34 MUSCIDiE. 



of the pvsebrachial, and by half its length from the border. Abdomen 

 luteous. 



Rare. In the late Mr. Stephens's collection. (E.) 



33. intercepta, n. Nigra, cano-subtomentosa, capite albo, oculis 

 nudis, palpis fulvis, thorace nigro-trivittato, alis cinereis basi et apud 

 venas subfuscis, alulis albis, abdomiiie ovato. Long. 2|-; alar, ^h lin. 



Frontalia dull black ; bristles of the front descending to one-eighth 

 of the face ; facialia without bristles ; epistoma not prominent ; ei/es 

 hare; palpi tawny. Antenna; not reaching the epistoma; third joint 

 about twice longer than broad, rounded at the tip, a little longer than 

 the second ; sixth minutely pubescent, stout towards the base, much 

 more than twice the length of the third. Costal vein ending a little 

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

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

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

 joining the costal very near its tip ; prtebrachial vein forming a very 

 obtuse but sharply-defined angle at its flexure, almost straight from 

 thence to. its tip, which joins the cubital near the tip of the latter ; 

 discal transverse vein with two very slight curves, parted by hardly 

 less than its length from the flexure of the prsebrachial and from the 

 border. Var. /3, discal transverse vein emitting a short branch on the 

 inner side. 



Eare. (E.) 



34. lateralis, F. S. I. ii. 443. 37 (1781); Schr. ; Gmel. ; 

 Meig. — rnfomaculata, D. Gr. — tacldnaria, Fal. ; Schell. ! G. M. pi. 3. 

 f. 3. Nigra, cinereo-tomentosa, capite albo, ocuUs hirtis, thorace nigro- 

 quadrivittato, alis cinereis apud venas fuscis, alulis albis, ahdom'me fusi- 

 form! rvfo, vitta dorsali ajiiceque nigris. Long. 3-4 ; alar. 6-8 lin. 



Frontalia deep black, slightly widening in front ; bristles of the 

 front descending to one-fourth of the face ; face vertical ; facialia 

 bristly for one-sixth of the length ; epistoma not prominent ; eyes hairy. 

 Antennre reaching the epistoma ; second joint more than twice longer 

 than deep ; third straight above, slightly convex beneath, rounded at 

 the tip, very little longer than the second; fourth and fifth long; sixth 

 minutely pubescent, stout for more than one-third of the length, nearly 

 twice the length of the third. Costal vein with a spine at the tip of 

 the subcostal, ending at some distance in front of the tip of the wing ; 

 subcostal vein ending at beyond one-third of the length ; medias- 

 tinal vein ending at hardly beyond half of the length ; radial vein 

 ending at about four-fifths of the length ; cubital vein ending very 

 near the tip of the costal ; pra^brachial vein forming an obtuse angle at 

 the flexure, straight from thence to the tip, which joins the cubital near 

 the tip of the latter; discal transverse vein with the hinder curve 

 deeper than the fore one, parted by a little less than its length from 

 the border, and by a little more than half its length from the flexure 



