308 CONOPIDJ.. 



7. macrocephala, L. fn. 467. 1902 (1761); Dg. ; Gf. ; Fb. ; 

 Gm. ; Cqb. ic. ! pi. 27. f. 5 ; Fin.; Mg. ; Ct. ! b. c. pi. 377 ; Mq.; 

 Ztt. ; lldu. Nigra, capite piceo anlice Jlavo fusco-viUato, antennis 



ferrugincis, alls flavescentibus ad costam fuscis, abdomine vLv sessili, seg- 

 metitonmimargimdi{sargenteo-^avo-fasciaHs,pedibusfer)'ugmeis,femoribus 

 hasl coxisqite fuscis. Long. %\; alar. 12 liu. 



Black, slightly cinereous. ITead piceous ; face yelloio, toitJi a brown 

 streak from the vertex to the antennce, and a triangular brown spot 

 beneath the antenntB. Proboscis piceous. Antennce ferruginous. Thorax 

 with two silvery humeral spots. Wings yellowish, broivn along the 

 costa. Halteres ochreous, black at the base. Abdomen hardly sessile ; 

 margins of the segments silvery -yelloio ; secoyid segment slender. Legs 

 ferruginous ; femora towards the base and coxce dark hroion. 



Rare. In Mr. Dale's collection, (E.) 



8. nigra, Dg. 1. vi. 105. 4 (1752) ; Hbst. g. n. viii. 117. 5. pi. 

 70. f. 5 ; Mg. zw. iv. 126. 8. Nigra, capite antico luteo, antennis apice 

 suMus abdominis(pie fascia ferrugineis, alis hyalinis ad costam fuscis, 

 pedibHsfulvis,femoribusbasinigro-variis, taisis piiceis. Long. 6-i-; alar. 

 11 Hn. 



Black. Head luteons in front, with a black scapula extending from 

 the base of the antcunas to the peristoma. Antennae ferruginous 

 beneath towards the tips. Humeral scapulas piceous. Wings hyaline, 

 tcith a broivji stripe occupying half the breadth, and extending from the 

 base nearly to the tips, where it becomes narrow. Halteres tawuy. Se- 

 cond abdominal segraent ferruginous towards the tip. Legs tawny ; femora 

 streaked with black tmoards the base ; tarsi piceous. 



Very rare. In Mr. Desvignes' collection. (E.) 



9. rufipes, Fb. sp. i. ii. 466. 3 (1781) ; LI. ; Gm. ; Fin.; Mg. ; 

 Mq. ; Ztt. — petiolata, Dnv. ! i. xiii. 39, pi. 451. Nigra, capite antico 



flavo argenleo nigro-vittalo, thorace piceo-bimaculato, alls subciuereis ad 

 costam ferrugineis, abdominis fasciis apiceque aiiratis, segmento secundo 

 pedibusq^iie ferrughieis, tibiis basi fulvis. Long. 5-6 ; alar. 9-10 lin. 



Black. Head yelloio and slightly silvery from the vertex to the 

 peristoma, with a black stripe from the vertex to a little beyond the 

 base of the antcnnre, where it has three branches. Thorax with a 

 piceous scapida on each shoulder. Wings slightly grey ; a ferrughious 

 stripe, occupying half the breadth from the costa, becomes broion and in- 

 cludes a greyish spot toioards the tip. Halteres yellow. Abdomen 

 gilded on the hind border of each segment and at the tip ; second segment 

 ferruginous, very slender. Legs ferruginous ; tlbice lawny toioards the 

 base. 



Generally distributed. (E.) 



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