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reus var., Flu. Cinereus, arista decurva, hypostomate albido, Mas. ; aut 

 jftavido, Fcem. Long, \\foem. , \\ mas. ; alar. 5,/., 6, m. 



Cinereous. Face broad, dull whitish in male, yelloicish in female ; 

 beard yellowish. Antennae with the tooth beneath the tip of the third 

 joint obtuse ; arista decurved, the outer half capillaceous and rather 

 pale, the penultimate joint short in proportion. Bristles of the thorax 

 short, only two on the scutellum, three at each side of the prosternum. 

 Wings smoky-hyaline ; the veins dusky ferruginous, the costal margin 

 appearing faintly pectinated from the scanty pubescence. Halteres 

 yellow, with the apical edge a little darker. Abdomen with a faint 

 brassy tinge, the pubescence pale. Lamella not exserted. Femora 

 and tarsi beneath, fore tibia in front, hind tibia at the tip behind, with 

 yellowish pubescence. Fore legs very short ; coxa? with a few spines 

 about the tip, and sometimes one or two at the base ; femora bipec- 

 tinated beneath ; tibia strongly pectinated in a single row inside ; in 

 the female there are a few longer spines in a second row behind, and 

 some more on the outside ; tarsus longer than the tibia. 



Abundant, on the verge of the tide, in sheltered bays ; but not 

 exclusively confined to the salt water. (E. S. I.) 



Obs. Macquart' s brief character of M. maquaUpes (dipt. ii. 

 453. 5) scarcely affords sufficient grounds for identifying that 

 with the present species ; but the synonym from Zetterstedt is 

 unquestionable. 



Genus VI. CAMPSICNEMUS. 



Camptosceles, Hal. z. j. v. 357 (1831). Medeterus, Wlbg. Mede- 

 terus p., Mg. ; Mq. Dolichopus p., Fin. ; Eoser ; Ztt. 



Antenna articulo tertio apice attenuate, arista dorsali. Hypostoma an- 

 yustissimum. Abdomen depressum, segmentis anterioribus cequilongis. 

 Hypopygium immersmn, muticum. Vena transversa a maryine distant. 

 Eyes pubescent, distant on the front, approaching very close under the 

 antenna (or even contiguous in the male). Supercilia black; cilia of 

 the lower orbit usually pale; (except sp. 5.) Proboscis but little pro- 

 minent. Antennae rather short ; with the first joint naked ; the second 

 shortest, transverse, verticillated ; the third joint tapering ; arista dorsal, 

 slender, nearly naked, the penultimate joint short. Scutellum with 

 two long bristles ; prosternum with a slight one at each side ; mefa- 

 thoracic epimera not dilated, but much elongated obliquely downwards. 

 Wings oblong ; discal transverse vein distant by about twice its own 

 length from the hind margin ; subapical vein usually parallel with the 

 cubital, and nearly straight, except that before the middle it traverses 

 a round convexity of the membrane. Alula3 sparingly fringed with 

 black hairs. Halteres usually yellowish. Abdomen not longer than 



