660 LIST OF DIPTERA. 



than the thighs ; hind feet pitchy. Length of the body 2 — 2\ lines ; 

 of the wings 4 — 5 lines. 



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



Dolichopus cuprinus? Wied. Auss. Zweif. ii. 230, I. D. cupreus? 

 Say, Journ. Acad. Philad. iii. 8, 6. Aureo-viridis, thorace vittis 

 tribus cupreis, antennis fulvis apice fuscis, pedibus fiavis, tar sis 

 apice nigris, anticis apice nigro-fasciculatis, alis subcinereis. 



Body green, covered above with golden down, beneath with 

 white down : head and chest armed with stout black bristles : hind 

 part of the head fringed with white hairs: eyes red: mouth yellow: 

 feelers tawny, covered with short black hairs ; their tips brown ; 

 bristle pubescent, pitchy, longer than the rest of the feelers : chest 

 adorned with three coppery stripes : abdomen golden green, clothed 

 with short black hairs, white beneath and on each side, where it has 

 a row of black punctures ; appendages yellow : legs yellow, clothed 

 with black hairs ; four hinder hips green ; feet towards the base and 

 shanks armed with black bristles ; four hinder feet black towards 

 the tips ; tips of fore feet adorned with tufts of black hairs : wings 

 slightly gray ; wing-ribs tawny ; veins pitchy ; poisers yellow. 

 Length of' the body 2\ lines ; of the wings 5 lines. 



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

 G. Barnston, Esq. 



Dolichopus lamellipes, Barnston' s MSS., mas. et fern. Viridis 

 aut viridi-cupreus, abdomine subtus albo pubescente, antennis ni* 

 gris basi rujis, articulo 3° mari. longo, pedibus fulvis, tarsis 

 nigris, intermediis basi fulvis anticis mari. apice dilatatis, alis 

 limpidis. 



Body green : head and chest armed with black bristles : head 

 covered with silvery down, fringed behind with black hairs: eyes 

 red : mouth tawny : feelers black ; first joint pale red ; third joint 

 very long : abdomen clothed with black hairs, adorned with a cop- 

 pery tinge towards the tip, which is black, covered with white bloom 

 beneath and on each side, where there is a row of black punctures : 

 legs pale tawny, four hinder hips green, clothed with black hairs and 

 bristles ; feet black ; tips of fore feet widened ; middle feet tawny 

 towards the base : wings colourless ; wing-ribs tawny ; veins pitchy ; 

 poisers pale tawny. Fern. — Third joint of the feelers short, nearly 

 round. Length of the body 2i — 3 lines ; of the wings 5 lines. 



, Var. <3. Chest and abdomen coppery. 



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

 G. Barnston, Esq. 





