162 DOLICHOPID^E. 



Wings brownish ; darker along the fore edge, and sinuated at the hind 

 edge in the male. Black edge of the lamella rather narrow, deeply 

 jagged at the tip. Legs and fore coxae yellow, fore coxae with a 

 whitish gloss in the male : femora, especially the hind pair, dusky 

 above towards the tip ; hind tibia black, dusky towards the base and 

 paler there ; hind tarsi black, the first two joints of the others yellow. 

 In the male the last joint of the middle tarsi is white, the preceding 

 joint deep black, and the hind femora bear two, rarely three spines. 

 Not common. (E. S. I.) 



16. plumipes, Spl. earn. 895 (1763). pennitarsis, Fin.; Mg. ; 

 Mq. ; Stn.; Hal.; Stg. ; Ztt. Var. Wahlbergi, Ztt. Jtneo-viridis, 

 antennis luteis, articulo ultimo apice nigro, pedibus flavis, tibiis posticis 

 apice tarsisque nigris, metatarso antico flavido ; Mas. metatarso inter- 

 medio atro-pennato, alls postice emarginatis, hypostomate J/avo ; Fcem. hy- 

 postomate albido. Long. 2 ; alar. 4 lin. 



Brassy or gilded green. Face golden-yellow in male, yellowish-w/M/e 

 in female. Antenna tawny yellow, the upper edge and tip of the third 

 joint blackish. Wings hyaline ; the costal swelling a mere dot, and the 

 hind edge sinuated in the male. Black edge of the lamellae narrow, 

 somewhat jagged at the tip. Legs and fore coxae yellow ; tarsi and 

 tip of hind tibia black ; fore metatarsus yellowish. In the male the 

 middle pair have the tibiae long and slender, with a denuded streak 

 down the outer edge, which is sometimes dusky ; the metatarsus long, 

 and feathered on each side with black bristles. Varies, more rarely, 

 with the hind tibia3 immaculate, and the hind metatarsus pale tipped 

 with brown. 



Common and generally diffused. (E. S. I.) 



17. pennatus, Mg. zw. iv. 90.28(1824); Mq.; Stn.; Hal.; Ztt. 

 signatus, Mg. ; Mq. ; Stg. popularis var., Fin. JEneo-viridis, an- 

 tennis basi subtus luteis, pedibus Jlavis, tarsis nigris, metatarsis anteriori- 

 bus flams ; Mas. tarsis intermediis articulis secundo et tertio dilatatis 

 atris, quarto et quinto albo-micantibus, tibiis posticis incrassatis, alis 

 postice emarginatis, hypostomate Jlavo ; Fcem. hypostomate albido. Long. 

 2| ; alar. 4 lin. 



Brassy-green. Face golden-yellow in male, yellowish-white in female. 

 Antenna black, first joint tawny yellow, with the upper edge black. 

 Wings obscure hyaline, with the hind edge sinuated in the male, Black 

 edge of lamellae narrow, deeply jagged at the tip. Legs and fore coxae 

 yellow ; tarsi black, anterior metatarsi yellow. In tfa male the first 

 joint of the middle tarsi is as long as the four following together ; 

 these are compressed, the second and third joints dilated, and slightly 

 feathered, deep black, the fourth and ffth glossed with white in front ; 

 the hind tibia are thick, and have a denuded space behind, with an 

 impression above the middle. 



Pretty common and generally diffused. (E. S. I.) 



