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Wings colourless. Halteres tawny. Legs brownish ; tarsi with a 

 tawny tinge. Male. Deep black. Fern. Thorax hoary, with 4 black 

 stripes. Abdomen hoary, with confluent black bands. 



Rare. (E.) 



9. holosericea, Mg. zw. iv. 8. 6 (1824); Mq. Alls limpidis ; 

 Mas. atra, abdominis apice cinereo ; Foem. thorace cinereo fusco-vittato, 

 abdomine canofasc'ds maculaque dorsali atris. Long. \^ ; alar. 4 lin. 



flings colourless. Male. Deep black. Halteres and legs piceous. 

 Abdomen hoary at the tip. Fern. Front dull grey. Thorax brownish- 

 grey, with darker stripes. Halteres tawny. Abdomen hoary, with an 

 elliptical black spot extending from the second to the fifth segment ; first 

 segment grey ; sutures black. Legs brown. 



Rare. (E.) 



10. fumipennis, Wlk. e. m. iv. 181 (1835). Mas. Atra, alisfuscis, 

 pedibus piceis, tarsisfulvis. Long. 1|- ; alar. 3^ lin. 



Male. Deep black. Wings slightly brown. Halteres tawny, with 

 piceous knobs. Legs tawny ; femora and tibia? mostly piceous. 

 Bare. In the collection of the Entomological Club. (E.) 



Genus II. CALLOMYIA. 



CALLOMYIA, Mg. kl. (1804); Pz. ; Fin. Dolichopus p., Fb. ; LI. 



Ala areola discali completa, vena prcebrachiali simplici. Tarsi articulo 



primo longissimo. Abdomen maris apice incurvum. Oculi maris 



fronte contigui, fcem. distantes. 



Body velvety, convex. Head semicircular. Proboscis very short. 

 Palpi cylindrical. Labium very slender and obliquely furcate at the 

 tip. Antennae 6-jointed, porrect, straight, approximate; first and 

 second joints almost cylindrical, somewhat bristly ; third oblong, acute; 

 fourth and fifth very short ; fourth apical ; sixth long, setiform. Wings 

 large, finely pubescent, incumbent, tlat and parallel in repose ; discal 

 areolet long ; prtebrachial vein not forked; middle transverse vein very 

 near the base. Halteres uncovered. Abdomen oblong, cylindrical. 

 Hind legs longer and thicker than the anterior legs; tarsi broad; me- 

 tatarsi as long as the other 4 joints. Male. Colour generally black. 

 Eyes contiguous. Abdomen compressed, narrow at the tip. Fern. 

 Colour brighter, more varied. Eyes remote. 



The Callomym inhabit hedges and woods; all the species 

 are scarce. 



1. elegans, Fb. s. a. 271. 21 (1805); Pz. ! fn. ciii. 18, 19; Ll. ; 

 Lm. ; Mg. ; Mq. ; Ztt. leptiformis (mas.}, Fin. Atra, halteribus 

 fulvis, pedibus flams posticis nigricantibus ; Mas. abdominis segmentorum 

 tertii quartique marginibus posticis interrupte albo-fasciatis ; Fcem. 

 thorace maculis 3 argenteis, abdomine fasciis antice luteis postice ar- 

 genteis. Long. If; alar. 4 lin. 



