126 LIST OF DIPTERA. 



5 . Scutelli radiis 6. 



B. nigra, Meig. Dipt. ii. 7. Macq. Dipt. Nord. 138, 6. 

 a. England. 



Group II. Loew, Ent. Zeit. Stett. vi. 287. 



1. With black rays on the scutellum. 



Beris nitens, Loew y Ent. Zeit. Stett. vi. 287, 7. 



<?. 1. Scutelli radiis 4. 



B. hirsuta, Macq. Hist. Nat. Dipt. i. 232, 3. 



2. Scutelli radiis 6. 



Stratiomys similis, Forst. Nov. Ins. Sp. i. 97. Gmel. Ed. Syst. 

 Nat. v. 2837, 167. Beris nigripes, Meig. Dipt. ii. 7, 9. 



5 . 1. Scutelli radiis 4. 



Xylophagus nitens, Latr. Gen. Crust, iv. 273. Actina chaly- 

 bea, Meig. Klass. Zweif. i. 117, 1. Beris nitens, Meig. Dipt. 

 ii. 2, 1. Macq. Dipt. Nord. 136, 1. Hist. Nat. Dipt. i. 

 231, 1. 



2. Scutelli radiis 6. 



B. femoralis, Meig. Dipt. ii. 6, 7. 



3. Scutelli radiis 8. 



B. flavifemorata, Meig. Dipt. ii. 8, 10. 



a. England. 



b. France. 



2. With yellow rays on the scutellum. 



Beris tibialis, Meig. Dipt, ii, 3, 2. Macq. Dipt. Nord. 136, 2. 



IZw*. iVa£. Dipt. i. 232, 2,p/. 5,/. 15. Loew, Ent. Zeit. Stett. 



vi. 304, 8. 

 a. England. 



Beris apicalis, White, Zool. Voy. Erebus and Terror, 

 a. New Zealand. Presented by Dr. A. Sinclair. 



Beris albimacula, n. s., mas. Purpureo-niger, thorace cinereo tri- 

 vittato, scutello dentibus 4 fulvis, pedibus fulvis, femoribus 

 fuscis, pedibus posticis piceis albo-cinctis, alis limpidis, apice 

 fuscis. 



Body black, with a very slight purple tint: feelers tawny, their 

 tips black : eyes piceous : three gray stripes on the chest : scutcheon 



