. 186 Orthorrhapha brachycera. Male. Vertex and frons grey dusted; ocellar tubercle dark. Epi- stoma not narrow, grey; clypeus bent angularly inwards. Palpi black. Occiput greenish, greyish pruinose; postocular bristles black. Antennae black, not as long as the head, the third joint about as long as broad, triangularly pointed; arista distinctly short-haired. Thorax dark green or aeneous green, rarely aeneous, it may sometimes be brighter in the middle; it is slightly pruinose, shining; scutellum ..^^^^ Fig. 53. Antenna of E. celer d", from the inside. X 80. haired with dark hairs, browni
. 186 Orthorrhapha brachycera. Male. Vertex and frons grey dusted; ocellar tubercle dark. Epi- stoma not narrow, grey; clypeus bent angularly inwards. Palpi black. Occiput greenish, greyish pruinose; postocular bristles black. Antennae black, not as long as the head, the third joint about as long as broad, triangularly pointed; arista distinctly short-haired. Thorax dark green or aeneous green, rarely aeneous, it may sometimes be brighter in the middle; it is slightly pruinose, shining; scutellum ..^^^^ Fig. 53. Antenna of E. celer d", from the inside. X 80. haired with dark hairs, brownish at the margin. Pleura greenish, grey pruinose; propleura with a few pale hairs and a black prothoracic bristle. Abdomen dark green or somewhat aeneous, very slightly pruinose downwards; it is clothed with short, black hairs, and has hindmarginal bristles, which are longer on the first segment. Venter greenish, grey pruinose, with yellow or brownish hairs, somewhat long at the base. The hypopygium is constructed quite as in the preceding species; the outer lamellae are small, broader than long, of yellow colour and with somewhat short hairs at the margin. Legs yellow, coxae grey with the apex yellow; the tarsi with the apex of metatarsus and the four following joints black; hind metatarsus con- siderably shorter than the second joint. The legs have short, black hairs; posterior femora with one preapical bristle; front tibiae with a few bristles above, but none below; middle tibiae with two rows of bristles above and one ventral bristle; hind tibiae likewise with two rows of dorsal bristles, and some smaller ventral bristles. Wings a little tinged; veins black, costa thickened on a streak between the base and the apex of the subcostal vein, and also somewhat thick from the apex of the subcostal vein and outwards; discal vein with a very slight bend and parallel with the cubital vein; axillary lobe small. Squamulae yellow, with a black fringe. Halteres yellow. Female. Epistoma
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