216 LIST OF DIPTERA. 



ny, with piceous knobs. Length of the body 2j lines ; of the wings 

 5 lines. 



a. Trenton Falls. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



Leptis aequalis, n. s. Nigra, sericata, capite subtus fulvo, abdomine 

 cinereo subfasciato, antennis femoribusque piceis, pedibus fulvis, 

 alls limpidis. 



Body black, velvet-like, thinly clothed with tawny hairs : head 

 beneath dark tawny and clothed with tawny hairs : feelers dark pi- 

 ceous : mouth black : eyes red : sutures of the abdominal segments 

 slightly gray : legs tawny ; hips and breast dark gray ; thighs pi- 

 ceous, with tawny tips : wings colourless, slightly tawny along the 

 fore borders; brands brown, short; veins piceous. Length of the 

 body 2f lines ; of the wings 5 lines. 



a. New Holland. 



Leptis bicolor, Fabr. Syst. Antl. 71, 8. Meig. Dipt ii. 102, 21, 

 vi. 321. L. auricollis, Hoffmansegg, Meig. Dipt. ii. 103, 22. 

 Var. (?) L. oculata, Meig. Dipt. vi. 322, 24. L. luteola, Zett. 

 Ins. Lapp. 527, 6. L. nubecula, Meig. Dipt. vi. 321, 23. 

 Rhagio bicolor, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iv. 274, 11. Meig. Klass. 

 Zweif. i. 305, h. Atherix oculata, Fabr. Syst. Antl. 74, 7. 

 Chrysopila bicolor, Macq. Hist. Nat. Dipt. i. 430, 4. Loew, 

 Prog. 1840, 9, 1. Gim. Bull. Soc. Imp. Nau Mosc. 1847, 1, 

 198, 3. 



a. France. 



b. — ? From Mr. Children's collection. 



Leptis quadrata, Say, Journ. Acad. Phil. 1822, 33, 3. Wied. Auss. 

 Zweif. i. 226, 11. 



a. Trenton Falls. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



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



Leptis reflexa, n. s., mas. et fern. Ferruginea, antennis pedibusque 

 fulvis, alis basi fuscis. 



Body bright ferruginous, clothed with short hairs of the same 

 colour : head beneath paler : eyes red, darker in front : mouth and 

 feelers tawny, last joint of the latter black: breast and abdomen a 

 little paler than the chest: legs tawny; tips of the feet darker: 

 wings brown, especially along the fore border, for about half their 

 length from the base, the hind border excepted ; veins tawny ; poisers 

 pale tawny, with brown knobs. Allied to L, quadrata and to L. nu- 

 beculosa. Fern. — Abdomen tapering at the tip : wing-brands rather 



