84 CECIDOMYZID^E. 



petioles of almost equal length; last joint generally not petiolated. 

 Fern. Antenna fifteen-jointed, half the length of the body ; joints not 

 close set together, but hardly petiolated. Oviduct elongated, yellow 

 towards the tip, without valves. . 



Generally distributed. (E.) Lives in the leaf-tufts of Cra- 

 tagns Oxyacantlius and C. coccinea, and assumes the pupa state 

 sometimes there, sometimes in the earth. The shoots in white- 

 thorn hedges very often terminate in tufts or knobs, each of which 

 is tenanted by several of the grubs of this fly. 



21. Brassiere, Winn. Linn. Ent. viii. 231. 18 (1853). Nigra aut 

 nigro-fusca, palpis albidis, antennis 15-articulatis, alis limpidis, costa 

 nigra, basi fidteritwsque carneis, abdomine carneo fasciis dorsalibus ni- 

 gris, pedibus subtus argenteis. Long. | | lin. 



Wings with black veins ; subcostal vein very near the costa ; trans- 

 verse veinlet joining the middle of the subcostal vein; cubital vein 

 convex hindward, joining the costa far from the tip of the wing ; se- 

 cond branch of the anal vein curved to the hind border. Halteres 

 flesh-colour. Male. Antennas rather shorter than the body ; joints and 

 'their petioles of equal length, with long whorls of hairs. Fern. An- 

 tennas with short whorls of hairs, not quite half the length of the 

 body ; joints cylindrical, without petioles. Oviduct elongated, yellow- 

 ish-white, without valves. 



Lives in the pods of the rape, often from fifty to sixty in one 

 pod, and goes into the earth previous to its metamorphose. 



22. Strobi, Kaltenbach, MSS. ; Winn. Linn. Ent. viii. 234. 20 

 (1853). Fusca, antennis 17-19-articulatis, alis limpidis cinereo-hirtis, 

 costa nigro-fusca, Jialteribus albis, ventre argenteo, pedibus piceis sub- 

 tus albo-micantibus. Long. 1-1 -^ li n . 



Wings with pale brown veins ; transverse veinlet slender and pale, 

 joining the subcostal at two-thirds of its length ; cubital vein a little 

 bent forward at its junction with the veinlet, thence slightly curved 

 hindward, and joining the costal near the tip of the wing ; second 

 branch of the anal vein curved towards the hind border. Male. An- 

 tenna nineteen-jointed, as long as the body ; middle and apical joints 

 and their petioles of equal length. Fern. Antenna seventeen to eigMeen- 

 jointed, half the length of the body ; joints without petioles, but not 

 close-set together. Oviduct elongated, without valves ; second and 

 third joints yellowish-white. 



Lives in the fallen cones of Pinws Abies. 



23. serotina, Winn. Linn. Ent. viii. 316. 97 (1853). Nigro-fusca, 

 ite palpis antennisque fuscis, his 16-17-articulatis, alis limpidis pilis 



costaque nigris, lialteribus niveis, abdomine fasciis pilosis nigris, pedibus 

 subtus albo-nitentibus ; Mas, abdomine nonmmquam fulvo ; Fcem. ab- 

 domine carneo. Long. -|-J lin. 



Subcostal vein near the costa ; transverse veinlet very pale, joining 



