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Hab. 一 Hokkaido (Sapporo) ； in the college collection we have 2 ビ 



Jap. name ― Yezo-ko-nirataabu 



3. Pipiza inornata Mats. (n. sp.) PL I, fig. io， 



宇. Much resembles to the former species, but on the following points 

 from the latter may be distinguished. 



Body much smaller, not so hairy as that of the former species. 

 Abdomen black, polished, elliptical, broadest at the third segment, while 

 in yezoensis broadest at the second, without any marking at all ； 

 ventral side fuscous. Wings in the middle with a fuscous nebula each. 

 Halteres deep yellow. 



Length 一 ^ 8 mm.; exp. 14 mm. 



Hab. ― Hokkaido (Moiwa in Sapporo). 



Jap. name 一 Kuro-ko-hirataabu . 



Germs 4. Pimzeila Rondanl 



RoNDANi : Dipt. ital. prdr. II 185 (1857). 

 Mulio F. ； Pipiza Fall., Meig. & Schin. 

 Heringia & Pipizeila Rond. 



Dark metallic green or black small species, body apparently haired 

 and punctured ； from the genus ParagUS differs as follow : 



1. Face always dark. Head as broad as the thorax; antennae 

 longer than the head, the third joint elongated, tapered towards the apex, 

 with a bare arista near the base, lower part of the face evenly vaulted, 

 without tubercle, at the epistorna somewhat elongated, unicolous metallic- 

 green or black. Eyes hairly, in the male holoptic and in the female 

 dich optic. 



2. Thorax longer than the width, quadrangular, with blunt shoul- 

 ders Scutellum with an edge along the margin and unarmed, 



3. Abdomen somewhat longer than, three times of the thorax, 

 flattened ； thickly haired, the hairs not being concolorous with the body. 



4 Legs black, the metatarsi of hind legs somewhat thickened, 

 shorter than the following segments taken together, with fine hairs. 



5. Wiiig-.s short and broad, at the apex rounded ； at rest foldinij them 



