Diptera danica : genera and species of flies hitherto found in Denmark . to the middle,curved slightly ventrally; hypopygiumon each side prolonged downwards intoa roundish lobe; inwards to these lobesthe arms of lower forceps issue, theyform strong hooks, curved upwardswith apex touching the apex of upperforceps. Legs black; middle tibiæ with-out ventral bristle; claws and pulvillistrongly elongate. Wings a little orsomewhat brownish tinged; veins black; first posterior cell open, ending near apex of wing; apicalcross-vein concave; discai angle rectangular, sometimes with a quiteshort veinlet;
Diptera danica : genera and species of flies hitherto found in Denmark . to the middle,curved slightly ventrally; hypopygiumon each side prolonged downwards intoa roundish lobe; inwards to these lobesthe arms of lower forceps issue, theyform strong hooks, curved upwardswith apex touching the apex of upperforceps. Legs black; middle tibiæ with-out ventral bristle; claws and pulvillistrongly elongate. Wings a little orsomewhat brownish tinged; veins black; first posterior cell open, ending near apex of wing; apicalcross-vein concave; discai angle rectangular, sometimes with a quiteshort veinlet; anal vein reaching near to margin. Squamulæ whitish,the lower with black hairs above. Halteres yellowish to brown. Female. Similar; frons about as broad as the eye; middle tibiæwith ventral bristle. Length 7—11 mm. O. sepulchralis is very common in Denmark and occurringover the whole country in and at woods; the dates are ^*l^—^ViolI have taken it in copula on ^/^ and ^^7. Geographical distribution: — All Europe; towards the northto northernmost Fig. 31. O. sepulchralis, forcepsin profile. 156 Tachinidae. 2. O. aculeata Pand. 1896. Pand. Rev. Entom. XV, 210, 4 {CalUpJwra). — 1902. Villen. Zeitg. XXI, 26, Fig. 3 et 5, et 1907. Ann. Soc. Ent. de Fr. LXXVI, 397.— 1907. Kat. palåarkt. Dipt. III, 549. — 1911. Kram. Abhandl. Nat. , 27, 44, Tab. III, Fig. 17. — 1924. Stein, Arch. f. Naturgesch. 90, 6,265, 1. Male. Frons narrow above but orbits not touching; it is some-what protruding and cheeks broad. Orbits and cheeks silvery shiftingto dark, jowls grey. Frontal stripe black. Orbits and cheeks withfine hairs, jowls black-haired. Occiput grey pruinose with all blackhairs. Antennæ black, third joint at most one and a half times aslong as second; arista moderately yellow or brownish. Thorax bluish black,somewhat dull, slightly whitish pruinose in front,stripes only indicated. Thorax black-haired; twopostsiitiir
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