152 MUSCID^E. 



its length from the border. Halteres whitish. Legs tawny ; fore fe- 

 mora and fore tibiae armed beneath with spines. Male. Abdomen tawny 

 beneath at the tip. Fern. Abdomen compressed at the tip. 

 Not rare. (E.) 



6. obscura, Fal. Scat. 9. 6 (1819); Meig.; Mcq.; Zett. Nigra, 

 cano-tomentosa, capite subtus palpisque albidis, antennis basi ferrugineis, 

 frontalibus rufis, alis hyalinis, pedibus piceis, tibiis testaceis. Long. 2 ; 

 alar. 4 lin. 



Black, with hoary tomentum. Head whitish beneath ; frontalia bright 

 red ; palpi whitish. Antenna; black, almost reaching the epistoma ; first 

 and second joints ferruginous ; third more than twice the length of the 

 second. Wings hyaline; discal transverse vein parted by more than 

 its length from the prsebrachial transverse vein, and by its length from 

 the border. Halteres whitish. Legs piceous ; tibia testaceous. 



Not rare. (E. I.) 



The following additional species of Cordylura have been recorded 

 as British: 



1. ciliata, Meig. 8. fasciata, Meig. 



2. pudica, Meig. 9. punctipes, Meig. 



3. rufipes, Meig. 10. pallida, Fal. 



4. nervosa, Meig. 11. hydrorayzina, Fal. 



5. armipes, Meig. 12. fraterna, Meig. 



6. striolata, Meig. 13. livens, F. 



7. apicalis, Wied. 



Genus II. SCATOPHAGA. 



Corpus longum, angustum, setosum. Frontalia plana. Frons promi- 

 nens. Fades obliqua. Epistoma non prominens, lateribus setosis. 

 Oculi ovati. Proboscis laBvis, nitens, acuminata. Palpi graciles, sub- 

 filiformes. Antenna? mediocres ; articulus tertius linearis, apice ro- 

 tundatus ; secundo plus duplo longior, quintus sat longus. Alee sat 

 angustaB. Abdomen pilosum, thorace longius. Pedes validi, setosi. 

 Mas. Abdomen sublineare. Fosm. Abdomen fusiforme. 

 Body rather long and narrow. Head and thorax bristly. Head 

 transverse ; frontalia flat ; front prominent ; face oblique ; facialia with- 

 out bristles; epistoma not prominent, with several stout bristles on 

 each side. Eyes oval. Proboscis long, slender, smooth, shining, pointed. 

 Palpi slender, almost filiform. Antenna nearly reaching the epistoma ; 

 third joint linear, rounded at the tip, more than twice the length of 

 the second ; fourth obsolete ; fifth rather long ; sixth plumose or bare. 

 Thorax nearly elliptical. Wings rather narrow ; costal vein ending on 

 the hind border at some little distance from the tip of the wing ; sub- 



