244 SYRPHID^. 



3. cryptarum, Vb. e. s. iv. 285. 26 (1792); Fin.; Mg. ; Mq. ; 

 Ztt. — nubilipennis, Ct. ! b. e. 432. — arbustonun, Pz. ! fii. xiv. 22? Pi- 

 ceus, ccipite nigro, antennis scutellorine ferrughteis, alls basi et ad costani 

 fuscis, abt/oniine ferrugineu-bimaciilato segmentorum marg'mibus posticls 

 Jlavis, pedibusferrugineiSyfenioribus basi nigris. Long. 5; alar. 10 lin. 



Piceous. Head black, shining. AntenncB bright ferruginous. Thorax 

 clotlied with ferruginous hairs ; seutellmn ferruginous. Wings colour- 

 less, clouded with dark brown at the base and along three-fourths of the 

 costa. Halteres tawny. Abdomen tcith a very large triangular ferru- 

 ginous spot on each side of the second seg)nent ; hind borders of the seg- 

 inents yelloio. Legs ferruginous ; anterior femora black, ferruginous 

 towards the tips ; hind femora black at the base ; tips of the tarsi 

 piceous. 



Eare. In the collection of the Entomological Club. (E. S. I.) 



4. aneus, Spl. e. c. 967 (1763) ; Fb.; Pz.! fn. Ixxx. 15 ; LL; Fin. ; 

 Mg. ; Mq. ; Lw. ; Ztt. — punctatus, Mir. Mneus, antennis ferrugineis, 

 pedibus nigris, tibiis basi ftavis ; Poem, thorace cano-qninquevittato. 

 Long. ^\ ; alar. 10 hn. 



jEneous. Head covered in front with white down. Jntennce fer- 

 ruginous. Wings colourless, slightly tinged with brown from the base 

 along two-thirds of the costa. Haltei-es tawny. Legs black ; tibice at 

 the base and knees yellow. Fern. Thorax with five hoary stripes. Var. j3. 

 Middle tarsi yellow at the base. 



Not rare. (E. I.) 



5. sepulcralis, L. s. n. ii. 991. 73 (1767); Fb.; Shr.; Gm. ; 

 Mg. ; Mq. ; Lw. ; Ztt— tristis, Fb. ; Pz. ! fn. Ixxxii. 16; LI. ; Fin. 

 Niger, antennis a?'ticulo tertio subtus ferrugineo ; Mas. thorace antico 

 cinereo-bivittato, abdominis lateribus reneo-maculatis ; Feeni. thorace 

 cano-quinquevittato, abdomine fcneo. Long. 4-5 ; alar. 8-10 lin. 



Black. Head clothed in front with white down. Third joint of the 

 antennm ferruginous beneath. Wings colourless. Halteres tawny. 

 Anterior knees ferruginous. Male. Eyes parted above. Thorax with 

 two cinereous stripes in ft'out. Abdomen with large triangular fcneous 

 spots along each side. Fern. Thorax \vith five hoary stripes. Abdomen 

 yeneous, 



Not rare. (E.I.) 



6. intricariuSjL.s.n.ii. 985. 33(1767); Dg.; Fb.; Shr.; Pz.; 

 Kos.; Fin.; Mg. ; Mq. ; Ztt.; lm.—bombyliformis,Yh.; Pz. ! fn. lix. 

 11. — aureus, Pz. Piceus, ferrugineo- vel nigro-hirlus, scutello fulvo, 

 tibiis basi albis ; ilfas. abdomine concolore segmentis secinulo et tertio 

 lateribus macula fulva; Fcem. abdomine nigro albo-hirsuto, alls in 

 medio macula costali fusca notatis. Long. 5|^-6; alar. 12-13 lin. 



Piceous. Head clothed with tawny down ; a black scapula above 

 the peristoma. Antenna^ piceous ; fourth joint tawny. Thorax thickly 

 clothed with ferruginous hairs ; scnlellaui lawny. Wings colourless, 



