96 Miss G. Ricavdo on the Genus Haematopota 



The following table does not include IL obscuruta, Bigot, 

 which is unknown to me : — 



1. Wings reddish brown rujipennis, Bigot. 



Wiugs grey 2. 



2. Wings with a clear hind margin *pallens, Loew. 



Wings with no such clear hind margin . . 3. 



3. First joint of antenna} largely yellow. 



Fem(jra wholly or partly yt.-liow *variegata, Fubr. 



First joint of antenna) blacli or brown. 

 Femora usually blackish or grey 4. 



4. First joint of antenna) cylindricJil, as long 



as and hardly thicker than the third 



joint, with dense grey tomentum *italica, Meigen. 



First joint of antennte elliptical, thicker 

 and shorter than the third joint, shining 

 black *pluviaUs, Linn. 



First joint of antenna) very stout, not con- 

 stricted at the tip, with only grey tomen- 

 tum at the extreme base 5. 



5. Larger species, 13 mm *lusitamca, Guerin. 



Smaller species, 10 mm *crasstcornis, Walilb. 



The males of H. rufpennis and H, lusitanica are not known. 



Hamatopota rujipennis, ? , Bigot. 



The type is much denuded and deteriorated, but may be 

 easily known by the dark colour of its wings, whicli are a 

 reddish brown with clearer spots and markings ; the abdomen 

 is apparently black and the legs reddish with some black 

 colour. 



Hamatopota paUens, ? , Loew. 



Six females from Algeria, 21'^ vii. 93 [Eaton), 91. 111. 

 These answer to Locw^s description, but the fir>t joint of the 

 antenniu is grey, not black. 



Hicmaiopota variet/ata, ^ $ , Fabr. 



Three females from Ilyercs, 4. ix. 93 {Yertjuri/), 93. 123. 



Two females from Castel Fusano, Ostea, Italy {Dr. Sambon), 

 li)()1.99. 



Two females from Eoseoff, Brittauv, G. ix. 9:2 (O. nomas), 

 m. 13.j. 



Two females from Kanca, Crete, first weeiv in May, 1904 

 {Miss M. D. Bates), 1905. 25; and others from Morea and 

 Italy. 



This species, originally described from a specimen froiu 

 Tangiers, must be very nearly reflated to, if not ideutieal w ith. 



