122 LIST OF DIPTERA. 



segments with a slight tawny tinge : legs red ; thighs, shanks 

 feet with black tips : wings very slightly tinged with brown, 

 each having a brown stripe along the fore border from the base of 

 the wing to the brand, which is dark brown ; veins brown ; poisers 

 piceous. Length of the body 2f lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 



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



Bibio scita, n. s., fern. Nigra, pedibus rufis , femoribus apice nigris, 

 alis fuscis. 



The colour of the legs of this species distinguishes it from B. 

 fuscipennis, Macq. Body black, shining, clothed with short tawny 

 hairs: feelers black : legs red; knees and tips of the thighs black ; 

 tips of the feet brown : wings brown ; veins and brands piceous ; 

 poisers tawny, with black knobs. Length of the body 3 lines ; of 

 the wings 8 lines. 



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



Bibio vestita, n. s. Nigra, tarsis et tibiis posticis rufo-fuscis apice 

 nigris, alis albidis. 



Body black, and clothed with black hairs : feelers and legs 

 black: feet and hind shanks reddish brown, with black tips: wings 

 whitish; fore border veins brown, tawny towards the base of the 

 wing; the other veins very pale and indistinct; poisers piceous. 

 Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 



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



Bibio fumipennis, Barnstons MSS., mas. Niger, pedibus fulvis, 

 genubus tarsisque apice fuscis, alis fuscis. 



Body black, shining, clothed with tawny hairs: eyes dark red : 

 feelers black : legs bright tawny ; knees and tips of feet brown : 

 wings brown ; fore border veins and brands darker; the other veins 

 and the poisers tawny. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 6 

 lines. 



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

 G. Barnston, Esq. 



Bibio striatipes, Barnstorms MSS., mas. Niger, pedibus fulvis, 

 femorum tibiarum et tarsorum apicibus piceis, tibiis piceo vitta- 

 tis, alis limpidis. 



Body black, shining, clothed with tawny hairs : eyes red : 

 feelers black : legs tawny ; tips of thighs, of shanks and of feet pi- 

 ceous ; a piceous stripe along each shank, which, like the base of 

 each foot, is dilated : wings colourless ; fore border veins tawny ; 



