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together with the larger onion-flies (P. cepetorum, Mde.). Rondani describes P. 

 platura, Mgn., in addition to his P. cilicrura, and says of the former : " pedes nigri, 

 tibiis posticis nee intus nee antice setulosis," which shows that his were distinct 

 species. Meigen and Schiner say nothing about the armature of the hind-legs m 

 their descriptions of P. platura, so if the species which they described were identical 

 with P. cilicrura, they must have overlooked the row of short cilise on the inner 

 sides of the hind tibia;, which are characteristic of the latter species. 



Stein found another specimen of P. cilicrura, placed under the name of A. 

 ftt.fci.cep.-i, Zett., in Zetterstedt's collection, and in his description of the latter, 

 Zetterstedt mentions the ciliated hind-legs, so there is no doubt about these two 

 being identical. To what species Zetterstedt's description of A. platura refers it is 

 impossible to determine. 



Anthomtia brunnetlinea, Zett. 



M. Stein found that a specimen so named was identical with Hylemyia seti- 

 crura, Rnd. 



Anthomtia piligera, Zett. 



The flics placed under this name were only males of Drymeia hamata. Fin. 



Anthomtia villipes, Zett. 



This was identical with Ph. floccosa, Mcq. 



Anthomtia albiptjncta, Zett. 



Under this title Stein found a specimen of my Hydrotaa fasciculata placed ; 

 Zetterstedt entirely overlooked the dentated fore femora, though he noticed the 

 fasciculus of hairs on the hind-legs. He thus removed this species out of its proper 

 genus. 



UNRECORDED BRITISH ANTHOMIDS. 



Htdeotjea velutina, Desv. 

 brevipennis, Lw. 

 This shining black species bears a general resemblance to H. impexa, Lw. The 

 eyes of the male are bare, contiguous throughout almost their whole length, leaving 

 only a very small, black, triangular space above the antennae, in which is placed a 

 white spot ; face black, with white reflexions ; antennaj rather short ; arista slightly 

 pubescent; thorax with scutellum shining blue-black, having four post-sutural 

 thoracic bristles ; abdomen black, with a greenish tinge, and dull grey reflexions, 

 when viewed from behind ; it is also marked with a longitudinal black stripe, which 

 is dilated over the second segment ; alulets brownish-yellow ; halteres black ; wings 

 rather short, with a brownish tinge, having the cross veins rather near together, the 

 outer one being oblique ; the third and fourth longitudinal veins are parallel beyond 

 the outer cross veins ; legs black, rather slender, the fore femora have one rather 

 small toothed tubercle near the end ; the fore tibise are attenuated near the base, 

 where there is a small tubercle, and are rather dilated and ciliated- along the distal 

 half. Length, about 6 mm. The female is smaller, with sliining black thorax, and 

 dull black abdomen, without white reflexions, but with a greyish apex. The cross 



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