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the length of the second. Antennae rather stout, almost filiform, 

 slightly pectinated, ferruginous beneath, very much longer than 

 the thorax. Thorax with two yellow spots on each side, one at 

 the base of the fore-wing and one in front. Abdominal segments 

 with yellow bands, which are broadest and most distinct beneath. 

 Legs with whitish stripes. Wings limpid with blackish cupreous 

 ciliae. Fore wings blackish cupreous along the costa and at the 

 tips, and with a blackish cupreous band, which is slightly bordered 

 with red ; a red line along the hind border. Length of the body 

 5 6 lines ; of the wings 9 11 lines. 



St. Martin's Falls, Albany River, Hudson's Bay. 



WALKER. 



Group Bembecia. 



16. T. odyneripennis Walker. C. B. M. VIII. 42. 



Female. Dark brown, slightly cupreous. Head whitish about 

 the eyes. Palpi yellow, obliquely ascending, not long. Antennas 

 bluish-black, simple, subfiliform, rather stout, very little longer 

 than the thorax. Thorax with three yellow spots on each side. 

 Abdomen with a yellow band on the hind border of each segment. 

 Legs yellow ; femora striped with brown. Wings limpid, with 

 cupreous ciliae. Fore wings cupreous along the costa and at the 

 tips, and with the usual band of the same hue. Length of the 

 body 5 6| lines; of the wings 11 13 lines. 



Nova Scotia. 



WALKER. 



17. T. emphytiformis Walker. C. B. M. VIII. 43. 



Male. Purplish black. Head with white hairs in front. Palpi 

 thickly clothed beneath with rather long brown and tawny hairs. 

 Antennae ferruginous. Thorax with a yellow band in front, and 

 with a yellow spot at the base of each fore wing, and one at the 

 tip of the scutellum. Abdomen with a yellow band on each seg- 

 ment ; apical tuft black, with a few yellow hairs. Legs red, partly 

 yellow ; femora black ; tibias with black stripes. Wings purplish 

 cupreous. Fore wings yellow and partly red in the disk, which is 

 interrupted by the usual band. Hind wings slightly streaked with 

 red, limpid towards the base. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the 

 wings 10 lines. Female. Head yellow in front and along the hind 

 border. Palpi yellow, clothed beneath with reddish hairs. An- 



