152 Orlhorihapha brachycera. 



rare than nuhecida ; Ordrup Mose, Dyrehaven (Stæger), Odsherred 

 (Schhck). I only know of its capture in June. 



Geographical distribution : — Northern and middle Europe, from 

 northern Sweden to France. Zettcrstedt records it as occurring from 



S",.; to s»/8. 



4. C. aureus Meig. 



1804. Rhagio, Meig. Klass. europ. Zweifl. I, 302.9. — 1862. Chnjso- 

 pila, Schin. F. A. I, 176. — 1903. Kat. palaarkl. Dipt. II, 84. - 1849. 

 Chrysopila diadema, Zett. Dipl. Scand. VIII, 2988, 5. 



Male. Front and face grey, the yowis with white hairs. Antennæ 

 and paipi brown. The dividing line between the large and small 

 eye-facets not very distincl. Thorax greyish black, densely covered 

 with light golden, depres?ed hairs. Scutellum, sterna and pleura grey; 

 metapleura with a small liair-tuft. Abdomen slender, grey or blackish, 

 covered with depressed, light golden hairs, leaving narrow, black, 

 transverse bands on the front margin of the segments. Venter blackisii 

 grey. Besides with the depressed hairs abdomen is sparingly clothed 

 with long, yellow hairs. Legs yellow; tarsi slightly darkened towards 

 the ends. The legs haired quite in the usual way ; the tibiæ very 

 tinely spinulous. Wings quite hyaline, the veins yellowisii brown, a 

 small tuft of yellow hairs at the base of tlie costa ; the stigma small 

 but distinct, brown. Halteres yellow, the apical half of the knob brown. 



Female. Front broad, greyish brown; abdomen without trans- 

 verse bands, densely covered with pale golden hairs; the rest as in 

 the male. 



Lenght 5,-5 mm. 



This small species is easily distinguished by its size and its quite 

 vitreous wings. According to Girschner (Berl. Ent. Zeitschr. XXXI. 

 1887, 15y) the eyes are golden green in the species when alive. 



C. aureus is very rare in Denmark, I only know a few specimens ; 

 Suserup near Tjustrup Sø: Langeland at Tranekær and in Aasø Skov 

 (Schlick); the specimens were taken in July. Zetterstedt 1. c. records 

 it from Sorø as taken by Jacobsen, but only one specimen. 



Geographical distribution: — Europe down to Italy. it seems to 

 have its northern limit in Denmark. 



4. Symphoromyia Frauenf. 



Species of middle size or small, and of dark colours. Head 

 semiglobular but tlattened on the lower front part, somowhat broader 

 than the thorax. Antennæ inserted in the middle, near to eacli other. 



