170 CATALOGUE OF DIPTERA 



Half the size of the preceding : glossy black : wings hyaline, ner- 

 vures light brown, yellowish at the base : the long fore coxae, all 

 the trochanters, and the base of the hinder thighs yellow : face, 

 mouth, and antennae yellow-ferruginous, tip of the last brown. 



Sepsis. B. 



S. putris. Nigra, nitida, pedibus concoloribus. Mas. Meta- 

 tarso antico brcvi incrassato, hypopygio breviiis setoso. 



Fore thighs with a strong tooth and spines beneath, the middle of the 

 fore shanks within emarginate, with a flattened brown tubercle : 

 the tufts of curled hairs on each side of the hypopygium are not 

 half as long as the abdomen. 



S. superba. Nigra, nitida, pedibus coticoloribus. Mas. Meta- 

 tarso antico longissimo, hypopygio longius setoso. (Long. 



.125.) 

 Half as large as the preceding, and very like it : the fore thighs are 

 twisted and armed below with four spinous teeth in a cluster : the 

 fore shanks are deeply notched, with a strong tooth on the inner 

 side ; above this a spine, a small tooth nearer the base ; before the 

 tip on the outer side is a long spine : the fore metatarsus is very 

 long and straight, the next joint is the shortest : the tuft of hairs 

 on each side of the hypopygium is as long as the abdomen. 



The male of this very distinct species was taken near Holy- 

 wood, and again in Wicklow. 



S. minor. Nigra, nitida, pedibus concoloribus. Mas. Tarsis 

 simpUcibus, hypopygio nudo. 



Varies from one-half to one-fifth of the size of S. putris : fore thighs 

 of the male have a few bristles below : the fore shanks have a 

 bifid spine about the middle. 

 Occurs in company with aS*. putris, and is often almost as 



common. 



Tephritis Plantaginis. Flavido-cinerea, capite, sctiiello, pte- 

 dibusque, fnlvisy alts ferrugineo-reticulatis macula costali 

 geminatd nigra. (Long. ,22.) 



Borer of the female black-brown: wings reticulate with ferruginous, 

 outwardly the ground colour is ferruginous, with circular white 

 spots ; about the middle of the rib two black spots divided by a 

 white one : the transverse nervures are approximate in three 

 portions of the wing, the proportion of the dark colour is greatest. 



