868 Mr. A. H. Haliday's Descriptions of Dipterous Insects. 



vix crassior; articulo 2^° vix S*'"*" sequante : Femora postica subnuda. 

 Sequenti simillimus. 



5[ Sea coast, Holywood, March, 1831.] 



12. Prodromus. Meig. IV, 64, 9. 



(Mas.) tibiis intermediis arcuatis intus pectinato-setosis. 

 Long, corp. vix 1 lin. 



Alarum color quam in M. Scambo et curvipede fere dilutior: Maris 

 femora intermedia obclavata subtus setoso-ciliata : Tibiae ferruginese 

 arcuatse setulis longioribus rigidis : Metatarsus basi subtus angulatus, 

 baud abbreviatus ut in antecedentibus : Femora postica subnuda. 



% Most abundant on the sea-coast at Holywood, appearing a little 

 earlier than M. curcipes. 



C. Femoribus muticis, metatarso postico breviore prominulo, Hypo- 

 pygio injiexo, Thorace ante scutellum deplanato. Tsechobates, miki. 



13. Jaculus. Meig. IV, 66, 14.? 



Fall. Dol. 5, 7. 

 5[ I captured one specimen (of this species as I think) in a sand pit at 

 Erith, but have not preserved it.] 



14. nigricans. Meig. IV, Q7, 16, 



[I have specimens from Greenwich Park, apparently of this species, 

 but so ill preserved that I am not confident.] 



15. Truncorum. Meig. IV, 67, 15. 



5r Common in sunny gravel pits, Holywood, and in the county Galway. 



D. Femoribus muticis, pedibus gracilibus elongatis, metatarso postico 

 longiore. Leptopus, mihi. 



16. teneUus. Meig. IV, 69, 21. 



^ In moist meadows, Holywood.] 



17. ornatus. M. ochraceus, thorace supra et abdominis vitta dorsali 



viridi micantibus. 



Long. corp. 1|. 

 5[ Taken in Darent Wood.] 



