28 MUSCIDiE. 



slightly curved inward from thence to the tip ; discal transverse vein 

 with two indistinct curves, parted by much less tlian its length from 

 the flexure of the prsebrachial and from the border. Abdomen ellip- 

 tical ; hind borders of the segments black, 



Eare. In Mr. Desvignes^s collection. (E.) 



20. stabulans? Meig. Zw. iv. 306. 115 (1824). Nigra, cano- 

 tomentosa, capite albo, setts frovtalibiis faciem quarta excepta incliiden- 

 iibus, thorace nigro-quadrivittato, alls cinereis, alulis albis. Long. 3 ; 

 alar. 6 lin. 



Bristles of the front ilescevdhuj to three-foxirtlis of the face ; rather 

 narrow ; face vertical ; facialia without l)ristles ; epistoma not promi- 

 nent ; palpi black. Antennse almost reaching the epistoma ; second 

 joint nearly twice longer than deep ; third linear, rounded at the tip, 

 very much longer than the second ; fourth very short ; fifth rather 

 long ; sixth bare, stout for more than one-third of the length, twice 

 the length of the third. Costal vein ending at far in front of the tip 

 of the wing ; subcostal vein ending at about one-third of the length ; 

 mediastinal vein ending at before half of the length ; radial vein ending 

 at three-fourths of the length ; cubital vein ending very near the tip of 

 the costal ; prffibrachial vein forming an obtuse angle at the flexure, 

 which emits a long branch, near this it is very slightly bent inward, 

 and is thence straight to the tip ; discal transverse vein much curved 

 inward behind the middle, parted by a httle more than half its length 

 from the flexure of the pra^brachial, and by a little less than its length 

 from the border. Abdomen long, obconical ; base, tip, dorsal stripe, 

 and hind borders of the segments black and shining. 



Eare. In Mr. Desvignes's collection. (E.) 



21. vulpina, Fal. Msc. 23. 47 (1810) ; Meig.! vii. pi. 70. f. 18 ; 

 Mcq. ; Zett. Nigra, cano-tonientosa, capite flavo albo-tomentoso, tho- 

 race nigro quinquevittato, humeris scutelloque testaceis, alls et alulis 

 subcinereis, abdouiine ferr)(<jineo albo tessellato nigro-vittato, pedibus 

 fulvis, tarsis nigris. Long. 5 ; alar. 9 lin. 



Frontalia luteous ; face vertical ; bristles of the front descending to 

 one-fourth of the length of the face ; facialia without bristles ; epistoma 

 prominent ; palpi black. Antenna3 black, almost reaching the epistoma ; 

 second joint thrice longer than deep ; third as long as the second, in- 

 creasing in breadth from the base to the tip, which is truncated ; sixth 

 stout, bare, al)out twice the length of the third. Subcostal vein about 

 one-third of the length of the wing ; mediastinal vein about half the 

 length ; radial vein ending at much beyond three-fourths of the length ; 

 cubital vein joining the costal very near its tip ; prt^brachial vein form- 

 ing a very slightly obtuse angle at its flexure, which emits a very long 

 branch, beyond this it is very slightly inclined inward, and is thence 

 almost straight to its tip ; transverse veins slightly clouded with brown ; 

 discal transverse vein almost straight, excepting a slight outward curve 



