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towards the base of the third joint. Thorax with five grey stripes. 

 Wings pale grey. Halteres tawny, their knobs brown, with yellowish- 

 white tips. Abdomen rather short and broad, toith three rows of tri- 

 angular hoary spots. Tibiee tawny, with black tips. Male. Abdomen 

 tawny on each side towards the base. 



Rare. In the collection of the Entomological Club. (E.) 



4. glaucopis, Mg. zw. ii. 48. 24.pl. 13. f. 18 (1830) ; Mq.; Ztt. 

 Nigro-cinereus, antennis rufis apice nigris, thorace cano-quinquevittato, 

 alls vix cinereis, abdomine maculis trigonis canis trivittato, tibiis fulvis 

 apice nigris. Long. 7 ; alar. 12 lin. 



Dark grey. Head clothed in front with pale yellow hairs. Eyes 

 bronzed; facets of the fore part very small. Antennae black ; ^rs^ 

 joint testaceous ; second dark red ; third slender, dark red at the base, 

 very slightly notched. Thorax with five hoary stripes ; tip and under- 

 side hoary. Wings very slightly tinged with grey. Alulae greyish, 

 with tawny borders. Halteres brown, with whitish tips. Abdomen 

 with three rows of hoary somewhat triangular spots. Tibise tawny, 

 with black tips. Male. Spots on each side of the abdomen mostly 

 tawny towards the base. 



Very rare. In the collection of the Entomological Club. (E.) 



5. bromius, L. s. n. ii. 1001. 12 (1763) ; Mg.; Mq.; T^ti.—macula- 

 tus, Dg. Niger, capite flavo-albo, antennis fulvis, thorace cinereo-quin- 

 quevittato, alls cinereis, abdomine nigro-fusco maculis trigonis fulvis 

 trivittato, tibiis fulvis. Long. 5-7 ; alar. 10-12 lin. 



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

 hairs. Eyes bronzed, purple in front. Jntenna dark taicny ; third 

 joint paler. Thorax with five grey stripes. Wings grey. Halteres 

 tawny, with brown knobs. Abdomen dark broim, with three rotes of 

 dull, pale, tawny, triangular spots. Tibise tawny. 



Generally distributed. (E. S.) 



6. atricomis, Mg. zw. vii. 59. 47 (1838); Ztt. Nigro-cinereus, 

 antennis nigris, thorace subvittato, alls subcinereis, abdomine maculis 

 trigonis canis trivittato, segmenti secundi lateribus fulvis, tarsis poste- 

 rioribus tibiisque ferrugineis apice nigris. Long. 6-7 ; alar. 12 lin. 



Greyish-black. Head clothed in front with whitish hairs. Antenna; 

 black. Thorax indistinctly striped. Wings pale grey. Alulae grey, 

 with tawny borders. Halteres pitchy, with ferruginous tips. Abdo- 

 men with three stripes of nearly triangular hoary spots ; middle spots 

 small ; a tawny spot on each side of the second segment. Tibise and 

 posterior tarsi ferruginous, with black tips. Male. Eyes reddish-bronze, 

 black, and composed of very small facets in front. Female. Eyes 

 blackish-bronze. 



Rare. In the collection of the Entomological Club. (E.) 



7. glaucus, Mgrle. ; Mg. zw. ii. 51. 28 (1820). Nigro-cinereus, 

 antennis rufis apice nigris, thorace cano-quinquevittato, alls subcinereis, 



