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Wings colourless. Halteres tawny. Legs brownish; tarsi with a 

 tawny tinge. Male. Deep Hack. Fern. Thorax hoary, with 4 black 

 stripes. Abdomen hoary, with confluent black bands. 



Rare. (E.) 



9. holosericea, Mg. zw. iv. 8. 6 (1824); Mq. Alis limpidis ; 

 Mas. atra, abdominis apice cinereo ; Fcem. thorace cinereo fusco-vittato, 

 abdomine cano fasciis maculaque dor sali atris. Long. 1^ ; alar. 4 lin. 



Wings colourless. Male. Deep black. Halteres and legs piceous. 

 Abdomen hoary at the tip. Fern. Front dull grey. Thorax brownish- 

 grey, with darker stripes. Halteres tawny. Abdomen hoary, with an 

 elliptical black spot extending from the second to the fifth segment ; first 

 segment grey ; sutures black. Legs brown. 



Bare. (E.) 



10. fumipennis, Wlk. e. m. iv. 181 (1835). Mas. Atra, alisfuscis, 

 pedibus piceis, tar sis f alms. Long. If; alar. 3^ lin. 



Male. Deep black. Wings slightly brown. Halteres tawny, with 

 piceous knobs. Legs tawny ; femora and tibiss mostly piceous. 

 Eare. In the collection of the Entomological Club. (E.) 



Genus II. CALLOMYIA. 



CALLOMYIA, Mg. kl. (1804) ; Pz. ; Fin. Dolichopus p., Fb. ; LI. 



Alae areola discali completa, vena prcebrachiali simplici. Tarsi articulo 



primo longissimo. Abdomen maris apice incurvum. Oculi maris 



fronte contigui, foem. distantes. 



Body velvety, convex. Head semicircular. Proboscis very short. 

 Palpi cylindrical. Labium very slender and obliquely furcate at the 

 tip. Antenna 6-jointed, porrect, straight, approximate; first and 

 second joints almost cylindrical, somewhat bristly ; third oblong, acute ; 

 fourth and fifth very short ; fourth apical ; sixth long, setiform. Wings 

 large, finely pubescent, incumbent, fiat and parallel in repose ; discal 

 areolet long ; prcebrachial vein not forked ; middle transverse vein very 

 near the base. Halteres uncovered. Abdomen oblong, cylindrical. 

 Hind legs longer and thicker than the anterior legs; tarsi broad-, me- 

 tatarsi as long as the other 4 joints. Male. Colour generally black. 

 Eyes contiguous. Abdomen compressed, narrow at the tip. Fern. 

 Colour brighter, more varied. Eyes remote. 



The Callomyia inhabit hedges and woods; all the species 

 are scarce. 



1. elegans, Fb. s. a. 271. 21 (1805); Pz. ! fn. ciii. 18, 19; Ll. ; 

 Lm. ; Mg. ; Mq. ; Ztt. leptiformis (mas.), Fin. Atra, halteribus 

 fulvis, pedibus flams posticis nigricantibus ; Mas. abdominis segmentorum 

 tertii quartique marginibus posticis interrupte albo-fasciatis ; Foem. 

 thorace maculis 3 argenteis, abdomine fasciis antice luteis postice ar- 

 genteis. Long. If; alar. 4 lin. 



