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nigricantfbus, abdominis lateribus ventreque fuscis, pedibus M\'is, coxis 

 flavis, tibiis anticis tarsisque fuscis. Fcem. Testacea, thoracc antico 

 capiteque nigris, alis subfusco-cinereis, abdom'me macuUs nic/ris vittato. 

 Long, l^lf; alar. 3-4 lin. 



Body clothed with very few tawny hairs. Proboscis and antennae 

 black. Scutellum beset with a few black bristles. Legs tawny, clothed 

 with very short black hairs ; tarsi and fore tibiaj brown. Male. Body 

 (Tneoiis or purplish-black. Wings blackish, very iridescent ; veins and 

 halteres black. Abdomen brownish on each side and beneath. Coxee 

 yellow ; posterior tibias dark tawny ; hind tibiae long, slightly clavate. 

 Fem. Body testaceous. Head and disc of the fore part of the thorax 

 black. Wings very slightly tinged vdVa brownish-grey ; veins black, 

 tawny towards the base. Halteres yellow, with pale brown knobs. 

 Abdomen icitJt a row of black spots. Posterior tarsi ta^vny at the base. 



Generally distributed. (E. S. I.) 



2. scutellata, Mg. zw. ii. 3.54. 5 (1820); Mq. ; Ztt. N'ujro- 

 fiisca, antenuis nigris, pectore pleuris scutclloque testaceis, alis fasco- 

 cinereis ; Mas. abdomine maculis fidvis bivittato, pedibus fuscis, coxis 

 flavis, femoribus fidvis ; F/Jcm. thorace testaceo, disco anleriore nigro- 

 fusco, tibiis tarsisque posterioribus fuMs. Long. l|^-lf ; alar. 3|^-4 lin. 



Body blackish-broKii, clothed with very few tawny hairs. Head, 

 proboscis, and anteuuce black. Thorax beneath, pleurse, and scutellum 

 testaceous. Wings brownish-grey ; veins black, tawny at the base. 

 Halteres tawny. Abdomen blaclash-brown, having along each side a 

 row of tawny spots which sometimes form bands. Legs brown, clothed 

 with veiy short tawny hairs ; coxse yellow ; femora tawny. Fem. 

 Tliorax testaceous ; disc of the fore part blackish-broion. Posterior 

 tibiae and tarsi dark tawny. 



Generally distributed. (E.S.I.) \?kX. glahricula? 



3. rufipes, Mg. zw. ii. 353. 2 (1820); Ztt. Foem. Testacea, capite 

 anlennisque nigris, thorace nigro-vittato, pleuris scuteUoque flavis, alis 

 subfuscis, abdomine maculis nigris vittato, pedibus fulvis, coxis flavis, 

 tarsis fuscis. Long. If ; alar. 4 lin. 



Testaceous, clothed with veiy few tawny hairs. Head, proboscis, and 

 antennae black. Thorax with a short black stripe. Pleurae and scutel- 

 lum yellow. Wings very slightly tinged with brown ; veins black, tawny 

 towards the base. Halteres tawny. Abdomen with a row of large black 

 spots. Legs tawny, clothed with very short tawny hairs ; hips yellow ; 

 tarsi and tips of fore tibiae brown ; posterior tarsi tawny towards 

 the base. 



Generally distributed. (E. S. I.) 



