292 SYRPHIDi?5. 



pula. AntemKB taiony ; tliird joint brown above. Scutellum aeneous- 

 brown. Abdomen seneous-black, with three yellow l/mules on each side ; 

 tip and legs yellow ; femora black at the base. 

 Not rare. (E. S.) 



19. umbellatarum, Fb. e. s. iv.^ 307. 107 (1792) ; Fin.; Mg. ; 

 Mq. ; Lw. ; Ztt. — amcenus, Lw. ^Eneus, antennis nigris, abdomine 

 nigro fasciis tribus ad qninque interruptls paUidis, pedibus anterioribus 

 fulvis posticis nigris. Long. 4-4|^ ; alar. 8-9 lin. 



^neous. Head tawny, yellow or whitish, with a black or aeneous 

 scapula in front. Antenna black. Scutellum lurid. Wings slightly 

 grey ; stigma grey or pale brown. Halteres tawny or yellow. Abdo- 

 men black, with three broad interTiipted yellow or lohite bands ; hind 

 borders of the apical segments yellow or white. Legs tawny ; anterior 

 femora black towa.rds the base; hind legs black; knees tawny. Var. 

 /3. Third joint of the antennfe ferruginous beneath. Abdomen with 

 four interrupted yellow bands ; first and foui'th bands narrow. Far. y. 

 Anterior tibiae with black bands. 



Eare. (E.) 



20. decorus, Mg. zw. iii. 319. 66 (1833); Mq. ; Ztt. JEneus, 

 antennis piceis, abdomine fasciis quatuor latis interruptis cyaneo-luteis, 

 pedibus fulvis. Long. 4 ; alar. 10 Lin. 



iEneous, clothed with pale hairs. Head tawny in front. Aniennce 

 piceous. Scutellum tawny. Wings colourless ; stigma tawny. Hal- 

 teres luteous. Abdomen with four broad interrupted luteous bands, which 

 have a bluish tinge. Legs tawny. 



Not common. (E.) 



21. cinctus. Fin. syrph. 45. 18 (1816); Mg. ; Mq.; Zii.—cinc- 

 tella, Ztt. iEneus, 5c«^e//o/«/i;o-^i7oso, abdomine fasciis quatuor pallidis 

 secunda tertiaque integris. Long. 4-5 ; alar. 8-10 lin. 



j9ilneous. Head tawny ; vertex aeneous ; a triangular aeneous spot 

 above the antennae ; a dark tawny scapula above the peristoma. An- 

 tennae ferruginous ; third joint piceous above; fourth black. Scutellum 

 tawny, clothed with tawny hairs. Wings slightly grey ; stigma grey. 

 Halteres tawny. Abdomen black, aeneous at the base, adorned with 

 four large siibquadrate tawny spots, which are broadest on the outer 

 side, their hind borders being oblique. Legs tawny. Var. i3. Scutel- 

 lum with an aeneous tinge. Wings colourless ; stigma pale brown. 

 Abdomen with four tawny bands ; first and foiu-th interrupted, and 

 forming a triangle on each side ; second and third of equal breadth ; a 

 tawny dot on each side at the tip. Var. y. Head luteous. Antennfc 

 piceous, ferruginous beneath and at the base. Halteres yellow. Ab- 

 domen with four broad luteous bands ; first interrupted ; second 'and 

 third with a deep angular indentation on the hind border. Hind legs 

 black ; femora at the base and knees tawny. Var. 8. Head yellow. 



