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ments ; tibiae darker than the femora ; tarsi and tips of the hind femora 

 brown ; hind tibiae with rather long spurs and very minute spines; fore 

 tibia much shorter than the fore metatarsi. 

 Not common. (E.) 



40. tarsata? Staeg. D. D. 264. 37 (1840); Zett. Nigra, palpis, 

 antennis basi, thoracis lateribus anticis, pectore, halteribus pedibusque 

 testaceis, alis cinerascentibus antice subtestaceis, pedibus validiusculis, 

 femoribus tibiisque apice tarsisque fuscis. Long. 1 ; alar. 2 lin. 



Black. Palpi testaceous. Antennae testaceous at the base. Thorax 

 on each side in front and pectus testaceous. Wings a little greyish, with 

 a slight testaceous tinge in front ; veinlets of the praebrachial areolet 

 forming a slightly obtuse angle, the hind one full twice the length of 

 the fore one, and nearly as long as the subapical vein before its fork ; 

 anal vein extending indistinctly to the fork of the subanal. Halteres 

 testaceous. Legs testaceous, rather stout ; tarsi and tips of the femora 

 and of the tibia3 brown ; hind tibiae with long spurs and minute spines ; 

 fore tibiae a little shorter than the fore metatarsi. 



Bare. (E.) 



41. leioides, n. Pallide lutea, antennis nigris, alis subcinereis, ab- 

 dominis fasciis basi apiceque nigris, tarsis fuscis. Long. If ; alar. 3^ lin. 



Pale luteous, slightly pubescent. Palpi testaceous. Antennae black, 

 testaceous towards the base, not longer than the thorax. Wings slightly 

 greyish ; veinlets of the praebrachial areolet forming a hardly obtuse 

 angle, the hind one full twice the length of the fore one, and as long 

 as the subapical vein before its fork ; anal vein extending to the fork 

 of the subanal. Halteres whitish. Abdomen with black bands above, 

 wholly black at tlie base and towards the tip. Legs rather stout ; tarsi 

 brown except towards the base ; hind tibiae with minute spines and 

 rather long spurs ; fore tidies not shorter than tlie fore metatarsi. 



Rare. (E.) 



The following additional species of this genus have been recorded 

 as British : 



1. luctuosa, Meig. Zw. vi. 299. 35 (1830). 



2. pusilla, Meig. Zw. vi. 300. 38 (1830). 



3. lugens, JPied., Meig. Zw. i. 269. 20 (1818). 



4. analis, Meg., Meig. Zw. i. 269. 21 (1818). 



5. flaviceps, Meig. Zw. i. 270. 22 (1818). 



6. pallida, Stann. Observ. Spec. Mycetoph. (1831). 



7. intersects, Hoff., Meig. Zw. i. 271. 25 (1818). 



8. flavipes, Mcq. Dipt. Nord. Fr. i. 36. 8. 



9. pallidicornis, Mcq. Dipt. Nord. Fr. i. 36. 7. 

 10. pygmrca, Mcq. Dipt. Nord. Fr. i. 37. 10. 



