Gen. LISPE, _Meigen_.
152. LISPE BIMACULATA, n. s. _Foem._ Nigra, capite atro antice aurato
subtus albido, pectore pedibusque cinereis, abdomine vitta cinerea
maculis duabus subapicalibus albis, femoribus intermediis basi
dilatatis, alis cinereis, halteribus testaceis.
_Female._ Black; head deep black above, gilded in front, whitish on
each side beneath; pectus and legs cinereous; abdomen with a slender
cinereous stripe, and with a white spot on each side near the tip;
knees pale; middle femora dilated at the base; wings cinereous; veins
black, tawny at the base; discal transverse vein parted by less than
its length from the border, and by about twice its length from the
præbrachial transverse; halteres testaceous. Length of the body 3
lines; of the wings 6 lines.
Gen. CÆNOSIA, _Meigen_.
153. CÆNOSIA LUTEICORNIS, _Walk._ (see Vol. III. p. 108). _Foem._
Cana, capite aurato, frontalibus pedibusque fulvis, palpis albis,
antennis pallide luteis, abdomine subtestaceo apice cano maculis
quatuor nigris alis cinerascentibus; halteribus testaceis.
This is probably the female of C. _luteicornis_, though the wings have
no trace of an apical spot.
_Female._ Hoary; head pale gilded, hoary behind and beneath; frontalia
tawny, widening slightly in front; palpi white; antennæ pale luteous,
reaching the epistoma, 3rd joint linear, rounded at the tip, six
times the length of the 2nd; arista plumose to full half its length;
abdomen dull testaceous, hoary towards the tip, where it is very
bristly above, 3rd and 4th segments with a black dorsal spot on each,
4th and 5th segments with a black spot on each side; legs tawny;
tarsi piceous; wings greyish; veins black, testaceous at the base;
discal transverse vein parted by a little less than its length from
the border, and by much more than its length from the præbrachial
transverse; alulæ pale cinereous; halteres testaceous. Length of the
body 3 lines; of the wings 6 lines.
154. CÆNOSIA SIGNATA, n. s. _Foem._ Cinereo-fulva, capite antennis
pedibus halteribusque testaceis, thoracis vittis quatuor scutelli
disco abdominisque vitta nigris, alis cinereis subluridis.
_Female._ Cinereous-tawny; head testaceous, white about the eyes;
antennæ testaceous, not near reaching the epistoma, 3rd joint
elongate-conical, about twice the length of the 2nd; arista plumose to
the tip; thorax with four black stripes, the outer pair interrupted;
disk of the scutellum black; abdomen with a black stripe, which is
interrupted on the hind border of each segment; legs testaceous; wings
grey with a slight lurid tinge; veins tawny, costal vein black, discal
transverse vein parted by little more than half its length from the
border, and by about twice its length from the præbrachial transverse;
halteres testaceous. Length of the body 2-1/2 lines; of the wings 5
lines.
155. COENOSIA RESPONDENS, n. s. _Foem._ Cana, capite apud oculos albo,
palpis albidis, antennis halteribusque testaceis, thorace lineis
tribus nigris, abdomine subfusiformi e maculis nigris trivittato,
pedibus nigris, femoribus apice tibiisque fulvis, alis cinereis,
alulis albis.
_Female._ Hoary; head white about the eyes; frontalia reddish; palpi
whitish; antennæ testaceous, 3rd joint long, slender, nearly reaching
the epistoma; thorax with three black lines; abdomen nearly fusiform,
a little longer than the thorax, with three black spots on each
segment, legs black, femora towards the tips and tibiæ tawny; wings
grey; discal transverse vein parted by about twice its length from the
præbrachial transverse, and by about its length from the border; alulæ
white; halteres testaceous. Length of the body 2-1/2 lines; of the
wings 5 lines.
Subfam. HELOMYZIDES, _Fallen_.