158 Descriptions of British Diptera. 



with a white spot before the ocelli ; thorax with a lateral line of 

 sulphur-yellow on each side extending to the base of the wings ; 

 scutellum and spines sulphur-yellow ; anus with a semicircular 

 pale-yellow spot ; halteres whitish ; legs reddish-yellow, the hinder 

 thighs brownish before the apex. 2^ lines. 

 " Glanville's Wootton." — J. C Dale, Esq. 



6. OXYCERA ANALIS. 



Meig. iii. 130 ; Megerle. 



Somewhat larger than the preceding, to which it is very similar : 

 antennae entirely black ; thorax with a yellow lateral line, the scu- 

 tellum and a mark above the anus of the same colour ; wings with 

 a fuscous spot ; thighs entirely black, except a small portion at the 

 apex, the hinder tibiae marked with a dark-brown spot. 2§ lines. 



" Mullet's Copse ; Glanville's Wootton." — J. C. Dale, Esq. 



Genus NEMOTELUS, Geoff. 



Antennae nearly as in Oxycera, the two first joints being almost 



equal, the third elongate, divided into four rings, and having a short 



two-jointed style at the extremity, (Fig. 2 ;) inserted at the apex of 



a conical hypostome projecting in the form of a beak, and covering the 



proboscis, which is long, 

 slender, geniculated and 

 without distinct lobes ; la- 

 brum long, narrow, and 

 pointed ; palpi very mi- 

 nute, if they exist at all ; 

 thorax subquadrate ; abdo- 

 men oval, scarcely wider than the head ; scutellum unarmed ; hal- 

 teres uncovered. 



The short conical beak readily distinguishes this genus from others 

 of the family. The species are rather of small size, few in number, 

 and frequent marshy places ; the larvae probably inhabiting stagnant 

 pools. As in most of the allied genera, the sexes are distinguished 

 by the size of the eyes, those of the male being large, and meeting 

 at their inner edges, while in the female they are smaller, and se- 

 parated from each other by a considerable space. 



1. Nemotejlus uliginosus. (s.J 

 Musca uliginosa, Linn. ; Donovan, xv. pi. 519. Nemotelus uliginosus, Fabr. ; 



Meig. Zwei. iii. 114, pi. 25, fig. 19, $. 

 Head black, with a white spot over the antennsein the male, which 



