Mr. A. H. Haliday on new British Insects. 187 



cies, with the sides of the thorax and the scutel yellow, the 



stigma of the wings lutescent, the costal margin without dusky 



streaks. Bred from puparia found among the seeds of Aster 



Tripolium. 



Tephritis pini, C. 1300. 25^. 



T. Acinia cinerea capita pedibus et segmentorum anteriorum 

 marginibus ferrugineis ; alis fusco-reticulatis, maculis 2 costa- 

 libus saturatioribus. Long. 2 lin. 



I find this upon pines, but have no knowledge of the larva. 

 It may be a variety of T. flavicauda. 

 Osctnis capreolus, C. 1345. 41''. App. 282. 



0. nigra nitida, fronte opaca triangulo nitido ; alis fuliginosis ; hal- 

 teribus fuscanis ; arista crassa dense plumata. 



Resembles 0. laevigata, but the arista as in cornuta. 



England ; F. Walker. 

 Oscinis rapta, C. 1345. 41'*. App. 282. 



Resembles 0. pallidiventris, but the discoidal cell of the 

 wings IS open by the absence of the ordinary cross nerve. 



England ; F. Walker. 



Gen. Helomyza. Subg. ^Ecothea, C. App. 280. 

 Antennae articulo tertio orbiculato, arista gracillima longa nuda. 

 Tibiae mediae spinosae. Alae costa distincte serrata, areola media- 

 stina minuta. 



H. fenestralis is the only British species. 

 Helomyza arenaria, C. 1328. 34, is the same as Opomyzamaculata, 

 Macq. 

 Sciomyza virgata, C. 1321. 1. bis. App. 280. 



S. Melina thorace cinerascente ; fronte antennisque ferrugineis ; 



pedibus pallidis, anticis apice fuscis, m.f.; abdomine pallido 



vitta dorsali interrupta cinerea, m; abdomine fusco incisuris 



pallidis,/. Long. 2 — 2^- lin. 



Obs. The naked arista of this species shouM be particularly 



observed. 



South of Ireland, July. 



Gen. Sciomyza. Subg. Anticheta, C. App. 280. 

 Arista plumata. Tibiae cilio prseapicali gemino. 

 The type of this group is Tetanocera vittata, Ent. Mag. i. 

 168. 



Ochtkiphila flavipalpis, C. 1336. 6. App. 281. 

 0. elongata cana antennis subtus palpis tibiis tarsisque flavis, m.f. ; 

 metatarso postico subincra§sato, /. Long. H — H li°- 



