196 MUSCIDiE. 



Desv. ; Zett. Nigra, capita antennisque luteis, alis limpidis nigro-qua- 

 driiascmtis, pedibt(s ^jiceis, tarsis ferriigineis . Long. 3|^-3 ; alar. 5-6 lin. 



Black, shining. Head and antennae luteous. Third joint of the 

 anteunai conical, pointed, slightly curved upward. Thorax with hoary 

 tomentum. Wings limpid, with four blackish bands; first, second, 

 and fourth shortened hindward ; foiirth apical, connected in front with 

 the third ; radial vein ending at about nine-tenths of the length of the 

 wing ; cubital and prsebrachial slightly diverging between the trans- 

 verse veins, shghtly converging from the discal transverse to the tip ; 

 discal transverse slightly undulating, nearly upright, parted by much 

 more than its length from the pra^brachial transverse, and by less than 

 half its length from the border. Halteres white. Ler/s piceous ; tarsi 

 ferruginous. 



Not rare. (E.) 



4. picta, Meig. Zw. v. 276. 6 (1826). Atra, capite rufo, antennis 

 fulvis, alls limpidis fusco-quadrimaculatis, pedibus piceis, tarsis nigris. 

 Long. 2-2|; alar. 4-5 lin. 



Deep black. Head bright red, tawny in front, with white tomentum 

 about the eyes. Epistoma rather prominent. Antennae tawny, almost 

 reaching the epistoma ; third joint almost linear, rounded and darker 

 at the tip, full thrice the length of the second. Wings limpid, with 

 three hrown spots, one at the tip, and one on each of the transverse veins, 

 and ivith a hrow7i costal streah from the base to the tip of the mediastinal 

 vein, whence it extends hindimrd to the transverse vein ; radial vein end- 

 ing at beyond eleven-twelfths of the length ; cubital and praebrachial 

 veins parallel from the prsebrachial transverse to the tip ; discal trans- 

 verse vein almost straight and upright, parted by more than its length 

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

 from the border. Halteres white. Legs piceous ; tarsi black. 



Generally distributed. (E. S. I.) Several of Meigen^s species 

 of Ortalis are probably varieties of 0. picta. 



5. Cerasi, L. Fn. 1878 (1761) ; D. G. ; F. ; Schr. ; Gmel. ; Latr. ; 

 Meig. ; Mcq. ; Zett. D. S. — mali, F. — morio, F. — frondescentice ? L. — 

 uUginosa, Fal. ; Zett. I. L. Atra, capite ferrugineo, antennis testaceis, 

 alis albidis fasciis quatuor nigro-fnscis, pedibus piceis, tarsis ferrugineis. 

 Long, li-lf ; alar. 3-3i lin. 



Deep black. Head feiTuginous, with white tomentum about the 

 eyes. Face and epistoma prominent. Antennae testaceous ; third joint 

 linear, full thrice the length of the second. Wings tohitish, rather nar- 

 row, toithfour blackish-brown bands ; first extending to the base along the 

 costa, connected with the second on the hind border ; third and fourth 

 connected along half the length from the fore border ; radial vein ending 

 at about nine-tenths of the length of the wing ; cubital and praebrachial 

 veins parallel from the praebrachial transverse to the border ; discal 

 transverse vein curved outward, slightly oblique, close to the border. 



