LIST OF DIPTERA. 671 



Conops annulipes, Megerle, Meig. Dipt. iv. 135, 20. 



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



b. France. 



c. -? 



Conops excisa, Wied. Auss, Ziveif. ii. 234, 1. 



a. ? Presented hv the Entomological Club. 



b. ? 



Conops sagittaria, Say, Joum. Acad. Philad. iii. 83, 2. C. nigri 



cornis, Wied. Auss. Ziveif. ii. 236, 4. 

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



Conops aethiops, n.s. Nigra, f route fulvo, abdomine fasciis cinereo- 

 pubescentibus ornato, segmentorum marginibus posticis ferrugi- 

 neis, antennis nigris, articulo 3° piceo, pedibus fulvis, femoribus 

 tibiis apice tarsisque posticis piceis, alisfuscis basi albido vittatis 

 apice cinereo bimaculatis, marginibus posticis limpidis. 



Body black: head tawny in front: eyes red: mouth black : 

 feelers black ; second joint pubescent, nearly thrice the length of 

 the first joint; third joint pitchy, spindle-shaped, about half the 

 length of the second joint ; fourth and following joints very short : 

 abdomen very slender and slightly tapering for near half the length 

 from the base, elliptical, broad and very convex from thence to the 

 tip ; hind borders of the segments ferruginous, adorned with bands 

 of gray down : legs tawny ; hips black, covered with white silky 

 down ; thighs pitchy ; shanks slightly pitchy towards the tips ; tips 

 of the feet and nearly the whole of the hind feet pitchy ; claws 

 black ; foot-cushions tawny : wings dark brown on the whole length 

 and on more than half the breadth from the fore border, with 

 the exception of a whitish streak at the base and of two gray spots 

 near the tip; hind borders colourless; the brown hue forms an 

 angle, which extends beyond the lower cross-vein nearly to the hind 

 border ; wing-ribs pitchy ; veins black ; poisers tawny, pitchy at the 

 base. Length of the body 5 — b\ lines ; of the wings 8 — 9 lines. 



a. North America. Presented by the Entomological Club. 



Conops cruda, n. s. Picea, capiteflavo, abdominis fascia una fer- 

 ruginea nonnullisque cano-pubescentibus, antennis piceis articulo 

 1° subtus fulvo, pedibus ferrugineis femoribus piceis, alis limpi- 

 dis ad costam fuscis fulvoque vittatis. 



Body pitchy, slightly covered with hoary down : head yellow, 

 pitchy behind and on the crown : eyes dark red : mouth pitchy : 

 feelers pitchy ; first joint taw r ny beneath ; second joint pubescent, 



