. Diptera danica : genera and species of flies hitherto found in Denmark. Diptera -- Denmark. Uolichopodidae. 191 metatarsus almost only half as long as the second joint. The legs have short, black hairs, posterior femora with one preapical bristle; front tibiæ with a couple of bristles above, but none below; middle tibiæ with two dorsal rows and one ventral bristle, and hind tibiæ likewise. Wings slightly or somewhat brownish tinged; veins black or blackish; discai vein almost whithout bend and chiefly parallel. Fig. 56. Wing of H. metallicus d". with the cubital vein; posterior cross-ve
. Diptera danica : genera and species of flies hitherto found in Denmark. Diptera -- Denmark. Uolichopodidae. 191 metatarsus almost only half as long as the second joint. The legs have short, black hairs, posterior femora with one preapical bristle; front tibiæ with a couple of bristles above, but none below; middle tibiæ with two dorsal rows and one ventral bristle, and hind tibiæ likewise. Wings slightly or somewhat brownish tinged; veins black or blackish; discai vein almost whithout bend and chiefly parallel. Fig. 56. Wing of H. metallicus d". with the cubital vein; posterior cross-vein placed after the middle and thus the tirst and second part of the discai vein approximately of the same length; axillary lobe somewhat developed. Squamulæ yellow, black fringed. Halteres yellow. Female. Epistoma broader than in the male, but not specially broad, grey. Antennæ shorter, third joint very short. Wings slightly more tinged. Length 3,8—4,4 mm. The pupa is pale yellow, it has a length of 4,5 mm. H. metallicus is not rare in Denmark; Charlottenlund, Ordrup Mose, Ermelund, Dyrehaven, Bøllemosen, Lyngby Mose, Ryget Skov, Geel Skov, Ørholm, Brede, Tisvilde, Faxe Ladeplads; on Langeland at Lohals; in Jutland at Funder near Silkeborg. My dates are ^/c—^/s. It occurs in low herbage in woods on humid piaces and at the horders of water. The larva was found by Mr. Kryger in Ermelund in moss on '^/4, and the imago came on ^^/s. Geographical distribution: — Northern and middle Europe down into Gorsica; towards the north to southern Sweden. 14. H. assimilis Stæg. 1842. Stæg. Krøyer's Tidsskr. IV, 41, 36 (Dolichopus). — 1843. Zett. Dipt Scand. II, 574, 63 (Dolichopus). — 1862. Schin. F. A. I, 211. — 1903. Kat. palaarkt. Dipt. II, 317. — Dolichopus aerosus 1838. Zett. Ins. Lapp. 711, 16 p. p. Male. Vertex and frons greenish, densely grey dusted; ocellar tubercle dark. Epistoma narrow, greyish white. Palpi dark. Occiput. Please note that these images are ex
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