J 60 MUSCIDiE. 



darker at the tips ; discal transverse vein straight, very slightly oblique, 

 parted by less than twice its length from the prsebrachial transverse. 

 Halteres testaceous. Fore tibiae, fore tarsi, and tips of the posterior 

 tarsi blackish. 

 Not rare. (E.) 



4. cinerella, Fal. Sciom. 14. 8 (1820); Meig. ; Mcq.; Zett. 

 Cana, vertice flavo, antennis piceis, thoracis disco fusco, alis fusco-cine- 

 reis, abdomine cinereo, pedibus fulvis, anticis piceis. Long. 2-2i ; 

 alar. 4-5 lin. 



Hoary. Head whitish beneath ; vertex bright-yellow, with a brown 

 middle stripe, and with a brown spot on each side in front ; proboscis 

 ferruginous. Antennae piceous. Disc of the thorax brotvn. Wings 

 grey, brownish in front and in the discs of the areolets ; transverse 

 veins clouded with brown ; discal transverse nearly straight, slightly 

 oblique, parted by less than twice its length from the prsebrachial 

 transverse, and by full half its length from the border. Haltereg 

 whitish. Abdomen cinereous. Legs tawny ; fore legs mostly piceous. 



Generally distributed. (E. S. I.) 



5. nana, Fal. Sciom. 15. 12 (1820); Meig.; Zett. Fnsca, cano- 

 tomentosa, capite flavo, antennis fulvis, thorace fusco-qiiadrivittato, alis 

 fusco-cinereis, abdominis segmenlis testaceo-marginatis, pedibus fulvis 

 anticis fuscescentibus. Long. 1|^ ; alar. %\ lin. 



Brown, with hoary tomentum. Head yellow, white beneath. An- 

 tennce tawny. Thorax with four hrown stripes. Wings grey, brownish 

 in front, and with a diffuse brownish band near the tip ; transverse 

 veins clouded with brown ; discal transverse slightly curved outward, 

 parted by much more than its length from the prsebrachial, and by 

 more than half its length from the border. Halteres and hind bor- 

 ders of abdominal segments testaceous. Legs duU tawny ; fore legs 

 brownish. 



Not commou. (E. I.) 



6. monilis, Meig. Zw. vi. 17. 18 (1830); Mcq.; Zett. Cinerea, 

 capite flavo, antennis ferrugineis, thoracis lateribus et abdominis seg- 

 mentorum marginibus testaceis, alis subcinereis fusco-guttatis, pedibus 

 fulvis. Long. 2 ; alar. 4 lin. 



Cinereous. Head yellow, white about the orbits of the eyes ; vertex 

 with ferruginous streaks ; proboscis ferruginous ; palpi tawny. An- 

 tennse ferruginous ; third joint darker towards the tip ; sixth black. 

 Thorax mostly testaceous on each side. Wings slightly grey, with 

 rows of brown dots between the longitudinal veins ; discal transverse 

 vein almost straight, slightly oblique, parted by nearly twice its length 

 from the prfebrachial transverse, and by full half its length from the 

 border. Halteres pale testaceous. Hind borders of abdominal seg- 

 ments testaceous. Legs dull tawny. 



Not common. (E. I.) 



