510 LIST OF DIPTERA. 



Platypalpus pectoralis, Macq. Hist. Nat. Dipt. i. 356, 22. Tachy- 

 dromia pectoralis, Fall. Empid. 9, 8. Meig. Dipt. iii. 87, 

 46. 



a. France. 



Platypalpus calceatus, Macq. Hist. Nat. Dipt. i. 356, 20. Tachy- 

 dromia calceata, Meig. Dipt. iii. 87, 45. Zett. Ins. Lapp. 550. 

 4. T. flavipes, var. y. Fall. Empid. 6, 1. 



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



Platypalpus lutens, Macq. Hist. Nat. Dipt. i. 356, 23. Tachydro- 

 mia lutea, Fall. Empid. 10, 10. Meig. Dipt. iii. 89, 51. Zett. 

 Ins. Lapp. 552, 11. 



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



b. France. 



Platypalpus articulatus, Macq. Dipt. Nord. 98, 10. Hist. Nat. 

 Dipt. i. 354, 14. Tachydromia articulata, Meig. Dipt. vii. 98, 

 53,66. 



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



b. France. 



Platypalpus, Bacis, n. s. Ferrugineus, abdominis dorso piceo, an- 

 tennis fulvis apice nigris, pedibus fulvis, posticis longis validis, 

 alis limpidis. 



Body dark ferruginous : eyes dark red : lip tawny, as long as 

 the head: feelers black ; first and second joints dark tawny ; third 

 joint broad, nearly round; bristle very long, more than twice the 

 length of all the preceding joints: abdomen piceous above: legs 

 tawny, clothed with short black bristles ; hind legs stout and long : 

 wings colourless ; wing-ribs ferruginous ; veins piceous ; poisers 

 tawny. Length of the body li line ; of the wings 3 lines. 



a. Jamaica. From Mr. Gosse's collection. 







Platypalpus Alexippus, n. s. Cinereo-niger, antennis nigris, pedi- 

 bus fulvis, femoribus intermediis validis, alis limpidis. 



Body black, covered with a gray bloom :, feelers and mou 

 black: legs pale tawny; middle thighs thick: wings^ colourless ; 

 wing- ribs and veins piceous ; poisers tawny. Length of the body | 

 line ; of the wings 1 J line. 



a. St. Martin's Falls, Albany River, Hudson's Bay. Presented by 

 G. Barnston, Esq. 





