STRATIOMYS. 17 



5. microleon, Fb.; Dg.; L. s. n. ii. 980. 4 (1767). Nigra, capite 

 flavo-quadrimaculato, thoracis latcribiis fulvis, alis sublimpidis, abdo- 

 minis maculis 6 apice ventreque fidvis, tibiis tarsisque flavis. Long. 

 4i; alar. 8 lin. 



Black, clothed with whitish hairs. Borders of the peristoma and 



2 large spots on each side pale greenish-yellow. First and second 

 joints of the antennae, sides and spines of the thorax, tawny. AYings 

 colourless ; veins and halteres yellow. Abdomen with 3 triamjtdar 

 yellow spots on each side ; tip and underside yellow. Legs yellow ; 

 femora black ; tips of hind tibia piceons. 



Rare. In Mr. E. Brown's collection. (E.) 



6. argentata, Fb. e. s.iv. 266. 15 (1792); Pz. fn. ! xxi. 20. cviii. 

 10 ; LI. ; Fin. ; Mg. ; Ztt. Nigra, abs albis, abdominis maculis 6 apice 

 ventreque fulvis, tibiis tarsisque fulvis ; Mas. abdomine argenteo, tibiis 

 nigro-cinctis ; i^cewz. capite antico ferrugineo-maculato. Long. 3-^-4 ; 

 alar. 6-7 lin. 



Black, clothed with short tawny hairs. Scutellum armed with 2 

 tawny spines. Wings white ; veins tawny and clouded, brown and 

 clouded about the discoidal areolet. Halteres tawny. Abdomen icith 



3 tawny spots on each side ; tip and underside tawny. Leys tawny ; 

 femora black ; tips of the tarsi dark brown. Male. Abdomen covered 

 with silvery down ; a black band round each tibia. Fern. Head with a 

 feiTuginous spot in front. Femora partly tawny. 



South of England ; not common. (E.) 



7. connexa, n. s. Nigro-aenea, capite flavo-viiidi nigro-maculato, 

 thoracis abdominisque lateribus scutelli margine postico ventreque favo- 

 viridibus, alis cinereis ad costani fuscis, pedibus tiigris, tibiis tarsisque 

 basi flavis. Long. 4-i- ; alar. 8 lin. 



Allied to S.flavissima, Fb. Dull aeneous-black. Plead yellowish- 

 green, shining, black about the ocelli and about the base of the an- 

 tennse, and with a black spot on each side of the crown. Sides of the 

 thorax, hind border, and spines of the scutellum, yellowish-green. 

 Wings grey, brownish towards the fore border, darkest along the costa 

 as far as the stigma. Halteres apple-green. Borders and underside 

 of the abdomen yellowish-green, which colour forms an angle on the hind 

 border of each segment. Legs black ; tibice and tarsi toxcards the ba,se 

 and tips of the femora yelloio. 



Very rare. In Mr. Stephens's collection. (E.) 



8. ornata, Mg. kl. i. 129. 1 (1804); LI.; Mq. ; Ztt. Nigra, 

 antennis ferrugineis basi et ad apices nigris, thorace subchalybeo, scu- 

 telli margine postico fulvo, alis albis basi et ad costam subfulvis, ab- 

 domine fuho-1-maculato subtus vuidi, pedibus fulvis ; Mas. femoribus 

 nigris apice fulvis, tibiis nigro-cinctis ; Fceyn. capite fulvo-bivittato bi- 

 maculato et unifasciato. Long. 6-7; alar. 10-12 lin. 



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