376 SYRPHIDiE. 



Legs piceoiis. Male. Abdomen indistinctly lurid towards the base, 

 t^rruginous along each side beneath. Fein. Front somewhat ob- 

 liquely striated across each side. Anteunse brighter than those of the 

 male. 



Not rare. (E. S.) 



4. coemeteriorum, L. s. n. ii. 992. 8 (1767); Fb. ; Gm.; Pz. ! 

 fn. Ixxxii. 17; Mg. ; Mq. ; Zw. — solstUialis, Yin. ; Ztt. Antennis 

 genubusque ferrugineis, alis nigricantibus ; 3Ias. ater, scutello ab- 

 dominisque lateribus apice ventreque cencis ; Fcem. thorace cuprco, 

 scutello nigro-viridi, abdomine nigro. Long. 3^-3^ ; alar. 7-71 lin. ^ 



Antennte ferruginous. Wings blackish, darkest about the stigma. 

 Legs black ; femora reneous ; knees ferruginous. Male. Deep black. 

 Head seneous-black. Scntellum aeneous. Halteres piceous. Abdomen 

 peneous along each side, at the tip and beneath. Fern. Head black, 

 with slightly oblique furrows on each side of the vertex ; face aeneous. 

 Thorax cupreous ; scutellum blackish-green. Wings paler. Alulae 

 white. Halteres ferruginous. Abdomen black. 



Not rare. (E. I.) 



5. viduata,* Fin. ; Mg. ; Mq. ; Lw. ; Ztt. Nigro-a^nea, antennis 

 piceis, alis cinereis, pedibus nigris ; Mas. capite nigro-cyaneo, abdo- 

 mine atro. Long. 2^-3 ; alar. 5-6 lin. 



iEneous-black. Antennae piceous. Wings grey. Halteres ferru- 

 ginous. Legs black. 3Iale. Head bluish-black. Abdomen, except 

 the tip, deep black, velvety. Fem. Vertex almost smooth ; a transverse 

 impression above the antennae. 



Generally distributed. (E. S. I.) 



6. metallica, Fb. s. a. 246. 67 (1805); Fin.; Mg. ; Mq.; Lw.; 

 Ztt. — melallina, Fb. s. i. ; Gm. Cyaueo-viridis, antennis nigris, alis 

 subcinereis ad costam subfulvis, tarsis piceis. Long. 3 ; alar. 6 lin. 



Metallic-green. Head and thorax slightly tinged with blue. An- 

 tennte black. Wings pale grey, with a slight tawny tinge along the 

 fore border as far as the stigma, which is tawny. Halteres yellow. 

 Abdomen with an aeneous tinge. Tarsi piceous. 



Generally distributed. (E. I.) 



7. discicornis, Mgrle.; Mg. zw. iii. 270. 8 (1822). Cyaneo-viridis, 

 aeneo-varia, antennis nigris, alis subcinereis. Long. 3 ; alar. 6 lin. 



Bluish-green, here and there asneons. Peristoma very prominent. 

 Antenna; black ; third joint very large, nearly round, a little broader 

 than long. Wings very slightly grey ; stigma lurid. Halteres tawny. 

 Legs clothed with tawny down. 



Not rare. (E. S. L) 



* Mhscu viduata, L. I'u. 1852 (17C1), is a species o{ Parar/us. 



