CHBYSOPILA. 6? 



fulvo maculis trigonis nigris vittato apice nigro, femoribus flavis 

 apice fuscis, tibiis fulvis apice nigris, tarsis nigris. Long. 2|-3^ ; 

 alar. 6-8 lin. 



Grey. Head white, clothed beneath and behind with white hairs ; 

 epistoma convex. Proboscis black. Palpi black, clothed with white 

 hairs. Antennae black. Thorax hoary beneath; scutellum tawny. 

 Wings colourless ; stigma large, dark brown ; veins black, tawny 

 towards the base. Halteres tawny. Abdomen tawny, black towards 

 the tip ; a large triangular black spot on the back of each segment. 

 Coxae hoary, femora yellow, with brown tips ; tibiae dark tawny, with 

 black tips ; tarsi black. 



Generally distributed. (E. S. I.) 



7. inutilis, Wlk. c. d. b. m. i. 213 (1848). Fulva, thorace fusco 

 vittis tribus pallidis, pectore cano, alis fulvo-subcinereis, ventre piceo 

 bivittato ; Mas. abdomine maculis piceis vittato. Long. 3 ; alar. 

 6 lin. 



Tawny. Thorax pale dull brown, with 3 paler stripes ; breast hoary. 

 Wings slightly grey, with a tawny tinge along the fore borders ; wing- 

 ribs and veins ferruginous ; no stigmata. Halteres tawny. Abdomen 

 piceous at the tip and with 2 piceous stripes beneath. Tarsi fen- uginous. 

 Male. Abdomen with a small piceous spot on each segment. Fern. 

 Thorax paler than that of the male. 



Eare. In the British Museum. (E.) 



Genus II. CHRYSOPILA. 



CHBYSOPILA, Mq. d. n. (1827) ; Ztt. d. s. Musca p., L. ; Fb. sp. ; 

 Gf. ; Gml. ; Shr. in. ; Dnv. Bibio p., Shr. fn. Styrex, Spl. Rhagio 

 p., Fb. ; Mg. kl. ; LI. ; Shr. fn. Athene p., Fb. Leptis p., Mg. ; 

 Fin. ; Ct. ; Ztt. i. 1. 



Corpus mediae magnitudinis, tenuiter flavo- vel aureo-tomentosum, 



elongatum, posterius attenuatum. Color niger, cinereus, flavescens. 



Oculi aenei, unicolores. Antenna articulo tertio conico vel rotundo ; 



quarto longo. Areola analis clausa. Pedes graciles. 

 Mas. Oculi conjuncti. Anus obtusus. 

 Fcem. Oculi remoti. Anus acuminatus. 



Body slender, of middle or rather small size, black, grey, or tawny, 

 attenuated towards the tip of the abdomen. Head transverse, broad, 

 half elliptical. Epistoma convex. Ocelli 3, seated on a tubercle. 

 Proboscis short. Labram rather long, hollow, broad, rounded at the 

 tip. Lingua nearly as long as the labrum, but narrower, thickened or 

 reflexed on each side, obtuse at the tip. Maxillae stylate, slightly 

 curved, nearly as long as the lingua. Palpi exserted, cylindrical, stout, 



