82 MUSCID^. 



more than its length, and by more than its length from the flexure of 

 the prsebrachial. 

 Not rare. (E.) 



143. multans, n. Nigra, cano-tomentosa, capite argenteo, facia- 

 libus ad bis trientem setosis, anteuuanim articulo sexto ad apicem incras- 

 sato, thorace nigro-quadrivittato, alis subcinereis, alulis albis, abdomine 

 longi-obcoiiico tessellato. Long. 3i ; alar. 5^ liu. 



Frontalia ferruginous, widening behind ; bristles of the front de- 

 scending to one-sixth of the face ; face very slightly oblique ; faci- 

 alia bristly for two-tliirds of the length; epistoma not prominent; palpi 

 tawny. Antennae reaching the epistoma ; second joint not longer than 

 deep ; third linear, truncated, more than six times the length of the 

 second ; fourth almost obsolete ; fifth very shorth ; sixth bare, stout 

 to the tij), as long as the third. Costal vein ending at some distance 

 in front of the tip of the v.'ing ; subcostal vein ending at much beyond 

 one-third of the length ; mediastinal vein ending at beyond half of 

 the length ; radial vein ending at four-fifths of the length ; cubital 

 vein ending very near the tip of the costal ; preebrachial vein forming 

 an obtuse angle at the flexure, slightly curved inward from thence to the 

 tip ; discal transverse vein with two very indistinct curves, parted by 

 much more than its length from the border, and by much less from the 

 flexure of the praebrachial. 



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



144. assimilis, Fal.Msc. 28. 58(1810); Meig. ; Zett. ; Mcq. A. 

 S. E. F. — agilis, Desv. ; Mcq. D. Nigra, cano-tomentosa, capite albo, 



facialibits ad plus diniidiuni setosis^ antennarmn articulo sexto fere ad di- 

 midiimi incrassato, thorace nigro-quadrivittato, alis subcinereis, aluhs 

 albis, abdomine longi-obconico tessellato. Long. 3|-4 ; alar. 7-8 lin. 



Frontalia deep black ; bristles of the front descending to one-sixth 

 of the face ; face slightly oblique. FaciaUa bristly for more than half 

 the lenyth ; epistoma not prominent ; palpi tawny. Antennoe reaching 

 the epistoma ; third joint linear, subconical at the tip, about four times 

 the length of the second ; sixth stout for nearly half the length, nearly 

 twice the length of the third. Costal vein ending in front at some 

 little distance froin the tip of the wing ; subcostal vein ending at about 

 one-third of the length ; mediastinal vein ending at about half the 

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

 vein joining the costal near its tip ; pra^brachial vein forming an obtuse 

 angle at its flexure, near which it is very slightly curved inward, and 

 is thence almost straight to its tip ; discal transverse vein with two 

 very indistinct curves, parted from the border by its length, and by 

 much less than its length from the flexure of the prccbrachial. 



Not rare. (E.) 



145. munita, n. Nigra, cano-tomentosa, capite albo, /acja^i^?^s «</ 



