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transverse vein to the border ; discal h'ansverse vein very oblique and 

 undidating, parted by hardly more than its length from the pr?ebra- 

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

 Alulse greyish, witli testaceous borders. Abdomen long obconical, 

 cinereous-hoary, a little longer and narrower than the thorax, with a 

 black dorsal stripe, which tapers from the base to the tip ; tibiae ferru- 

 ginous. 



Generally distributed. (E. S. I.) 



50. subtracta, n. Cinereo-cano-tomentosa, tliorace nigro-quadri- 

 vittato, alis subcinereis, abdomine ovato, tibiis fulvis. Long. 3 ; alar. 

 6 lin. 



Black, with cinereous-hoary toraentum. Head whitish in front and 

 beneath. Thorax with four slender blackish stripes. Wings greyish ; 

 cubital and prasbrachial veins diverging from the praebrachial transverse 

 vein to the discal transverse vein, hardly diverging from thence to the 

 border. Alulae whitish ; discal transverse vein sVujhthj oblique, very 

 slightly undulating, parted by a little more than its length from the prae- 

 brachial transverse vein, and by a little less than its lengih from the 

 border. Alula3 whitish. Abdomen oval, not longer nor broader than 

 the thorax. Tibiae tawny. 



Not common. (E.) 



51. absens, n. Cinereo-tomeutosa, thorace nigro-trivittato, late- 

 ribus canis, alis subcinereis, vena praebrachiali transversa nuUa, abdomine 

 longi-ovato maculis quatuor later alibus imllidis, vitta dorsali et segmen- 

 torum marginibus posticis nigris, tibiis ferrugineis. Long. 3 ; alar. 

 6 lin. 



Black, with cinereous tomentum. Head white. Tliorax icitli three 

 black striqjes, hoary on each side. Wings greyish, with no praebrachial 

 transverse vein ; cubital and praebrachial veins diverging slightly to the 

 border; discal transverse vein oblique, deeply undulating, parted by 

 more than half its length from the border. Alulae whitish. Abdomen 

 elongate-oval, a little longer than the thorax, icitli a large pale semi-dia- 

 phanous spot on each side of the second and of the third segments ; dorsal 

 stripe and borders of segments black ; tibiae ferruginous. 



Not common. (E.) 



52. pluvialis, L. Fn. 1844 (1761); F. ; Grael. ; Schr. ; Latr. ; 

 I'al. ; Meig. ; ^Icq. ; Zett. — //^«s, Harr. — Geoffr. ; D.G-. Albido-tomen- 

 tosa, thorace abdomineque nigro-maculatis, alis sublimpidis. Long. 2-3 ; 

 alar. 4-6 lin. 



Black, with whitish tomentum. Head white. Epistoma prominent ; 

 sixth joint of the antennae very minutely pubescent. Thorax with seven 

 black spots, two in front, three in the middle, and two on the scutellum. 

 Wings nearly limpid ; cubital and praebrachial veins slightly diverging 

 along three-fourths of the length from the praebrachial transverse vein, 

 slightly converging from thence to the border ; discal transverse vein 



