

494 LIST QF DIPTERA. 



legs tawny, beset with short black hairs and bristles ; hips black ; 

 feet piceous towards the tips : wings slightly tawny ; wing-ribs and 

 poisers bright tawny ; veins piceous, tawny towards the base and 

 along the fore borders. Length of the body 2 lines ; of the wings 4 

 lines. 



a. Nova Scotia. From Lieut. Kedman's collection. 



Empis Abcirus, n. s., mas. Fulvo-cana, thoracis vittis quatuor cine- 

 reis, abdomine nigro, antennis fulvis apice nigris, pedibus fulvis, 

 tarsis apice piceis, alis limpidis. 



Head hoary, thinly clothed beneath with black hairs : hyposto- 

 ma black: lip tawny for more than half its length, black thence to 

 the tip, nearly as long as the body : eyes bright red : feelers black ; 

 first and second joints dark tawny : chest and breast hoary, with a 

 tawny tinge : chest adorned with four gray stripes, between which 

 are rows of short black bristles ; the hind border of the chest is beset 

 with longer black bristles: abdomen black, shining: legs tawny, 

 beset with short black hairs and bristles ; hips black ; feet piceous 

 towards the tips ; foot-cushions and claws tawny: wings colourless; 

 wing-ribs and poisers bright tawny ; veins piceous, tawny towards 

 the base and along the fore borders. Length of the body 2\ lines ; 

 of the wings 5 lines. 



a. Georgia. From Mr. Abbot's collection. 



Gronp II. 



Empis pennipes, Linn. Syst.Nat. Ed. xii. 103, 2. Faun. Suec. 1896. 

 Gmel. Ed. Syst. Nat. v. 2889,2. Fabr. Sp. Ins. ii. 471, 2. 

 Ent. Syst. iv. 404, 5. Syst. And. 138, 6. Sulz. Ins. pi. 21, 

 /. 137. Panz. Faun. Germ. 74, 18. Schell. Gen. Mouch. 

 pi. 35, 2. Schcef. Icon. pi. 192, /. 3. Latr. Gen. Crust, iv. 

 303. Cons. Gen. 443. Regn. Anim. v. 459. Stew. El. ii. 

 269. Turt. iii. 665. Wood, III. Linn. Gen. Ins. ii. 100, pi. 68. 

 Lam. Anim. sans Verteb. iii. 401, 1. Meig. Dipt. iii. 21, 8. 

 Curt. Brit. Ent. 18, 27, 2nd edit. Macq. Hist. Nat. Dipt. i. 

 331, 16. Zett. Ins. Lapp. 561, 6. Empis pennata, Schrank. 

 Ins. Austr. 987. Faun. Boic. iii. 2571 . E. ciliata, Meig. Klass. 

 Zweif. i. 220, 3 Fall. Empid. 20, 8. E. longirostris, Meig. 

 Klass. Zweif. i. 223, 11. 



a. England. 



b. England. Presented by F. Walker, Esq. 



