144 I>OLlCHOPID,fJ. 



Halteres yellow. Abdomen with a row of black spots along the; back. 

 Legs yellow ; tips of the tarsi black. 

 Generally distributed. (E. S. I.) 



3. flavella, Ztt. i. 1. 543. 4 (1842). -prcecatoria, Mg. melanoce- 

 phala, Hal. Testacea, capite nigro, tJwrace albido-univittato, alis lim- 

 pidis, abdomine supra fusco, pedibus flavis. Long. 1-H ; alar. 3^ 

 41in. 



Testaceous. Head black. Antennae yellow. Thorax with a whitish 

 dorsal stripe. Wings colourless ; no stigma ; veins pale. Halteres 

 white. Abdomen brownish above. Legs yellow. 



Rare. In Mr. Haliday/s collection. (I.) 



4. unilineata, Ztt. d. s. i. 263. 3 (1842). oratoria, Mg. ; Mq. 

 Testacea, capite nigro, antennis flavo-albis, thorace nigro-vittato, alis 

 limpidis, halteribus pedibusque flavo-albis, abdominis disco nigro. Long. 

 li ; alar. 3 lin. 



Testaceous. Head black. Proboscis, antennae, halteres, and legs 

 yellowish- white. Thorax with a black stripe. Wings colourless ; veins 

 pale. Disc of the abdomen black. 



Eare. In Mr. Haliday's collection. (E. I.) 



5. albicornis, Hms.; Mg. zw. iii. 64. 4 (1822). raptoria, Fin. 

 Nigra, antennis flavis, thorace nigro-cinereo /wZt-o-trivittato, alis limpi- 

 dis, pedibus flavis. Long. 1^ ; alar. 3^ lin. 



Black. Antennas yellow. Thorax greyish-black, with 3 tawny stripes. 

 Wings colourless; veins brown, yellow towards the base. Halteres 

 white. Legs yellow. 



Eare. In Mr. Haliday's collection. (E. I.) 



6. oratoria, Fin. d. s. emp. 11. 13, 34. 13 (1815) ; Ztt. Nigra, 

 antennis flavis, thorace cinereo-testaceo, alis limpidis, pedibus flavis. 

 Long. 1J-H; alar.- 2^-3. 



Black. Antennae yellow. Thorax greyish-testaceous. Wings 

 colourless, veins brown. Halteres and legs yellow. 

 Not rare. (E.I.) 



FAMILY. XXL DOLICHOPID M. 



DOLICHOPID^, Leach p. (1819) ; St.; Ct.; Wstw. Dolichopodes, 

 Fin. p. (1823); Mg. ; Lp. ; LI.; Mq. ; Ztt.; Stg. ; Lw. Dolico- 

 pina, Edn. Rhagionida p. et Dolichopodes p., LI. gen. (1809). 

 MydasidcB p. et Stratiomydae p., Efnq. (1815). 



Proboscis deflexa ; palpis compressis, incumbentibus ; maxillis nullis. 

 Antenna porrecta, articulo tertio compresso, arista biarticulata. 



