134 MUSCID^. 



tessellated, a little broader but not longer than the thorax; dorsal 

 stripe black. Fern, with cinereous tomentura. Head white in front; 

 frontalia piceous. Thorax with four indistinct brown stripes. Cubital 

 and pra^brachial veins slightly diverging from the prsebrachial trans- 

 verse vein to the border; discal transverse vein slightly oblique, parted 

 by much more than its length from the prffibrachial transverse vein, and 

 by a little less than its length from the border. Alulae whitish, with 

 pale testaceous borders. Abdomen fusiform, a little longer than the 

 thorax. 



Common. (E.) 



47. allecta, n. Mas, cinereo-tomentosa, pilosissima, thorace nigro- 

 quinquevittato, metathorace cano, alls subcinereis basi subfulvis, vena 

 discali transversa valde incurva, abdomine linear! vitta dorsali nigra. 

 Long. 3 ; alar. 6 lin. 



Black, very hairy, with dark grey tomentum. Thorax with five 

 blackish stripes ; metathorax hoary. Wings very slightly greyish, with 

 a tawny tinge at the base; cubital and prfebrachial veins diverging 

 from the prffibrachial transverse vein to nearly opposite the end of the 

 radial vein, where the cubital slightly converges towards the prsebra- 

 chial; discal transverse vein oblique, much curved inward, parted by 

 more than its length from the prsebrachial transverse vein, and by 

 much less than its length from the border. Alulae whitish. Abdomen 

 linear, with a black dorsal stripe, narrower but hardly longer than the 

 thorax. 



Not common. (E.) 



48. inconfessa, n. Cinereo-tomentosa, frontalibus antice rufis, 

 thorace fusco-quadrivittato, alis subcinereis, abdomine fusiformi vitta 

 dorsali nigra. Long. 2|^ ; alar. 5 lin. 



Black, with cinereous tomentum. Head whitish in front ; frontalia 

 red towards the antennse. Thorax with four brown stripes. Wings 

 greyish ; cubital and pr^brachial veins diverging from the praobrachial 

 transverse vein to the discal transverse vein, parallel from thence to 

 the border ; discal transverse vein curved inward, parted by nearly 

 twice its length from the prfebrachial transverse vein, and by a little 

 less than its length from the border. Alulai wliitish, with pale testa- 

 ceous borders. Abdomen fusiform, with a black dorsal stripe, a little 

 longer and narrower than the thorax. 



Not rare. (E.) 



49. conica, Wied. Z. M. I. 79. 29 (1816); Fal. ; Meig.; Alirens ! 

 Fn. 10. pi. 23 ; Mcq. ; Zett. Cinereo-tomentosa, angusta, thorace 

 fusco-quadrivittato lateribus canis, alis cinereis, abdomine longi-obconico 

 cinereo-cano, tibiis ferrugineis. Long. 3-4; alar. 6-8 lin. 



Black, long and narrow, with cinereous tomentum. Head white. 

 Thorax with four brown stripes, hoary on each side. Wings grey; cu- 

 l.iital and pricbrachial veins diverging slightly from the pra'l)rachial 



