LIMOSINA. 181 



Like L.fungicola ; marginal and submarginal areolets much narrower; 

 transverse veins less distant. Legs sometimes entirely ferruginous ; in 

 others the femora and the middle of the tibiae are pitchy, or the legs 

 are blackish, with the knees and tarsi ferruginous. Wings brownish, 

 with distinct brown veins, the costal vein not incrassated. It differs from 

 L. clunipes by tJie wings, by t/te second joint of the hind tarsi, which is not 

 thickened, and by other characters. 



Bare. In Mr. Holiday's collection. 



13. clunipes, Meig. Zw. vi. 208. 26 (1830) ; Mcq. ; Hal. Nigro- 

 fusca, facie pedibusque ferrugineis, alis hyalinis, Jtalteribus fuscis, tarso- 

 rum posticorum articulis duobus incrassatis. Long, f ; alar. 1 lin. 



Dusky. Margin of the front and the face ferruginous. Arista thickly 

 pubescent. Pectus and legs ferruginous. Wings hyaline ; veins nearly 

 colourless ; costal ferruginous, slightly ciliated at the base, without a 

 spine, a little thickened along the middle ; radial ending half-way be- 

 tween the subcostal and the cubital ; discal transverse parted by rather 

 more than its length from the prsebrachial transverse. Second joint of 

 the hind tarsi nearly twice as long as the first, and a little thickened. 



Not common. (E. I.) 



14. spinipennis, Hal. E. M. iii. 331. 14 (1836). Nigra,pubes- 

 cens, alis denigratis, costa incrassata basi spinigera, haltenbus nigris. 

 Long. -J; alar. 1^ lin. 



Rather dull-black. Face elevated between the antennaa. Arista with 

 thick black pubescence. Thorax thickly pubescent. Wings blackish; 

 costal vein thickened along the middle, somewhat bristly at the base, 

 with a long erect spine springing near the root; other veins as in 

 L. clunipes. Halteres black. Middle tibia3 with more bristles than in 

 L. fungicola ; second joint of the hind tarsi scarcely thickened. 



Rare. In Mr. Haliday's collection. (I.) 



15. heteronenra, Hal. E. M. iii. 331. 15 (1836). Nigra,fade 

 pedibusque ferruginosis, alis infuscatis, venis transversis fere contiguis. 

 Long. -|; alar. 1|- lin. 



Black, pubescent. Face reddish. Arista thickly pubescent. Wings 

 brownish; costal vein a little bristly at the base; radial vein as in 

 L. clunipes ; discal transverse parted from prcebrachial transverse by the 

 length of tJie latter. Halteres brown. Legs dusky, nearly bare ; fore 

 legs, knees, and tibia rust-brown ; middle tibia with a pair of bristles 

 only on tJie outside. 



Rare. In Mr. Halida/s collection. (I.) 



16. foscipennis, Hal. E. M. i. 178 (1834), Nigra, alis infus- 

 catis,halteribusfusciscapitulopallido,pedibuspiceis. Long. 1^ ; alar. 

 2|-lin. 



Dusky-black, very like L. limosa ; transverse veins less distant ; legs 

 rather shorter and more Jiairy. Face very short and elevated between 



