272 SYRPHID^. 



8. flavitarsis, Mg.zw.iii. 248. 44(1822); Mq.; Ztt. Nigro-cy- 

 anea, antemiis nigris, alis fusco-cinei'eis, ahdomine fulvo-blguttato, pe- 

 dibus nigris, tarm Jiavis. Long. 2|^ ; alar. 5 lin. 



Black. Body punctured. Head aud tliorax bluish -black; third 

 joint of the antennae linear, slender, conical at the tip, much longer and 

 a little broader than the first and the second joints. Wing grey, with 

 some indistinct brown streaks beneath the stig-ma, Avhich is brown. 

 Halteres pale yellow. A very small round tawny spot on each side of 

 the second segment of the abdomen ; underside yellow towards the 

 base. Tarsi yellow, with pitchy tips ; anterior knees tawny ; hind 

 knees ferruginous. 



Not common. In the collection of the Entomological Club. 

 (E. S.) 



9. lugubris, Fb.s.i.ii.431.50(1781); Shr.;Mg.; St. F.etSrv.; 

 Mq. ; Ztt. — inceda, Gm. — luguhris, Shr. ; Fb. Nigra, alls suhcinereis 

 basifuscis fusco-semifasciatis. Long. 3^-4 ; alar. 7^-8. 



Black. Win(/s pale grey, brown at the base, and loitli a large dark 

 broimi spot extending from the stigma beyond the middle of the disc; stig- 

 ma dark brown. Halteres pale yellow. Knees fermginous. Tarsi 

 piceous, ferruginous beneath. 



Not rare. (E.) 



10. melancholica, Mg. zw. iii. 251. 20 (1822). Nigro-cj^anea, 

 ante)i>iis articido tertio fusiformi, alis cinereis indistincie semifasciatis, 

 tarsis fulvis, metatarsis posticis nigris. Long. 2^-3; alar. 5-6 lin. 



Male and Female. Bluish-black. Antenna with the third joint 

 fusiform, not much broader than the second. Wings grey, a large inde- 

 finite dark grey spot extending from the stigma to the middle of the 

 disc ; stigma yellowish-brown ; veins black. Halteres yellow. Knees 

 and tarsi tawny; the tarsi somewhat piceous above; hind metatarsi 

 black. 



Not common. (E.) 



11. vitripennis? Mg. zw. iii. 254, 29(1822); Mq. Nigra, an- 

 tennis subtns fernigineis, alis siibcinereis, ahdomine siibtus fiiscescente, 

 gemibus tar sisque fulvis. Long. 2^-2|-; alar, 5|-6 lin. 



Black, clothed with hoary hairs. Body punctured. Antenna) ferru- 

 ginous beneath. Wings pale grey ; stigma pale brown. Halteres 

 pale yellow. Abdomen yellowish-brown beneath. Knees and tarsi 

 tawny ; anterior tibise tawny at the base and at the tips. 



Not rare. (E.) 



12. virens, Fb. s. a. 186. 12 (1805); Mg.; St.F, et Srv. ; Mq, 

 — campestris. Fin. ; Ztt. — geniculata, Ct. b. c. 593. Nigro-cenea, capite 

 nigro-chalybeo, antennis piccis, alis fusco-subcinereis, tarsis anteriorihus 

 basi genubusque fulvis. Long. 2|— 3 ; alar. 5-51 lin, 



jEneous-black, clothed with hoary hairs. Body punctured. Third 



