PLATE VIII. 



FAMILY XXII. LONCHOPTEBIDJE. 



GENUS 1. Lonchoptera. Fig. 1. Lonchoptera lutea t male. 1 a*, 

 head, from below, showing the form of the peristoma ; 1 6* t side 

 view of proboscis, showing the elongate labella, the palpus a little 

 shorter than, and parallel to, them, and an upper frame- work 

 which seems to be the epistoma (prcelabrum of Wahlberg) ; 1 c*, 

 the same seen edgeways from above, with the labrum ? disen- 

 gaged ; 1 d* t the labrum ? or clypeus ? with the tongue seen 

 edgeways from above; 1 e*, the labrum alone; I/*, antenna 

 with three-jointed arista ; 1 g, wing of female ; 1 h*, the vagina, 

 the tentacula not distinctly seen ; 1 i*, the same, seen from the 

 opposite direction, with the short tentacula forced open ; 1 k*, ex- 

 tremity of abdomen of male, sideways. 



FAMILY XXIII. PLATYPEZID^. 



GENUS!. Platypeza. Fig. 2. Platypeza picta. 2 a, head of male ; 

 2 b, face of female, showing the mouth and two palpi ; 2 c, an- 

 tenna ; 2 d, middle tarsus ; 2 e, hind tarsus ; 2 /, last joint of 

 tarsus ; 2 g, mouth, from Meigen. 



GENUS 2. Callomyia. Fig. 3. Callomyia elegans. 3 a, face of 

 female ; 3 b, antenna ; 3 c, hind tarsus. 



GENUS 3. Opetia. Fig. 4 a, wing of Opetia nigra ; 4 b, antenna. 



GENUS 4. Platycnema. Fig. 5. Platy enema pulicaria. 5 a, an- 

 tenna ; 5 b, extremity of tarsus, sideways. 



FAMILY XXIV. PIPUNCULID^. 



GENUS 1. Pipunculus. Fig. 6 a, head of Pipunculus campestris> 

 male ; 6 5, ditto, female ; 6 c, antenna ; 6 d, proboscis, sideways ; 



6 e, wing ; 6 /, extremity of abdomen of male ; 6 g } wing of P. 

 auctus. (Chiefly from Curtis.) 



GENUS 2. Chalarus. Fig. 7. Chalarus spurius. 7 , face of female; 



7 b, antenna ; 7 c, middle leg ; 7 d, extremity of tarsus. 



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