12 STRATIOMID^E. 



stigma brown. Halteres tawny. Abdomen piceous, shining. Hind 

 metatarsi tawny. 



Var. Fern. Antennae with the third joint ferruginous. 



Generally distributed; the pupa has been found in moss. 

 (E. S. 1.) 



4. fuscipes, Mg. zw. ii. 8. 11 (1820); Lw. nigra, Mg. ; Mq, 

 Cyaneo-viridis, scutelli spinis nigris, abdomine nigro-cupreo ; Mas. alis 

 subcinereis, pedibus nigro-fmcis geniculis tarsorumque basi Jlamcantibus, 

 metatarso postico incrassato ; Fcem. alis limpidis, pedibus flams femo- 

 ribus ante apicem, tibiis apice tarsorumque articulis secundo ad tertium 

 fuscis. Long. 2|~3 ; alar. 6-6-^- lin. 



Bright bluish-green, clothed with tawny hairs. Antennae black. 

 Scutellum armed with 6 or 8 black spines. Halteres luteous. Abdomen 

 coppery black. Legs tawny. Male. Wings slightly tinged with grey ; 

 stigma brown ; veins black, tawny at the base. Hind tarsi and tips of 

 the hind tibia brown. Fern. Wings colourless ; femora, tidies, and fore 

 tarsi partly pale brown. 



Bare; South of England. In Mr. Stephens's collection. (E.) 



5. Morrisii, Dale, ent. 175. 75 (1842). -pallipes, Lw. Cyaneo- 

 viridis, scutelli spinis nigris, alis sublimpidis, abdomine nigro-cupreo, 

 pedibus flavis, tarsorum articulis secundo ad quintum fuscis ; Foem. fronte 

 angusta. Long. 3y-3; alar. 6^7 lin. 



Bright bluish-green, clothed with tawny hairs. Antennae black. 

 Scutellum armed with & or S Hack spines. Wings almost colourless; 

 stigma dark brown ; veins black, tawny at the base. Halteres luteous. 

 Abdomen coppery-black. Legs pale yellow ; tarsi brown ; anterior me- 

 tatarsi tawny. Male. Tips of the tibia drown. Fern. Front narrow. 

 Hind metatarsi tawny. 



Bare ; South of England. In the British Museum. (E.) 



6. geniculata, Hal.; Ct. b. e.! 337(1830). Cyaneo-viridis, capite 

 nigro-viridi, antennarum articulo tertio ferrugineo, scutelli spinis viridi- 

 bus, abdomine pedibusque nigris, genubus fulvis ; Mas. alis nigricanti- 

 bus; Fcem. alis cinereis. Long. 3-3f; alar. 6-6-i lin. 



Bright bluish-green. Head greenish-black. Antennae black ; third 

 joint dark ferruginous. Scutellum armed with 6 green spines. Halteres 

 luteous. Abdomen black, clothed with white down. Legs black; 

 femora, tibia, and tarsi at the base and knees tawny. Male. Wings 

 blackish. Fern. Wings grey. 

 Rare. (E. S. 1.) 



Genus II. ACTINA. 



ACTINA, Ct. b. e. 337 (1830). Stratiomys p., Ftr. Actina p. 

 olim. Xylophagus p., LI. Beris p., Mg. ; Mq. ; Lw. 



