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4. morio, Ztt. i. 1 54-6. 2 (1839). Nigra, alls hyalinis fusco- 

 bifasciatis, tarsis fuscis basi supra flams. Long, f ; alar. 1^ lin. 



Black, shining, very small. Palpi whitish, covered with whitish 

 pubescence ; apical bristle black. Wings colourless, with 2 broad brown 

 bands, parted by a broader colourless interval. Anterior coxae brownish- 

 ferruginous, with silvery -white pubescence ; tibiae brownish-black, ferru- 

 ginous at the base ; tips of middle tibiae unarmed ; tarsi brown, yellow 

 at the base. Male. Hypopygium terminated by a stout obliquely 

 reflexed claw without cirri. Fern. Vagina with 2 contiguous small 

 linear valves, which proceed from the last oblong slender segment. 



Rare. A pair found among shingle in the bed of the river 

 Dodder, near Dublin. In Mr. Halida/s collection. (I.) 



5. fuscipennis, Fin. d. s. emp. 14. 19 (1815); Mg.; Mq. ; Ztt. 

 Nigra, antennis fuscis basi flavis aut fulvis, alis fuscis apice albidis, 

 halteribus flavis. prdibus fulvis, tibiis tarsisque posticis fuscis. Long. 

 1-H; alar. 11-2 lin. 



Black, hardly shining. Head and thorax beset with very few black 

 bristles. Palpi yellow ; their bristles black. Antennae brown ; first 

 and second joints yellow or tawny ; third joint short-conical ; fourth 

 nearly 4 times the length of all the preceding joints. Wings drown, 

 whitish at the tips ; stigma black ; veins brown, tawny towards the 

 base ; second longitudinal vein as near to the third as to the costa ; third 

 and fourth almost parallel ; fifth slightly curved downward. Halteres 

 yellow. Legs tawny ; fore femora very thick ; fore tibiae and middle 

 femora rather thick, the former slightly curved ; hind tibiae and hind 

 tar^i brown, tawny towards the base. 



Generally distributed. (E. S.) 



6. nervosa, Mg. zw. iii. 72. 8 (1822) ; Ztt. Nigra, antennis 

 fuscis basi flavis, alis albisfusco-vittatis, halteribus flavis, pedibus fulvis, 

 femoribus nigro-vittatis, tibiis apice uigris. Long. IT- 1^ ; alar. 

 2^-3 lin. 



Black, hardly shining. Head and thorax beset with very few black 

 bristles. Palpi yellow; their bristles black. Antennae brown; first 

 and second joints yellow ; third conical, longer than the second ; fourth 

 black, nearly 4 times the length of all the preceding. Wings whitish, 

 brown along the borders of the veins ; stigma black ; veins black, tawny 

 towards the base ; second longitudinal vein as near to the third as to 

 the costa ; third and fourth almost parallel ; fourth slightly curved to 

 the hind border. Halteres yellow. Legs tawny ; femora striped with 

 black; tips of the tibia) black; fore femora thick; fore tibiae and 

 middle femora rather thick. 



Generally distributed. (E. S. I.) 



