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&rey. Head hoary and clothed with white hairs beneath. Proboscis 

 and palpi black. Palpi clothed with whitish hairs. Antennae black. 

 Wings very pale grey ; stigma pale brown ; veins black, tawny at the 

 base. Abdomen clothed with short black hairs. Legs black ; tibiae 

 dark tawny towards the base ; fore tibiae paler. Male. Thorax indis- 

 tinctly striped. Halteres yellow. Fern. Paler than the male. Thorax 

 with 3 brown stripes, hoary beneath. Halteres tawny. 



Common in Darenth wood, Kent. (E.) 



Genus V. SPANIA. 



SPANIA, Mg. zw. vi. 335 (1830) ; Hal. ; Mq. 



Corpus parvum, nigrum. Proboscis exserta. Palpi longi, lincares. 



Antennae stylatae ; articulus tertius longus ; quartus indistinctus vel ob- 



soletus. Halteres longissimi, clavati. 

 Mas. Oculi contigui. Antennae articulo tertio stylato. 

 Fcem. Oculi remoti. Antennae articulo tertio lineari, basi crasso. 



Body small, black, rather dull. Proboscis prominent. Palpi exserted, 

 long, linear. Antenna stylate, longer than the head ; first joint short ; 

 second very short ; third long ; fourth indistinct or obsolete. Halteres 

 clavate, very long. Abdomen tapering from the base to the tip. Legs 

 rather short. 



Male. Eyes contiguous. Third joint of the antennae stylate. 



Fern. Eyes remote. Third joint of the antennae linear, thick at the 

 base. 



1. nigra, Mg.! zw. vi. 335. 1. pi. 66. f. 12 (1830) ; ^.lallenii 

 (fcem.), Hal. e. m. i. 162. Atra, subtus cinerea, alis nigricantibus, 

 abdomine nigro-fusco, pedibns piceis. Long. 2 ; alar. 5 lin. 



Male, Black, grey beneath, clothed with short black hairs. Wings 

 blackish. Halteres, abdomen, and legs piceous. 



Bare; frequents woods. "In moist places of open groves, 

 hovering about and alighting on leaves of evergreens. North of 

 Ireland and Wicklow/^ .flb&fcw, MSS. (E. I.) 



FAMILY VII. BOMBYLID^. 



BOMBYLIAEII p. et Tabanii p., Lm. Bombyliarii, Anthracii, et Myda- 

 sii (quoad Thereto), LI. gen. Tanystoma p., LI. r. a. Anthracina p., 

 Rfn. Sclerostoma p. et Aplocera p., Dmr. Bombyliarii et Anthra- 

 tides, Fin. ; Ztt. Bombylida, Anthracidce y et Mydasydae (quoad The- 



