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5. squalida, Meig. Zw. v. 252. 10 (1826). Cermno-tomentosa, 

 capite palpisque albidis, frontalibus rufis, antennis luteis, articulo tertio 

 apice fusco, thorace fusco-quadrivittato, alis subcinereis basi subfulvis 

 apice subnigris, venis transversis nebulosis, abdomine cinereo apice venire 

 pedibusquefulvis. Long. 2^-3 ; alar. 5-6 lin. 



With fawn-coloured tomentum. Head whitish ; frontalia red ; probos- 

 cis black; palpi whitish. Antenna luteous ; third joint brown towards 

 the tip ; arista black. Thorax with four brownish stripes ; metathorax 

 hoary. Wings slightly greyish, with a tawny tinge at the base and a 

 blackish tinge at the tips; transverse veins clouded; cubital and pra3- 

 brachial veins slightly diverging from the praBbrachial transverse to the 

 discal transverse, almost straight from thence to the border; discal 

 transverse slightly oblique, almost straight, parted by much less than 

 its length from the prsebrachial transverse, and by less than half its 

 length from the border. Halteres whitish. Abdomen cinereous, tawny 

 at the tip and beneath. Legs tawny. 



Not rare. (E. I.) 



6. litorea, Fal. Scat. 4. 4 (1819) ; Meig. ; Zett. Cinereo-tomen- 

 tosa, capite albo, frontalibus cinereis antice flavis, antennis nigris, palpis 

 fulvis, thorace fusco-quadrivittato, alis cinereis, pedibus nigro-cinereis, 

 tibiisfulms. Long. 3; alar. 7 lin. 



With cinereous tomentum. Head white ; frontalia cinereous, yellow 

 in front ; proboscis and antenna black ; palpi tawny. Thorax with 

 four brownish stripes ; metathorax hoary. Wings grey ; cubital and 

 prsebrachial veins slightly diverging from the praabrachial transverse to 

 the discal transverse, very slightly diverging from thence to the border ; 

 discal transverse straight and upright, parted by much more than its 

 length from the praBbrachial transverse, and by more than half its length 

 from the border. Halteres yellow. Legs cinereous-black ; tibia tawny. 



Inhabits the sea-shore. (E. I.) 



The following additional species of Scatophaga have been re- 

 corded as British : 



1. inquinata, Meig. 10. rufipes, Meig. 



2. turpis, Hal. 11. calida, Hal. 



3. eximia, Hal. 12. rudis, Hal. 



4. spurca, Meig. 13. decipiens, Hal. 



5. ostiorum, Hal. 14. bipunctata, 



6. cineraria, Meig. Subgen HALITHEA,, Hal. 



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