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Maxillse nearly as long as the palpi. Palpi half the length of the 

 labium, subclavate. Antennse black. Male. JEneous. Wings grey ; 

 stigma pale brown. Halteres piceous. Abdomen black, aeneous at the 

 tip, adorned on each side with three ceneom-tawny suhtrianujular spots 

 whose hind sides are oblique. Lecjs piceous ; knees and anterior tarsi 

 pale taimiy ; fore femora tufted with black hairs at the base. Fem. 

 Bluish-black. Winfjs almost colourless. Halteres tawny. Abdomen with 

 three jiair of glaucous spots on each side, and a glaucous band at the tip. 

 Legs taimiy ; anterior tibice tcith piceous bands ; hind legs black with tawny 

 knees. 



Generally distributed. (E. S. I.) 



29. granditarsus, Fstr. cent. i. 99 {im).—ocymi, Fb. ; Pz. ! 

 fn. Ixxxii. IS ; Pin.; Mg. ; Mq. ; Lw. ; Ztt. — brassicarius,Vz.\h\. 

 XX. 20. — lobatus, Mg. yEneus, antennis nigris, capite scutcUoque 

 nigi'o-cyaneis, abdoraine rufo-ferrugineo basi apiceque teneo ; Mas. 

 alls fiiscis, pedibus nigris ; Fa^m. alis cinereis, abdominis apice ferru- 

 gineo-biinaculato, pedibus ftUvis. Long. 3f-4^ ; alar. 7-9 lin. 



^neous. Head bluish-black. Antenna black. Scutelluni more or 

 less tinged A\dth blue. Halteres tawny. Abdomen ferruginous-red, 

 tieneous at the base and towards the tip. Male. Wings brown. Legs 

 black ; tibiae towards the base and anterior femora towards the tips 

 tawny. Fem. Wings grey, their discs slightly clouded with brown. 

 Abdomen w4th two large ferruginous spots on each side towards the 

 tip. Legs tawny ; anterior tarsi brown, tawny at the base; hind tibia; 

 encircled with black ; hind tarsi brown. 



Generally distributed. (E. S. I.) 



30. rosarum, Fb. e. s. iv. 307. 109 (1792) ; Gm. ; Pz. ! fu. 

 cviii. 14 ; Pin. ; Mg. ; Mq. ; Lw. ; Ztt. — noctilucus, Pz. ! fn. Ixxii. 24. 

 — melUnus, Mg. iEneus, antennis nigris, capite scutelloque cyaneis, 

 alis fusco-cinereis, ahdomine luteo interrupte fasciato, pedibus piceis 

 fulvo-cinctis ; Mas. abdomine atro apice feneo ; Foem. abdomine basi 

 apiceque cyaneo. Long. 4-4i ; alar. 7-8 lin. 



jS^neons. Head dark blue. Maxillfe half the length of the palpi. 

 Palpi halfthe length of the labium. Antenna) black. Scutellum dark blue. 

 Wings grey, brown from the middle of the costa to the disc. Halteres 

 luteous. Abdomen with a luteous interrupted band at the base of the 

 second segment. Legs piceous ; knees and parts adjoining and tarsi 

 tawny. Male. Abdomen deep black, aeneous at the tip. Fem. Abdo- 

 men blue at the base and with two blue bands towards the tip. 



Generally distributed. (E. S, I.) 



31. mellinus, L. s. n. ii. 988. 55 (17G7); Dg. ; Spl. ; Pb. ; Shr. ; 

 LI. ; Pin. ; Ztt. — mellarius ? Mg. — mellittirgus ? Mg. jEneus, antennis 

 nigris subtus ferrugineis, alis subcinereis, abdomine nigro maculis bis 

 quatuor subquadralisflavis, pedibus fulvis aut piceis. Long. 4^ ; alar. 8 lin. 



/Eneous. Antenna; black ; third joint ferruginous beneath. Wings 



