ENICITA. 209 



2. punctum, F. E. S. iv. 351. 159 (1792) ; Coq. ; Schell. ; Oliv. ; 

 Latr. ; Fal. ; Meig. ; Mcq. ; Zett. — stiffi/ia, Vz.\ 'En. \x. 21. — cpiipsea, 

 Desv. Nigro-viridis, antennis fuscis, alis hyalinis, abdomine pur- 

 pureo basi aureo, pedibtis riifis. Long, lf-2 ; alar. 2i-2| lin. 



Blackish-green. Head black iu front ; face red. Antennae brown ; 

 arista black. Sides of the thorax, scutellum of the metathorax, and 

 abdomen shining, the latter coppery-purple, gilded at the base. Wings 

 limpid. Halteres yellow. Legs red. ; posterior femora with brown 

 bands; hind tibise brown; tarsi and middle tibiae with brown tips. 

 Var. /3. Male. First abdominal segment reddish-green. Var. y. Male. 

 Fore femora and anterior tibia; with brown bands. Var. S. Tem. Ab- 

 domen with purple bands. INIiddle tibiae and hind tarsi brown. 



Generally distributed. (E.) 



The following additional species of Sepsis have been recorded 

 as British ; some of them are probably mere varieties : — 



1. fulgens, Hoffm. 



2. flavimaua, Meig. 



3. hilaris, il/^«]^. — vivida var? Desv. 



4. maculipes, Walk. 



5. concinna. Walk. 



6. ruficornis, Meig. 



7. nigripes, Meig. — nitida, Desv. 



8. violacea, Meig. — 'pygmcea var. ? Desv. 



9. ornata, Meig. 

 10. duplicata, Hal. 



Genus II. ENICITA. 



Enicita, Westw. Class. Ins. i. 148 (1839). Sepsis p., Meig. ; Curt. ; 

 Zett. 



Metatlioracis scutellum bene determinattim. Alee immaculatcB. Abdo- 

 men pubescens, subpetiolatum, convexum, arcuatum, incm'vum, seg- 

 mento primo longo. Pedes gracUes, pubescentes ; tibiae subarcuataj. 

 Mas. AbdoTiien cylindricum, ajnce cornuhus duohis instructum. Fe- 

 mora antica subhis dentata et spinosa. Tibice anticfe subtns bidentatce. 

 Tarsi intermedii dilatati. Fcem. Abdomen longi-ovatian. Pedes 

 simplices ; metatarsi basi corapressi. 



Scutellum of the metathorax distinct. Wi)igs unspotted ; costal vein 

 ending on the hind border at a short distance from the tip of the wing ; 

 subcostal ending at about one-fourth of the length ; mediastinal ending 

 at hardly beyond one-third of the length ; radial ending at three-fourths 

 of the length ; cubital ending at the tip ; pra?brachial diverging from 

 the cubital between the transverse veins, very slightly converging to it 

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