492 LIST OF DIPTERA. 



Gloma, Meigen. 



Gloma Phthia, n. s., mas. Nigra, antennis nigris, pedibus flavis, 

 femoribus fulvis, pedibus posticis longis validis, alis nigro- 

 cinereis. 



Body black, hairy : eyes dark red : feelers black : lip tawny, a 

 little longer than the head : legs yellow ; thighs tawny ; hind legs 

 long and stout, their thighs and shanks piceous : wings dark gray ; 

 wing-ribs piceous ; veins black ; poisers dark tawny, with piceous 

 knobs. Length of the body 2 lines ; of the wings 4 lines. 



a. Trenton Falls. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



Note. — The wings of this species have two cross-veins, which do 

 not appear in the wings of G. fuscipennis, and the fork of the vein 

 at the tip is wanting. 



Em pis, Linn. 



Group I. 



Empis tessellata, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iv. 405, 10. Syst. And. 140, 13. 

 Latr. Gen. Crust, iv. 303. Wied. Zool. Mag. i. 2, 25. Fall. 

 Empid. 17, 2. Lam. Anim. sans Vert. iii. 402, 3. Meig.Dipt. 

 iii. 17, 1. vi. 337. Curt. Brit. Ent. 18, 1, 2nd edit. Macq. 

 Hist. Nat. Dipt. i. 327, 2. Empis livida, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iv. 

 405, 10. Sp. Ins. ii. 471, 5. Syst. Anil. 139, 10. Turt. iii. 

 666. 



a. England. 



b. France. 



Ct p From Mr. Children's collection. 



Empis opaca, Fabr. Syst. Antl. 138, 7. Meig. Dipt. iii. 17, 2. 

 Macq. Hist. Nat. Dipt. i. 328, 5. E. rufipes, Fabr. Syst. Antl. 

 138, 5. 



a. England. 



b. ? From Mr. Children's collection. 



Empis livida, Linn. Syst. Nat. Ed. xii. 2, 1003, 3. Faun. Suec. 

 1897. Deg. Ins. vi. 101, I, pi. 14, /. 14. Schell. Gen. Mouch. 

 pi. 31 , /. 1. Herbst. Gem. Nat. viii. 118, pi. 344, /. 2. Geoff. 

 Ins. ii. 474, 17. Schrank. Faun. Boic. iii. 2573. Harr. Ex. 

 149, pi. 44,/. 1. Stew. El. ii. 270. Latr. Gen. Crust, iv. 303. 

 Fall. Empid. 18, 4. Lam. Anim. sans Verteb. iii. 401, 2. 

 Meig. Dipt. iii. 35, 36. Curt. Brit. Ent. 18, 5, 2nd edit. 



