294 BYRPHIDiE. 



25. clypeatus, Mg. zw. iii. 335. 90 (1822); Mq. ; Lw.; Ztt.— 

 albimanus var., Fin. iEneus, antennis nigris, ahdombie nigro maculis 

 bis tr'ihus aut quatuor qiiadratls pedlbusque fulvls, pedibus 2}osticis plus 

 minusve obscuris ; Mas. tibiis tarslsque anticis dilatatis flavo-albidis. 

 Long. 3—1 ; alar. 6-8 lin. 



^neous. Antennae black. Wings brown. Halteres tawny. Ab- 

 domen black, seneous at the base and at the tip, with four pair of tawny 

 spots ; first, second, and third pair large, ohlong-quadrute ; fourth pair 

 small. Legs tawny ; hind legs black ; tibia at the base and at the tips 

 and knees tawny. Var. ^. Head and abdomen bluish-black. Wings 

 slightly grey. Abdomen with three pair of luteous spots ; first pair 

 small, nearly round. Anterior legs and bands of posterior legs Inteous. 

 Var. y. Legs piceous ; tibice towards the base and knees tatvny. Var. d. 

 Wings almost colourless. Halteres yellow. Abdomen toith four pair 

 of large subquadrate tawny spots ; fore angles of the first pair and hind, 

 angles of the other six truncate on the inner side. Hind femora and 

 hind tibia and hind metatarsi ivith irregular piceous bands. 



Generally distributed. (E. S. I.) 



26. ferrugineus, Mq. d. n. syrph. 81. 7 (1827) ; Mg. ; Ztt. 

 .^jneus, antennis nigris, abdomine fulvo linea dorsali media fasciisque 

 angustissimis nigris, pedibus fulvis, metatarsis posticis nigris ; Mas. tibiis 

 anticis evidenter tarsisque nonnihil dilatatis. Long. 4-4-i ; alar. 8-9 lin. 



^neous. AntennEe black. Wings slightly grey ; veins black ; 

 stigma brown". Halteres tawny. Abdomen aeneous, 7oith four large 

 subquadrate tawny spots on each side ; fore angles of the first pair, and 

 hind angles of the other six, truncated ; tip tawny. Legs tawny. Llind 

 metatarsi black. Var. j3. Hind femora, hind tibia, and hind metatarsi 

 with irregular piceous bands. 



Eare. In the collection of the Entomological Club. (E.) 



27. scutatus, Mg. zw. iii. 333. 88 (1822); Mq. ; Lw. ; Ztt.— 

 albimanus var.. Fin. iEneus, antennis nigris aut fuscis subtus luteis, 

 abdomine nigro bis tribus maculis quadratis flavidis (mas.) aut albidis 

 (foem.), pedibus anterioribus paUidis nigro-)naculatis posticis nigris, fe- 

 moribus basi genubusque pallidis. Long. 3|-4i-; alar. 7-9 lin. 



iEneous. Antennse black. Wings slightly grey. Stigma brown. 

 Halteres tawny. Abdomen black, aneous at the base and at the tip, with 

 three large subquadrate spots on each side. Ljcgs tawny ; anterior femoi-a 

 piceous or black above ; hind legs piceous, with tawny knees. Male. Abdo- 

 minal spots yellotvish. Fem. Abdominal spots whitish. 



Generally distributed. (E. S. I.) 



28. cyaneus, Mir. fn. 761 (1764). — albimanus, Fb. ; Gm. ; Mg. ; 

 Fin; Mq. ; Lw. ; Ztt. Mneus aut subcarulescens, antennis nigris, ab- 

 domine maculis bis tribus aut quatuor subquadratis glaucis aut aneis, 

 pedibus nigro-piceis, tibiis tarsisque anterioribus p)idlidis horum anticis 

 mare dilatatis. Long. 3^-4 ; alar. 7-8^ lin. 



