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vein undulating, slightly oblique, parted by about its length from the 

 prsebrachial transverse vein, and by little more than half its length from 

 the border. Alute whitish. Abdomen oval, slightly tessellated, a little 

 broader but not longer than the thorax. Legs tawny ; tarsi black. 

 Not rare. (E.) 



25. efFecta, n. Cinereo-tomentosa, thorace nigro-quadrivittato, 

 alls cinereis, vena prsebrachiali transversa infuscata, abdomine ovato 

 niyro-sexmacidato, pedibus fulvis, femoribus anticis tarsisque nigris. 

 Long. 3 ; alar. 6 lin. 



Male. Black, with cinereous tomentum. Head white. Thorax with 

 four black stripes. Wings grey ; cubital and praebrachial veins slightly 

 diverging from the clouded prajbrachial transverse vein to the border ; 

 discal transverse vein oblique, slightly undulating, parted by a little 

 less than its length from the pra^brachial transverse vein, and by more 

 than half its length from the border. Alula? whitish, with pale testa- 

 ceous borders. Abdomen oval, as long and as broad as the thorax ; 

 Jii'st, second, and Hard secjments with two black spots on each. Legs 

 tawny ; tarsi black ; fore femora black, with tawny tips. 



Not common. (E.) 



26. depuncta, Fal. Msc. 80. 98 (1810); Meig. ; Zett. Cinereo- 

 tomentosa, thorace nigro-quadrivittato, alis cinereis, vena pra^brachiali 

 transversa infuscata, abdomine longi-ovato ni(/)'o-qiiadrimacidato, pedibus 

 fulvis, femoril)us anticis tarsisque nigris. Long. 3 ; alar. 6 lin. 



Black, with cinereous tomentum. Head whitish. Thorax with four 

 black stripes. Wings grey; transverse veins slightly clouded with 

 brown ; cubital and prsebrachial veins slightly diverging from the pree- 

 brachial transverse vein to the border ; discal transverse vein oblique, 

 imdulating, parted by a little more than its length from the pra^brachial 

 transverse vein, and by less than its length from the border. Alulas 

 white. Abdomen elongate oval, slightly tessellated, as long and as broad 

 as the thorax ; second and third segments with two black spots on each. 

 Legs tawny ; tarsi and fore femora black. 



Not rare. (E.) 



27. erratica, Tab Msc. 77. 92 (1810); Meig.; Mcq. ; Zett. 

 Cano-tomcntosa, antennis basi scutello pedibusque fulvis, thorace nigro- 

 quadrivittato, alis subcinereis, abdomine tessellato, tarsis nigris. Long. 

 5 ; alar. 11 lin. 



Black, with hoary tomentum. Head white in front and beneatli ; 

 facialia and epistoma testaceous. Fii'st and second joints and base of 

 the third joint of the antenntc tawny. Thorax with four black stripes ; 

 scutellum tawny. TFings greyish; cubital and prsebrachial veins di- 

 verging from the .praebrachial transverse vein to near the border, where 

 they slightly converge ; discal transverse vein oblique, very undulating, 

 parted by more than its lengtli fi-om the prajbrachial transverse vein. 



