104 LIST OF DIPTERA. 



Sciara propinqua, n. s. Nigro-fusca, antennis nigris, pedibus pi- 

 ceis, alis nigro-piceis. 



Body deep brown : feelers black: legs piceous: wings dark pi- 

 ceous, especially towards the base, when the fore border is convex ; 

 fore border veins black ; the rest piceous and more slender. Length 

 of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



Sciara ruficollis, n. s. Capite nigro, thorace rufo nigra bivittato, 

 abdomine piceo, antennis pedibusque piceis, femoribus fulvis, 

 alis fuscis. 



Kesembles Thomce in shape, but is larger. Head black : chest 

 red, with a black stripe on each side : abdomen piceous : feelers pi- 

 ceous, tawny at the base: legs piceous ; thighs tawny: wings brown, 

 darker along the fore border ; first and second longitudinal veins 

 piceous ; the rest tawny ; poisers piceous. Length of the body 2j 

 lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 



a. Congo. 



Sciara Thomae, Fabr. Syst. Anil. 56, 1. Meig. Dipt. i. 278, 1, vi. 

 306. Macq. Hist. Nat. Dipt. i. 147, 1. Gim. Bull. Soc. Imp. 

 Nat. Mosc. 1846, xix. 2, 64, 1. Stag. Kroy. Nat. Tids. iii. 

 282, 1. S. lateralis, Megerle, Meig. Dipt. i. 279, 3, vi. 306. 

 Tipula Thomae, Fabr. Sp. Ins. ii. 410, 54. Mant. Ins. ii. 327, 

 67. Ent. Syst. iv. 250, 78. Gmel. Ed. Syst. Nat. v. 2823, 39. 

 Tipule, &c, Geoff. Ins. ii. 559, 12. Panz. Faun. Germ. lix. 9. 

 Hirtea Thomae, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Suppl. 552, 8. Molobrus 

 Thomae, Latr. Gen. Crust, iv. 263. Cons. Gen. 442. 



a. England. 



b. ? From Mr. Children's collection. 



Sciara Morio, Fabr. Syst. Anil. 57, 2. Meig. Dipt. i. 278, 2, vi. 



306. Macq. Hist. Nat. Dipt. i. "147, 2, pi. 4, /. 1. Dipt. 



Nord. i. 86, 1. Zett. Ins. Lapp. 825. Gim. Bull. Soc. Imp. 



Nat. Mosc. 1846, xix. 2, 825, 1. Blanch. Hist. Nat. An. Art. 



iii. 573. Stag. Kroy. Nat. Tids. iii. 282, 2. S. florilega, 



Meig. Klass. Zweif. i. 98, 2. Tipula Thomae ? Linn. Syst. 



Nat. ii. 976, 37. T. forcipata, Fabr. Sp. Ins. ii. 410, 58. 



Ent. Syst. iv. 250, 81. Gmel. Syst. Nat. v. 2824. 104. Hirtea 



forcipata, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Suppl. 553, 11. Syst. Antl. 55, 16. 



Rhagio Morio, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iv. 275, 18. 

 a. England. 



