228 DURHAM DIPTERA. 



XXXI. 378. 



378. Micropalpus, Mcq. 



1 (2). Legs orange ; frontal stripe orange. 



1778. Micropalpus vulpinus, Fin. 

 Hesleden, 1 % July, 1899. 



2 (1). Legs black, at most the tibiae brownish. 



3 (4). Frontal stripe bright orange; jowls bare. 



(1779. complus, Fin.) 



4 (3). Frontal stripe darkish grey, shimmering, or brown, 



sometimes brown-red ; jowls with bristles. 



5 (6). Male genitalia red ; V.3 1 with seven bristles near the 



base ; cheeks bristly. 

 1780. Micropalpus hcemorrhoidalis, Fin. 

 Shull, i $, July, 1900. 



6 (5). Male genitalia black ; V.3 1 with thirteen bristles ; 



cheeks with long fine hairs, not bristly. 



(1781. pudicus, Rnd.) 



379. Variceleta, Speis. (Erigone, Dsv.) 



1 (4). Palpi black, or at most the extreme tip brownish 



yellow. 



2 (3). Wings brownish, the base yellow, and the veins 



slightly clouded. (1782. radiaim, F.) 



3 (2). Wings clear, not yellow at the base, and the veins not 



clouded. (1785. ccesia, Fin.) 



4 (1). Palpi yellow. 



5 (6). Antennas orange ; third joint dark brown, except at 



the base; dorsum four-striped, the two inner 

 stripes approximate. 



1783. Varichceta strenua, F. 

 Bishop Auckland, 1 $ and 1 ?, June, 1901, bred by 

 Mr. Greenwell. 



6 (5). Antennae black, at least always at the base. 



7 (12). Dorsum with the beginnings of three black stripes, 



the centre one very broad. 



8 (9). Scutellum with the apex red. (1784. vagans, Mg.) 





