LIST OF DIPTERA. 511 



Drapetis, Meigen. 



Drapetis exilis, Megerle, Meig. Dipt. iii. 91, 1, vi. 344. Curt. Brit. 



Ent. 397, 1. Macq. Hist. Nat. Dipt. i. 357, 1. Zett. Ins. Lapp. 



554, 1. Tachydromia assimilis, Fall. Dipt. Suee. Empid. 8, 5, 



34, 5. 

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



Drapetis nigra, Meig. Dipt. vi. 344, 2. Curt. Brit. Ent. 397, 2. 

 Macq. Hist. Nat. Dipt. i. 358, 4. 



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



b. • ? From Mr. Children's collection. 



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



G. Barnston, Esq. 



Fam. XII. Inflate. 



Cyrtus, Latreille. 



Cyrtus magnus, n. s., mas, Fulvus, thoracis disco fusco, abdomi- 

 nis fasciis ventreque nigris, antennis nigris basi fulvis, pedibus 

 fulvis, tibiis posticis femoribusque piceis, alis subfulvis. 



Body dark brown, thickly clothed with short tawny hairs : eyes 

 black, very hairy : feelers black, tawny at the base : scutcheon and 

 sides of the chest tawny : abdomen tawny, much longer and broader 

 than the chest ; a short black band on the fore border of each seg- 

 ment ; underside black : legs tawny, clothed with tawny down ; 

 thighs and hind shanks for the most part pitchy: wings slightly 

 tawny ; wing-ribs, veins, and poisers tawny : scales colourless, 

 fringed with short tawny hairs. Length of the body 6 lines; of 

 the wings 11 lines. 

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



Cyrtus gibbus, Meig. Dipt. iii. 92, 1, pi. 24, /. 1, 6. Macq. Hist. 



Nat. Dipt. i. 366, 1. Syrphus gibbus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iv. 



311, 120. Acrocera gibba, Fabr. Syst. Antl. 332, 1. ' Meig. 



Klass. Zweif. i. 149, a. Cyrtus acephalus, Latr. Gen. Crust, iv. 



317. Cons. Gen. 443, Coq. Icon. Ins. pi. 26, /. 6. 

 a. South of France. 



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