ASCIA, 303 



petiolated. Anterior legs slender ; Jund femora tJilcJc, clavate, armed 

 beneath loitlt dender spines ; hind tibiae curved ; hind tarsi slightly di- 

 lated. Male. Front narrow. Abdomen fusifonn. 'Fern. Front broad. 

 Abdomen obclavate, broader than that of the male. 



1. podagrica, Fb. sp. i. ii. 430. 43 (1781); Shr. ; Gm. ; Pz. ; 

 LI.; Fin. ; Mg. ; Mq. ; Ztt. — icJmeumotiea, Shr. i, a. — elongata, Shr. f.b. 

 Nigro-chalybea, antennis nigris articulo tertio subtus rufo, alls sub- 

 cinereis fusco-semifasciatis, venis transversis fmco-nebulosis, abdomine 

 fnlvo-bifasciato, pedibns fulvis, tibiis nigro-cinctis, femoribus posticis 

 nigris. Long. 2-2| ; alar. 4-5 lin, 



Chalybeous-black. Head with a hoary tinge behind and beneath. 

 Antennae black ; third joint red beneath. Wings slightly grey, with a 

 brown band extending from the middle of the costa to the disc ; apical 

 transverse veins clouded with dark brown. Halteres pale yellow. Ab- 

 domen with tawny bands along the hind borders of the second and of 

 the third segments ; fourth and fifth segments ffineous. Legs tawny ; 

 hind coxa3 black ; hind femora black, yellow towards the base ; a black 

 band round each tibia, that of the hind tibia much the broadest ; liind 

 metatarsi browir alcove. 'Var.^,fem. A notch on the hind border of 

 the second abdominal band. Var. b,fem. Abdominal bands intemipted. 

 Var. y,fem. First abdominal band inteiTupted ; second notched. 

 Generally distributed and very abundant. (E. S. I.) 



2. dispar, Mg. zw. iii. 188. 4. pi. 27. f. 28 (1822); Mq.; Ztt. 

 iEneus, antennis nigris, alis subcinereis hnmaculatls, abdomine non acii- 

 minato, tibiis tarsisque fulvis, illorum fasciis metatarsisque anticis et 

 posticis nigris. Long. 2 ; alar. 4 lin. 



iEneous. Epistoma covered with yellow down. Antennae black. 

 Wings pale grey, not clouded; stigma brown. Halteres luteous. 

 Tibiae and tarsi tawny ; tibiae with black bands ; tips of the tarsi 

 brown ; fore and hind metatarsi black. 



Eare. In the British Museum. (E. I.) 



3. hastata, Hms. ; Mg. zw. iii. 189. 5 (1822). MwQa, antennis 

 nigris, articulo tertio subtus rufo, alis subcinereis immaculatis, abdomine 

 acuminata, pedibus fulvis, femoribus anterioribus tibiisque nigro-cinctis, 

 femoribus posticis nigris. Long. 2 ; alar. 4 lin. 



Body aeneous-black. Head with a hoary tinge behind and beneath. 

 Wings slightly grey, not clouded ; stigma pale brown. Halteres pale 

 yellow. Abdomeii slender ; last segment aeneous. Legs tawny ; hind 

 coxae black ; hind femora black, yellow towards the base ; tibiae and 

 anterior femora with black bands ; hind metatarsi brown above. 



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



