224 MUSCIDJE. 



from the border. Abdomen a little longer than the thorax. Legs of 

 moderate length. Hind femora thick. Hind tiUce curved. 



1. umbraculata, F. E. S. iv. 348. 148 (1792); Meig. ; Mcq. ; 

 Zett. agrorum, Fal. Ferruginea, capite pectore ventre pedibusque 

 fulvis, thorace fulvo-bivittato, alls sublimpidis, halteribus albidis. Long. 

 2-3; alar. 3-5 lin. 



Ferruginous. Under side, head, and legs tawny. Thorax with two 

 tawny stripes. Wings nearly limpid ; veins tawny. Halteres whitish. 



Not common. (E.) 



P. planifronsj F., has been recorded as British. 



Genus II. CAMAROTA. 



CAMAKOTA, Meig. Zw. vi. 7 (1830) ; Mcq.; Westw. 



Corpus breve, latum, convexum, nudum. Caput conicum, depressum. 



Antennae longce ; articuli primus et secundus breves ; tertius elongato- 



conicus ; arista pubescens, valida. Thorax punctatus. Ales madiocres ; 



vena radialis nulla. 



Body short, broad, convex, bare. Head conical, nearly as broad as 

 the thorax ; disc above flat and triangular. Antenna long ; first and 

 second joints short ; third elongate-conical ; arista pubescent, very stout, 

 more slender at each end, longer than the third joint. Thorax longer 

 than broad; scutellum semicircular. Wings of moderate size; costal 

 vein ending at some little distance in front of the tip of the wing ; sub- 

 costal ending at much before half the length ; radial vein none ; cubital 

 curved upward and ending a little before the tip of the costal ; praebra- 

 chial ending at hardly in front of the tip ; prsebrachial transverse nearly 

 straight, very oblique, parted by twice its length from the discal trans- 

 verse and from the border. Abdomen not longer than the thorax, with 

 six distinct segments. Legs of moderate length. 



1. flavitarsis, Meig. Zw. vi. 7. 1 (1830); Mcq. aurifrons, Hal. 

 Nigra, capite antennisque luteis, alis cinereis, halteribus piceis, pedibus 

 fulvis, femoribus tibiisque nigro-variis. Long. | 1 ; alar. 1-^-2 lin. 



Black. Head luteous. Antenna paler ; third joint towards the tip 

 and arista black. Thorax minutely punctured. Wings grey; veins 

 black. Halteres piceous. Legs tawny ; femora and tibia3 more or less 

 black. 



Eare. (E.) 



Genus III. MEROMYZA. 



MEROMYZA, Meig. Zw. vi. 163 (1830); Mcq.; Westw.; Zett. Musca 

 p., L. ; F. E. S. ; Schr. ; Gmel. Tephritis p., F. S. A. Oscinis p., Fal . 



