203 MUSCID.r. 



bital and pn^brachial veins slightly diverging between the transverse 

 veins, parallel from the discal transvei*se to the tip ; discal transverse 

 nearly straight, very slightly oblique, parted by its length from the 

 prjebrachial transverse, and by hardly more than half its length from 

 the border. Fern. Oviduct depressed, obconical, ferruginous, black at 

 the tip, about half the length of the abdomen. 

 Generally distributed. (E. S. I.) 



10. marginata, Fd. Ortal. 7, S (1S20); Meig. ! Zw. v. pi. 49. 

 f. 15 ; Mcq. ; Loew ; Boie ; Zett. — Linaria; Desv. Cervino-tomen- 

 tosa, capite tlavo, antennis luteis, alls aldis, }?iaculis quatuor anticis 

 fascioque una c'mereis, abdomine cinereo-tomentoso fasciis testaceis, 

 pedibus fidvis, oviductu nigro. Long. \\; alar. 3^ lin. 



Head yellow. Antennae pale luteous ; third joint nearly linear, 

 truncated at the tip, full twice the length of the second. Thorax with 

 fawn-coloured tomentum. TJIngs tcJiife, icitJi Jite grey spots in front, the 

 tJi I rd forming a band across t/ie tring, covering the transverse veins, and 

 including one or two ichite dots ; cubital and praebrachial veins hardly 

 diverging between the prfebrachial transverse and the tip ; discal trans- 

 verse nearly upright, hai-dly curved outward, paited by little more than 

 half its length from the prtebrachial transverse, and by a little less from 

 the border. Halteres white. Abdomen black, with cinereous tomen- 

 tum ; hind borders of the segments testaceous. Legs pale tawny. Tern. 

 Oviduct short, flat, obconical, black, shining. 



Generally distributed. (E. S. I.) 



11. gnttularis, Meig. Zw. v. 3-il. 44 (1S26); Mcq. ; Loew; Zett. 

 — capitata, Yd.—faripes, Desv. — brunicosa, Pesv. Fusco-tomentosa, 

 capite antennisque Ititeis, scutello et oviductu nigris nitidis, atisfuscis lira- 

 pido-guttatis, pedibus fidvis, femoribus nigris. Long. \\-'2 ; alar. 3—4 lin. 



Body with brown tomentum. Head luteous, testaceous beneath. 

 Antennae luteous ; third joint nearly linear, rounded at the tip, much 

 longer than the second. Scutellum and metathorax black, shining. 

 Wings dark brown, with a few white dots in the disc, and more along 

 the border; cubital and prtebrachial veins hardly diverging between 

 the pnebrachial transverse and the tip ; discal transverse upright, nearly 

 straight, parted by less than its length from the prsebrachial transverse, 

 and by almost half its length from the border. Abdomen with a whitish 

 dorsal stripe, and with whitish bands on the hind borders of the seg- 

 ments. Legs tawny; femora black, with tawny tips. Fern. Oviduct 

 lanceolate, convex, black, shining, much shorter than the abdomen. 



Xot common. (E.) 



12. Absinthii, F. S. A. 322. 30 (1S05); Meig. ! Zw. v. pi. 50. 

 f. 12; Mcq.; Loew ; Boie; Zett. — punctella, Fal. — millefoUi ? Desv. 

 — Alethe, Xewm. Cinereo-tomentosa, capite pedibusque fulns, anten- 

 nis luteis, alis albis, guttis nonnuV.is fasciisque duabus connexis albo-gut- 

 tatisfuscis, oviductu feiTUgineo. Long, li-ls ; ahar. 2|-3 lin. 



