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ahdomine caruleo-fusco maculis trigouis caiiis trivittato, tibiis fulvis 

 apice nigris. Long. 4-5 ; alar. 8-10 lin. 



Greyish-black, hoaiy beneath. Head covered above with fawn- 

 coloured down, whitish, and clothed with white hairs in front and 

 beneath. Eyes bronzed, blackish-bronze in front. Antenna rather 

 deep red, with black tips. Thorax with five indistinct hoary stripes ; 

 underside hoary. Wings pale gi'ey ; stigmata dark brown. Alulae grey, 

 with tawny borders. Halteres brown, with pale tips. Abdomen dark 

 brown, sVujhthj tinged with blue, with three stripes of nearly triangular 

 hoary spots, tawny on each side and along the hind borders of the 

 segments beneath. Tibia? tawny, with black tips. 



Eare. In the collection of the Eutomologica] Club. 



8. tropicus, L. s. n. ii. 1001 (1763) ; Dg. ; Fb. ; Shr. ; Gm. ; 

 LI. ; Pz. ! fn. xiii. 22 ; Fin. ; Mg. ; Mq. ; Ztt. Niger, capite flavo- 

 albo, antennis ferriujineis basi et apice obscurioiibus, thorace cinereo- 

 subtrivittato, alis cinereis basi et ad costani fulvis, abdomine fulvo 

 maculis trigonis ' flavis univittato, tibiis fulvis. Long. 1-1\ ; alar. 

 14-15 liu. 



Black. Head yellowish-white, clothed in front with pale yellow 

 hairs. Eyes aeneous-green, with three purple bands. Antenna; feirzi- 

 ginous ; first, fourth, and follotoing joints darker. Thorax with three 

 very indistinct grey stripes. TFings grey, tawny at the base, and thence 

 along three-fourths of the fore border. Halteres brown, tawny at the 

 base. Abdomen tawny, with a row of triangular yellow sjjots, which 

 are sometimes indistinct. Tibice tawny. 



Generally distributed, but not common. (E. S. I.) 



9. luridus, Fin. d. s. tab. 5. 4 (1817) ; Mg. ; Mq. ; Ztt. Niger, 

 capite albido, antennis ferrugineis et apice nigris, thorace cinereo-snb- 

 trivittato, alis cinereis basi et ad costam subfuscis, abdomine maculis canis 

 tmivittato, lateribus anterioribus fulvis, tibiis fulvis apice obscttrioribus. 

 Long. 6-7 ; alar. 12-14 lin. 



Black. Head whitish, clothed in front with pale yellow hairs. Eyes 

 seneous-green, with three purple bands. Antentife black ; second and 

 third joints ferruginous. Thorax Avith three indistinct grey stripes. 

 Wings grey, brownish at the base, and thence along three-fourths of the 

 fore border. Halteres brown, tawny towards the base. Abdomen dark 

 tawny on each side, for about half the length from the base, and tvith a 

 row of triangtdar hoary spots on the disc. Tibi(e tawny, darker towards 

 the tips. 



Generally distributed. (E. S.) 



10. signatus, Wdm.; Mg. zw. 34. 4 (1820). Niger, capite cano, 

 antennarum articulo tertio fulvo, thorace \rs. vittato, alis cinereis basi 

 et ad costam fuscis, abdomine macidis trigonis canis univittato fasciisque 

 abbreviatis canis bivittato, tibiis fulvis apice nigris. Long. 7 ; alar. 

 14 lin. 



