. Diptera Danica: genera and species of flies hitherto found in Denmark. Diptera. 100 Orthorrhapha brachycera. teeth with curved, black hairs; only the most dorsally placed tooth is longer; the ventral margin serrated with curved hairs, and on the inner side of the margin only few, fine, inwards directed hairs. Legs yellow, posterior coxse grey, slightly pale just at the apex; front tarsi with apex of metatarsus and the following joints black; middle tibia somewhat long, depressed, flat and very thin, slightly swollen at the apex; it has a brown line along the dorsal side and is white near the
. Diptera Danica: genera and species of flies hitherto found in Denmark. Diptera. 100 Orthorrhapha brachycera. teeth with curved, black hairs; only the most dorsally placed tooth is longer; the ventral margin serrated with curved hairs, and on the inner side of the margin only few, fine, inwards directed hairs. Legs yellow, posterior coxse grey, slightly pale just at the apex; front tarsi with apex of metatarsus and the following joints black; middle tibia somewhat long, depressed, flat and very thin, slightly swollen at the apex; it has a brown line along the dorsal side and is white near the apex with the very apex black; middle tarsi black, the first joint a little flat and feathered at the margins; hind tibiae black just at the tip, and hind tarsi black. The legs have short, black hairs, paler below the hind femora; posterior femora with one preapical bristle; front tibiae with bristles above, and two on the postero-ventral side; the middle tibiae have three anterior bristles and one postero-dorsal near the base, and besides there are a dorsal, an anterior and a ventral bristle near the apex; the hind tibiae have two dorsal rows, and a ventral bristle towards the apex, and besides a ventral row of small bristles; hind metatarsi with two bristles above, an anterior, and small bristles below. Wings very slightly tinged; veins blackish, costa with a quite small swelling; discal vein with a somewhat large, ob- tuse bend; axillary lobe very large, anal vein going much downwards. Squamulae yellow, black fringed. Halteres pale Fig. 26. Antenna of D. pluniipes 9, from the inside. X 65. Female. Epistoma broad, whitish grey or light yellowish grey. Antennae shorter than in the male, third joint short. Middle legs simple, tibiae with four antero-dorsal, two postero-dorsal or dorsal bristles, and one ventral bristle below the middle.^ Wings a little darker than in the male; costa without swelling; axillary lobe a little smaller. Length 4—4,5 mm. D. plumipes is ve
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