LISPE. 147 



very slightly curved ; discal transverse vein slightly oblique, hardly 

 curved inward, parted by much more than its length from the praebra- 

 chial transverse vein, and by much less than its length from the border. 

 Alula? greyish, with testaceous borders. 

 Not rare. (E. I.) 



Genus III. LISPE. 



LISPA, Latr. G-. C. iv. 347 (1810); Zett. Mmca p., D. G. Lispe, 

 Fal.; Meig.; Hal.; Mcq. 



Corpus subsctosum. Caput breve. Frons lata. Facialia L.uda. Epistoma 

 subprominens. Oculi nudi, in uiroque sexu remoti. Palpi capitati. 

 Antennae epistoma vix attingentes; articulus tertius secundo duplo 

 longior ; arista basi supra plumata. Alas parvae. Alulae mediocres. 

 Abdomen ovaturn, depressum. Pedes intermedii elongati. 

 Body slightly bristly. Head short ; front broad ; facialia bare ; epi- 

 storaa slightly prominent. Eyes bare, remote in both sexes. Palpi capi- 

 tate. Antennae nearly reaching the epistoma; third joint twice the 

 length of the second ; sixth plumose above towards the base. Wings 

 rather small; cubital and praebrachial veins diverging from the prae- 

 brachial transverse vein to the discal transverse vein, nearly parallel 

 from thence to the border ; discal transverse vein slightly oblique, nearly 

 straight, parted by about twice its length from the praebrachial trans- 

 verse vein, and by much less than its length from the border. Alulae 

 of moderate size ; lower valve extending much beyond the upper. Ab- 

 domen oval, flat. Legs slender ; middle legs rather long. 



These flies inhabit the sea-shore, and the borders of ponds and 

 lakes. L. adscita, Hal., and perhaps another British species, might 

 be removed from this genus. 



1. tentaculata, D. G. I. vi. 42. 15 (1752) ; Latr. ; Fal. ; Meig. ; 

 Mcq.; Zett. Cinereo-tomentosa, subtus cana, capite aurato, palpisful- 

 vis, thorace fusco-quadrivittato, alis cinereis, abdomine e maculis albidls 

 subtrigonis trivittato ; Mas, tarsis anticis fulvo-cinctis. Long. 2^-3 ; 

 alar. 4-5 lin. 



Black, with cinereous tomentum, hoary beneath. Head gilded in front. 

 Palpi tawny. Thorax with four brown stripes. Wings grey. Alulae 

 white. Abdomen with three whitish nearly triangular spots on each 

 segment. Femora, tibia, and tarsi of the middle legs long in both sexes. 

 Male. Fore metatarsus armed with a spine at the tip, shorter than 

 the second joint, which is tawny and slightly dilated ; third and fourth 

 tawny beneath. Hind metatarsus with a tuft of bristles beneath at the 

 base. 



Not common. (E. I.) 



