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[July, 



LIST OF BRITISH DOLICROPODID^, WITH TABLES AND NOTES. 

 BY G. H. VERBALL, F.E.S. 



As there does not seem to be auy probability of a volume on 

 British DolicliopodidcB appearing for several years, I take an oppor- 

 tunity of giving tables of the genera and species, vi'ith short notes 

 which are mainly derived from my ovi^n collecting. 



These tables may enable students of the British species to name 

 their captures in, at any rate, a rough and ready way, but it must not 

 be imagined that they will suffice for critical distinctions ; but whereas 

 the apparent monotony of the numerous species has deterred many 

 collectors from collecting, as a matter of fact the species are some of 

 the most distinct and most easily named of all the Diptera.. The 

 females, however, do not lend themselves to distinction so readily as 

 the more showy males, and consequently in this paper I have princi- 

 pally dealt with the males, but as the species whenever they occur 

 usually congregate in large numbers, it is comparatively easy at such 

 times to obtain the females, and to associate them at once with their 

 respective males. 



The family has fortunately attracted the attention of numerous 

 workers of the highest class, such as Haliday, Stannius, Zetterstedt, 

 Stteger, Loew, and more recently Mik and Kowarz, to say nothing of 

 those who are now building up on the strong foundations laid by their 

 predecessors, not only in Europe, but also in North America. These 

 workers have rendered the study of the family very attractive, because 

 of the preciseuess of the generic and specific descriptions. 



PSILOPUS Meig. 

 platypterus Fabr. 

 Wiedemanm Fall. 

 longulus Fall. 

 Isetus Meig. 

 contristaiis Wied. 



NEURIGONA Rond. 

 pallida Fall. 

 quadrifasciata Fabr, 

 suturalis Fall. 



EUTARSUS Lw. 

 aulicus Me\g. 



HYaROCELEUTHUS 



Z/W. 

 diadema Hal. 

 latipennis Fall. 



DOLICHOPUS Latr. 

 atratus Meig. 

 Falleni Lw. 

 inelanopus Meig. 

 picipes Meig. 

 campestris Meig. 

 planitarsis Fall. 

 lepidus Stxg. 

 laticola Yerr. 

 atripes Meig. 

 phseopus Hal. 

 vitripennis Meig. 

 claviger Statin. 

 discifer Stann. 

 confusus Zett. 

 plumipes Scop. 

 Wahlbergi Zett. 



peniiatus Meig. 

 popularis Wied. 

 signatus Meig. 

 urban us 3Ieig. 

 trivialis Hal. 

 festivus Hal. 

 virgultorum Hal, 

 arbustorum Stann. 

 nitidus Fall. 

 griseipennis Stann. 

 eignifer Hal. 

 elavipes Hal. 

 sabinus Hal. 

 acuticornis Wied. 

 longicornis Stann. 

 puncticornis Zett. 

 linearis Meig. 



