the Beris larva. The Chorisops 

 larva was found in earth with much decaying vegetable matter. 



The species of Heris ave not very lively, they are especially found 

 in low herbage and in bushes often near water. 



The genus comprises 5 palæarctic species of vvhich 4 have hitherto 

 been found in Denmark. 



Table of Species. 



1 . Abdomeii red above 2. 



— Abdomen duU bjack or shining, dark brown above 3. 



2. Abdomen red above, without blackish transverse lines; wings 



in Ihe male brownish, in the female clearer 1. vallafa. 



— Abdomen red above wilh impressed, blackish, transverse lines : 



wings in both sexes brown 2. clavipes. 



3. Abdomen in the male duU black, in the female dark brown, 

 shining: front in the female broad, occupying the tliird part of 



Ihe breadth of the head 3. chalyheala. 



— Abdomen in both sexes dark brown, shining : fiont in the 

 female narrow, only occupying the fifth part of the breadth 



of the head 4. Morrisii. 



]. B. vallata Forst. 



1771. Musca, Forst. Nov. spec. Ins. I, 96. — 1842. Zett. Dipt. Scand. 

 I, 133, 4. — 1840. Loew, Stett. Ent. Zeit. Yll, 222, 1. — 1862. Schin. 

 F. A. 1, 24. — 1903. Kat. palaarkt. Dipt. 11. 38. 



Male. Eyes hairy. in the upper two thirds the facets larger thaii 

 below. Antennæ brownish black, rather long, longer than the head. 

 Thorax black with blackish brown pubescence. Abdomen red, brown 

 at the base, with blackish brown pubescence that is long at the 

 margin; the seventh segment generally brown. Venter yellowish red. 



of B. filUdla. 



Legs yellow : tibiæ at the apical halves or two thirds, and the tarsi 

 dark brown ; the hind metatarsi much thickened. Legs with fine, 

 yellow and brown pubescence. Wings brownish with brown veins, 

 stigma only a little more brown than the wing. Halteres brownish. 

 Female. Eyes sparingly and short hairy. Front broad, black. 



