28 MYCETOPHILID^l. 



Common, especially on the oak and on the lime-tree. (E. S. I.) 



2. pulchella, Curt.! B. E. 645 (1837). Ochracea, antennis fus- 

 cis, alls flavescentibus, macula costali apicali fusca, abdomine maculis 

 fasciisgue nigris, femoribus posterioribus apice tarsisque nigricantibus. 

 Long. 2 ; alar. 4 lin. 



Bright oclireous, shining, finely pubescent. Vertex with a black spot. 

 Antennas brown, oclireous at tbe base. Metathorax with a brown spot. 

 Wings yellowish, with a long brown mark at the apex of the costa ; first 

 and second abdominal segments with a black spot on each ; third, fourth, 

 and fifth with a black ring on the margin; sixth and seventh glossy black. 

 Tarsi and tips of the hinder femora blackish ; tibias brownish-ochre. 



Eare ; has been found by Mr. Curtis and Mr. Haliday on Urn- 

 belli/era, near Killarney. (I.) In the collections of Mr. Curtis 

 and Mr. Haliday. 



3. octomaculata, Curt. B. E. 645 (1837). Ochracea, vertice an- 

 tennisque fuscis, thoracis vittis tribus scutelloque nigris, alis fascia 

 fusca arcuata subapicali, abdomine nigro maculis octo lateralibus 

 ochraceis, femoribus posterioribus apice tarsisque nigris. Long. 2 ; 

 alar. 4 lin. 



Oclireous. Vertex brown. Antennas brown, oclireous at the base. 

 Thorax with three black united stripes not reaching the front. Scutellum 

 and abdomen black. Wings with a lunate brown spot near the apex. 

 Second, third, fourth andffth abdominal segments with an oclireous trigo- 

 nate spot on each side of the base. Tarsi and tips of hinder femora 

 black ; tibias dull oclireous. 



Eare. In Mr. Curtis' s collection. (E.) 



4. fumosa, n. Nigra, capite subtus, palpis, pectore, thoracis mar- 

 ginibus vittaque dorsali testaceis, alis fuscis, halteribus coxis femori- 

 busque testaceis, abdomine piceo. Long. 2 ; alar. 4 lin. 



Black. Head beneath, palpi, pectus and borders of the thorax tes- 

 taceous. Thorax with a testaceous dorsal stripe. Wings brown ; veins 

 black ; subcostal vein about one-third of the length of the wing, united 

 near its tip to the radial by a transverse veinlet ; radial united to the 

 cubital at some distance from its base; fork of the subanal much 

 nearer than the base of the subapical to the base of the wing. Halteres 

 testaceous. Abdomen piceous. Legs testaceous; tibias and tarsi 

 black. 



Eare. In the British Museum. 



5. bimaculata, Meig. Kl.; Zw. i. 72. 7 (1804); Mcq.; Stasg. ; 

 Ks. ; Zett. Nigra, palpis, thoracis maculis duabus anticis, halteribus 

 pedibusque testaceis, alis sublimpidis fascia subapicali fuscescente, ab- 

 domine ferrugineo fasciis nigris, coxis femoribusque nigro-notatis, tarsis 

 nigris. Long. 2 ; alar. 4 lin. 



Black. Palpi testaceous. Antennas stout, testaceous towards the 

 base. Thorax with a large testaceous spot on each side in front. 



