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border. Halteres whitish. Legs tawny. Fern. Oviduct flat, lanceolate, 

 black, shining, shorter than the abdomen. 

 Generally distributed. (E. S. I.) 



18. cornuta, F. E. S. iv. 357. 186 (1792); Fal. ; Meig; Curt.! 

 B. E. pi. 231; Mcq. ; Loew ; Boie ; Zett. Vh-idi-testacea, capite 

 luteo, thuracis disco cinereo-tomentoso nigro-trivittato, scutello flavo, alis 

 limpidis fasciis quatiior testaceis c'mereo-marginatis, oviductu fulvo apice 

 nigro. Long. 3-4 ; alar. 6-7 lin. 



GreenMi-testaceous. Head luteous. Antennae paler; third joint 

 conical, longer than the second. Disc of the thorax with grey tomenttm, 

 and with three slender Hack stripes. Scutellum yeUow. Metathorax 

 black. Wings limpid, with four grey-hordered testaceous hands ; first 

 irregular, sliortcned Iiindward ; fourth apical, mostly brown ; cubital 

 and prsebrachial veins very slightly diverging between the transverse 

 veins, slightly converging between tlie discal transverse and the tip ; 

 discal transverse oblique, nearly straight, parted by more than its length 

 from the prgebracliial transverse, and by less tlian half its length from 

 the border. Halteres pale yeUow. Legs testaceous. Fern. Oviduct 

 flat, lanceolate, long, tawny, with a black tip. 



Not rare in the south of England. (E.) 



19. Arctii, D. G. I. vi. 21. 16. pi. 2. f. 6-14 (1752) ; Fal. ; Meig. ; 

 Mcq. ; Loew ; Zett. — punctata, Schr. ; Loew ? — solstitialis, Pz. ! Fn. 

 ciii. 22. — Jacece, Desv. — dorsalis, Desv. ; Mcq. — piisilla, Desv. — cylin- 

 drica ? Desv. — ahdominalis, Desv. Testacea, thoracis disco fusco, alis 

 limpidis, fasciis quatuor testaceis cinereo-marginatis. Long. 1^-2; alar. 

 8-4 lin. 



Testaceous. Third joint of the antennae conical, much longer than 

 the second. Disc of the thorax hroicn. Metathorax black. Wings 

 limpid, with four irregular grey-hordered testaceous hands ; first irregu- 

 lar and extending along the veins to the base ; fourth apical ; cubital 

 and prfel)rachial veins parallel between the transverse veins, and nearly 

 parallel between the discal transverse and the tip ; discal transverse 

 upright, slightly curved outward, parted by more than its length from 

 the prtebrachial transverse, and by hardly half its length from the 

 border. Fem. Oviduct flat, lanceolate, rather long, black towards the 

 base. 



Generally distributed. (E. S. I.) 



20. solstitialis, L. Fn. 1879 (1761) ; F. ; Gmel. ; Latr. ; Fal. ; 

 Lam.; Meig.! Zw. v. pi. 49. f. 10; Mcq.; Zett.; Loew; Boie. — 

 Dauci, F. ; Gmel. — hastata, F. — stylata, F. ; Gmel. ; Meig. — C'irsii, 

 Schr. — Leucacanthi, Schr. — Jacohea, Pz. ; Fal. — aprica, Fal. ; Meig. — 

 cuspidata, Meig. ; Mcq. — pugionata, Meig. Atra, capite scutelloque 

 flavis, antennis luteis, alis albis fusco nonnunquam quadrifasciatis, pedi- 

 bus fulvis, oviductu longissimo. Long. 2|-4 ; alar. 5 lin. 



Black, shining. Head yellow ; vertex pale luteous. Antenna; lu- 



