TRYPETA. 199 



Black, with grey toraentura. Head, anteunse, scutellum, body be- 

 neath, and legs testaceous. Thorax with two darker stripes. Wings 

 limpid, brown, with some limpid dots in front for near half the length 

 from the base, and with four brown streaks, two of which extend to the 

 costa, and two to the hind border from the brown part, the second in 

 front extends to the tip of the wing; cubital and prpebrachial veins 

 sHghtly diverging from the prsebrachial transverse to the tip ; discal 

 transverse nearly straight, very oblique, parted by much less than its 

 length from the pi-sebrachial transverse, and by less than half its length 

 from the border. Halteres and legs testaceous. Abdomen hardly 

 longer than broad. 



Eare. In the collection of the Entomological Club. (E.) 



2. Heraclei, L. Fn. 461. 1877 (1761); Gmel. ; Loew; Zett.— 

 Onopord'mis, F. ; Gmel. ; Fal. ; Meig. ; Mcq. — Centaure(B, F. Picea 

 vel ferruginea, alis fuscis limpido-septemmaculatis, pedibus testaceis. 

 Long. 2-3 ; alar. 4-6 lin. 



Piceous or ferruginous, shining. Head ferruginous, testaceous be- 

 neath. Antennpe testaceous ; third joint much longer than the second, 

 ^letathorax black. Wings brown, with two limpid spots in front, two 

 in the disc, and three larger behind ; cubital and prfebrachial veins 

 very slightly diverging between the transverse veins, parallel and slightly 

 curved from the discal transverse to the tip ; discal transverse nearly 

 straight, shghtly oblique, parted by much less than its length from the 

 praebrachial transverse, and by less than half its length from the border. 

 Halteres and legs testaceous. Abdomen elliptical, a little broader than 

 the thorax. 



Generally distributed. (E. S. I.) 



3. cognata, Wied. Zool. Mag. i. 76 (1816); Meig. Zw. v. 315. 

 6. pi. 48. f. 19 ; Loew ; Boie. ; Desv. ; Zett. Fulva, longa, cylindrica, 

 metathorace nigro-bimaculato, ali^ limpidis /asais quatuor testaceo-fusds. 

 Long. 3^; alar. 7 lin. 



Tawny, long, cylindrical. Third joint of the antennae conical, much 

 longer than the second. Metathorax with a black spot on each side. 

 Wings limpid, wiili four irregular 'partly brown partly testaceous bands, 

 which cover the transverse veins; fourth connected in front with a 

 short brown stripe, which extends along the costa to the tip ; cubital 

 and praebrachial veins diverging between the transverse veins, slightly 

 curved and almost parallel from the discal transverse to the tip ; discal 

 transverse oblique, nearly straight, parted by a little more than its 

 length from the prtebrachial transverse, and by one-third of its lengtii 

 from the border. Legs hairy. 



Not common. (E. I.) 



4. Artemisiae, F. E. S. iv. 351. 162 (1792); Meig.! pi. 48. 

 f. 21 ; Loew; Zett. — interrupta, Yul. — intermissayMeig.; Mcq. — con- 

 tintia ? Meig. Fulva, subcyUndrica, capite tibiis tarsisque testaceis. 



