303 SYRPHID^. 



joints very short ; third ahnost round, compressed ; fourth setiform, seated 

 on the base of the third. Thorax oval. Wings large, obtuse, incumbent 

 and parallel in repose ; subaplcal areolet entire, rounded at the tip be- 

 hind ; axillary lobe indistinct. Alulffi small. Halteres uncovered. 

 Abdomen petiolated, obclavate ; first segment very short ; second long, 

 very slender ; third and fourth dilated ; fifth small. Hind femora 

 thick, armed beneath with slender spines ; hind tibiaj somewhat curved ; 

 hind tarsi slightly dilated. Male. Eyes approximate. Tip of the abdo- 

 men obtuse. Fem. Eyes more remote. Tip of the abbomen some- 

 what acute. 



1. clunipes, Eln. syrph. 12. 10 ; Mg. ! z\v. iii. pi. 28. f. 5 ; Mq.; 



Ztt. ; Lw. Nigra, epistomate fulvo, alis subcinereis, abdomine subtus 

 flavo, pedibus fulvis, fenioribus posticis nigris, tibiis posticis piceo- 

 cinctis, tarsis posticis piceis ; Mas. abdomine fulvo-fasciato. Long. 

 2|^-3 ; alar. 5-6 lin. 



Black. Epistoma and sides of the peristoma tawny. Wings slightly 

 grey. Halteres yellow. Abdomen mostly yellow beneath. Legs 

 tawny ; hind femora black, pale tawny at the base ; hind tibiae with 

 piceous bauds; hind tarsi piceous.' Male. Abdomen with a broad, 

 ferruginous band. Var. /3. Antennse piceous. Var. y, male. Antennae 

 tawny. Var. h,fem. Abdomen with three ferruginous bands. 



Not common; partial to the flowers of the Wild Garlic. 

 (E. S. I.) 



Genus XXXI. ASCIA. 



AsciA, Mgrle. ; Mg. zw. iii. 185 (1822) ; St. F. et Srv. ; Mq. ; Ztt. ; 

 Kdn. Syrphus p., Eb. ; Pz. Musca p., Shr. ; Gf. ; Gm. Merodon 

 p., Fb. Milesia p., LI. ; Fin. 



AntenncB articulo qtiarto dorsali. Ala areola subapicali Integra apice 

 truncata, lobo axillari i7idistincto. Abdomen petiolatum. Femora 

 jjostica crassa. 



Head semicircular; epistoma prolonged, acute and divided at the 

 tip; peristoma long, narrow, straitened in front. Eyes parted. Pro- 

 boscis elongate. Labrum somewhat narrower towards the tip, where it 

 is notched. Lingua acute. Maxilloe subulate, curved, half the length 

 of the palpi. Palpi as long as the labrum, cylindrical, capitate, beset 

 with some short bristles at the tips. Labium cylindrical. Antennne 

 4-jointed, porrect, nutant, somewhat shorter than the head; fii'st 

 joint short, cylindrical, bristly; second compressed, cyathiform, as 

 long as the first ; third elliptical, compressed ; fourth setiform, seated 

 on the middle of the third. Thorax convex ; scutellum semicircular. 

 Wings obtuse, very finely pubescent, incumbent and parallel in repose ; 

 snbapical areolet entire, truncated ; axillary lobe indistinct. .Vlxlomen 



