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towards the base. Halteres pale yellow. Male. Cinereous. Legs 

 hlackish-brown. Fern. Hoary. Legs black. 

 Geuerally distributed. (E. S. I.) 



2. sulcata, Mg.kl. i. 229. 26 (1804); Fin.; Mq.; Ztt. Cinerea, 

 antennis iiigris, thorace fmco-trivittalo, alls subcinereis basi et ad costani 

 subfuscis, halteribus flavis, pecUbus nigrls. Long. 3 ; alar. 8 lin. 



Cinereous, clothed with black hairs. Antcunai black ; third joint 

 lanceolate, more than twice the length of the first and the second ; fifth 

 not more than one-fourth of the length of the third. Thorax tcith 

 3 dark hroion stripes, TFhujs pale grey, dull taivny at the base and 

 along the fore border; no stigma; veins brown, black along the fore 

 border, tawny towards the base. Halteres yellow. Legs black ; hind 

 femora armed with black spines ; hind metatarsi slightly dilated. 



Generally distributed. (E. S. 1.) 



3. spinipes. Fin. d. s. emp. 26. 21 (1815); Mg. ; Mq. ; Ztt.— 

 carbonaria ? llms. ; Mg. Cinerea, antennis nigi'is, thorace ftisco- 

 trivittato, alis ferrugineo-fuscis, halteribus luteis, pedibus nigris ; Mas. 

 femoribus posticis siibtus fasciculato-setosis ; Fcem. abdomine schistaceo, 



tibiis posticis siibciliatis. Long. 3-3i ; alar. 7-8 lin. 



Cinereous, clothed with short black hairs, and with a few black 

 bristles. Proboscis and antennte black ; third joint of the antennfe 

 much longer than the first and the second ; fifth not one-foui'th of the 

 length of the third. Thorax Avith 3 very slender brown stripes. 

 Wings feniigiuous-brown ; stigma dark brown. Halteres luteous. 

 31ale. Hind femora armed beneath with a cluster of bristles. Fern. Ab- 

 domen slate-coloiu'. Hind tibiae slightly ciliated. 



Rare. (E. S.) 



4. cinerascens, Mg. kl. i. 230. 28 (1804). Cinerea, antennis 

 nigris, thorace fusco-trivittato, halteribus flavis, j9ef7i(5«s nigris ; Mas. alis 

 allidis ; Fcem. alis subcinereis. Long. 2 ; alar. 4 lin. 



Grey, clothed with short black hairs. Proboscis and anteunse black. 

 Thorax with 3 b7-own stripes. Stigma brown. Halteres pale yellow. 

 Legs black. Male. Wings tchitish. Fem. Wings pale grey. 



Generally distributed. (E. I.) 



5. csesia, Hms. ; Mg. zw. iii. 56. 29 (1822). Cana, antennis 

 nigris, alls sublirnpidis, halteribus flavis, pedibus fuscis. Long. 1^-2; 

 alar. 5-6 lin. 



Male. Hoary, thinly clothed with black hairs. Proboscis black, 

 reaching the fore coxae. Antenna? black ; fifth joint much shorter than 

 the third. Wings almost colourless ; stigma brown. Halteres pale 

 yellow. Legs brown; hind femora and hind tibiae slightly dilated, 

 armed with teeth beneath ; hind femora hairy beneath. 



Generally distributed. (E. S. I.) 



6. variabilis, Flu. d. s. emp. 29. 33 (1815); Mg. ; Mq. ; Ztt. 



