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Black. Lower veins white. Abdomen dark 
brown, pubescent. Legs dingy testaceous, 
very pubescent, long and slender ; tips of tibice 
and tarsi black. Length, 2 lin. . 
Green. Three testaceous stripes on thorax. 
Wings pubescent; first, second, and third 
veins testaceous. Legs pale green; tips of 
tibize and tarsi and whole of fore tarsi blackish. 
(Var. 8. Pale green. Stripes of thorax almost 
obsolete.) Common. Length, 2 to 3 lin. 
|: luteous. Wings pubescent; veins tes- 
TZ. vernus, Mg, (?) 
IT. parilis, Wik. 
taceous. Abdomen pale green. Legs tes- 
taceous, long and slender. Abdomen luteous 
towards the tip in the ¢. Length, 14 to 1# 
lin. R ‘ ; ; 
Piceous. Thorax shining. Abdomen brown; 
hind borders of the segments and under side 
whitish. Legs testaceous, long and, slender ; 
fore femora slightly brownish towards the tip. 
Length, 3 lin. 
Testaceous. Thorax with three pale brown 
= stripes. Abdomen brown, very pilose, with 
7. Gingudapiesy: Wilke; '.. ‘*) a whitish band’ on each segment. Legs tes- 
taceous, pubescent. - Length, 2 lin. 
ZT. affinis, Wik. 
T. patens, Wik. 
Genus.—£urycnemus, V. d. Wulp. 
Wings hairy ; cubital vein ending near end of costal; lower prong 
of postical fork curved near base. Thorax elevated. Tarsi stout; 
posterior tibize thick, broad, and hairy; first joint of anterior tarsi 
shorter than the tibie. 
C. Crassepes, Panz. 
£. elegans, Mg.= s C. estivus, Curtis. 
\ C. hirtipes, Mcq. 
This is the only species of this genus found in England, and is 
abundant at times in woods, but appears to be very local. It is 
testaceous in colour; the thorax is elevated, and has three dark 
stripes upon it, with a row of black spots on each side ; the abdomen 
is covered with black dots, which are really small punctures. The 
head is dark brown. Wings clear, testaceous along the costa, and 
marked with three black spots; one near the hind border, and the 
other two towards the centre, at about two-thirds of the length of 
the wing. Halteres pale yellow, almost white. Legs thick and 
pubescent. Length, 3 to 34 lin. 
Genus.—Metriocnemus, V. d. Wulp. 
Wings hairy; cubital ending near end of costal. Thorax not 
ending in a point. Tarsi slender; tibiz moderate in breadth. 
First joint of the anterior tarsi shorter than the tibiz. PI. iv., fig. 9. 
