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in apical half with two to three posterior bristles, and two rather long curved antero- 

 dorsal bristles, the antero-dorsal surface also fringed throughout with fine, very 

 short, regular bristles, apical bristles very strong and conspicuous. Hindjemora 

 with seven long and very conspicuous antero- ventral bristles in apical half. Hind 

 tibicB with two long and conspicuous dorsal bristles, two to three long and fine 

 antero-dorsal bristles in apical half, a complete fringe of short regular bristles on 

 same surface, and three to four antero-ventral bristles in apical half. Wings strongly 

 tinged with brownish-yellow ; calyptra strongly tinged toith orange, lower scale with 

 a bright orange margin ; lialteres brownisli-black with somewhat yellowish stalk. 

 Size, 6|— 8 mm. 



Female : Frons fully one-third of width of head, blacTc, in some lights with a 

 yellowish-grey tomentum ; ocellar triangle slightly shining. Thorax yellowish- 

 cinereous, toith three about equally broad blackish stripes, the two lateral ones more 

 distinct in front of suture, central one more distinct behind, but becoming oblite- 

 rated before reaching scutellum. Abdomen uniformly yellotoish-cinereous, with a 

 slight trace of a narrow dorsal black stripe. Middle tibise with bristles as in ^ , 

 but the fringe on antero-dorsal surface not so conspicuous. Wings hyaline, but 

 strongly tinged with yelloio at base. 



A very distinct but uncommon species. Meade's rondanii is 

 undoubtedly the same, and I have had the good fortune to examine 

 two males so labelled from Meade's own collection, thanks to the 

 kindness of Professor Miall. One of these is labelled, in Mr. Yerrall's 

 handwriting, " Lagg, 19/6/82," and the other was presumably taken 

 by Meade himself at Bastow, Derbyshire, in July, 1887. 



In the same collection is a male labelled "■ palcsstrica'^ sent to 

 Meade by Kowarz from Austria. I cannot accept the distinguishing 

 characters given by Meade (Ent. Mo. Mag., xviii, p. 125, and " Descr. 

 List," p. 26) as of any value whatever. Stein also regards the two as 

 identical. Besides Meade's specimens I have seen males from Barton 

 Mills, Suffolk, and Aberlady (Yerrall) ; Stoke Wood, Pentelow, Cusop, 

 Pixley, and Westhide (Dr. J. H. Wood) ; and Aberfoyle (Carter). I 

 have not seen an undoubted British female, and my description has 

 been drawn up from a continental specimen in Meade's collection. A 

 specimen of this sex sent by Verrall I am quite sure was only dentipes, 

 F. The dates of these records range from May 31st to September 5th. 



7. — H. PILIPES, Stein. Male : Fyes bare, cohering or only separated by an 

 exceedingly narrow space, arista distinctly thickened, but only slightly pubescent 

 at base. Thorax shining black, without any trace of tomentum or stripes. Abdo- 

 men black, with broad interrupted transverse bands of bluish-grey or yellowish-grey 

 at bases of 2nd, 3rd, and 4th segments. Middle tibise with two to three posterior 

 bristles in apical half, and one (rarely two) antero-dorsal bristle in apical third. 

 Hind femora with complete rows of antero-dorsal and antero-ventral bristles, and 

 complete rows of ventral and postero-ventral fine hairs. Hind tibise with two long 



