RHAPHIUM. 199 



fronte canomicante, pedibus ferrugineis, femoribus supra fusco-lineatis, 

 posticis unispinosis, coxis pallido-pubescentibus, antennis thorace longiori- 

 bus, arista brevissima, appendicibus externis Jiypopygio longioribus basi 

 lobatis, Mas. Long. 1 ; alar. 3 lin. 



Metallic blackish-green ; front glossed with white. Face silvery- white. 

 Antennae longer than the thorax, the third joint strap-shaped, a little 

 attenuated at the tip, the arista little longer than that joint is broad. 

 Wings brownish-hyaline. Inner appendages spathulated, nearly naked ; 

 outer ones twice as long, linear, but at the base above abruptly dilated 

 into an obtuse lobe. Legs dingy ferruginous ; the posterior coxae and 

 the base of the fore pair grey, the bristles outside as well as the 

 pubescence pale ; the upper edge of the femora, and the tarsi except at 

 the base, blackish-brown ; the fore metatarsus very slightly dilated at 

 the tip ; the hind femora with a spine in front near the tip. 



Very rare. In Mr. Haliday's collection. (I.) 



9. brevicorne, Ct. b. e. 568. 3 (1835). dissectum, Lw. Obscure 

 ceneuwt, fronte cano-micante, pedibus ferrugineis, coxis pallido-pubescenti- 

 bus, tibiis anticis intus et femoribus posticis apice unispinosis ; Mas. 

 antennis thorace paulo brevioribus, arista brevi, femoribus supra tibiis 

 tarsisque posticis nigricautibus, appendicibus hypopygii externis brevibus 

 bis geminis. Long. 1-1-f-; alar. 2| 3^- lin. 



Dark brassy ; front glossed with white. Face silvery-white in male, 

 dull whitish in female. Antennae of the male scarcely as long as the 

 thorax, third joint elongate conic, half as long again as the arista. 

 Wings brownish-hyaline. Outer appendages short, each divided into 

 two oblong obovate lobes, of which the inner is the smaller ; inner 

 appendages very short, scarcely apparent, naked, subulate, curved, 

 nearly meeting at the points. Legs dark ferruginous ; posterior coxa? 

 and the base of the fore pair blackish-grey, with the pubescence and 

 bristles pale ; anterior femora with a dusky stripe towards the base, the 

 hind pair with a small spine in front near the tip, and in the male 

 blackish on the upper edge ; the tarsi blackish, as also the hind tibiae 

 of the male ; the anterior metatarsi ferruginous ; the fore tibia, besides 

 the usual three small spines outside, has one inside (about the middle, 

 and rather towards the back), which in the male is stronger, and fol- 

 lowed by a row of finer hairs. 



Bather rare. (E. I.) 



10. nemorum, Mg. zw. vi. 359. 10 (1830); Lw. nigripes, Mq. 

 laticorne, Fin. var. ; Ztt. Obscure ceneum, opacum,/mon#MS posticis 

 unispinosis, tibiis anticis bipectinatis ; Mas. antennis thorace parum 

 brevioribus, arista brevi, pedibus nigris, tibiis anterioribus flavidis, 

 coxis intermediis calcaratis, tarsi antici articulis duobus primis subcequi- 

 longis, hypopygii appendicibus externis elongatis apice attenuatis, hypo- 

 stomate argenteo ; Fcem. femoribus tibiisque flavidis. Long. 14- ; alar. 

 3i lin. 



