168 MUSCID^E. 



parted by more than its length from tlie prsebrachial transverse, and 

 by hardly half its length from the border. Halteres testaceous. Tarsi 

 brownish. 



Not rare. (E.) 



7. punctata, F. E. S. iv. 347. 147 (1794); Meig.; Mcq.; Zett. ; 

 Loew. Perriiginea, thorace subvittato, alts cinereis, guttis plurimis 

 apud venas fiiscis, pedibus fulvis. Long. 3| ; alar. 5 lin. 



Ferruginous. Head yellow, pale testaceous, with white tomentum 

 beneath. Palpi yellow, clavate, with ferruginous tips. Antennm ferru- 

 ginous ; third joint much longer than the second ; sixth black, with long 

 hairs. Thorax with indistinct darker stripes. Wings grey, with nume- 

 rous broion, dots along the veins ; transverse veins clouded ; discal trans- 

 verse vein oblique, undulating, parted by mucli more than its length 

 from the praebrachial transverse, and by more than half its length from 

 the border. Halteres testaceous. Legs tawny. 



Not common. (E.) 



8. umbrarum, L. Fn. 1864 (1761); Fal. ; Meig.; Zett.— ^m- 

 mata, Ahrens. Ferruginea, capite flavo fusco-guttato, antennis ferru- 

 gineis, thoracis disco fusco latcribus testaceo-guttatis, alis fitscis Hm- 

 pido-gutlatis, abdomine fusco, pedibus fulvis fusco-variis. Long. 2; 

 alar. 4 lin. 



Ferruginous. Head yellow; front with brown dots; face white, 

 shining. AntemKB ferruginous; third joint longer than the second; 

 sixth black, with long hairs. Thorax with testaceous dots on each 

 side ; disc brown. Wings brown, darJcest along the costa, thickly 

 covered with limpid dots ; discal transverse vein very slightly oblique, 

 very slightly curved outward, parted by full twice its length from the 

 prsebrachial transverse, and by half its length from the border. Hal- 

 teres pale testaceous. Abdomen brown. Legs tawny; femora with 

 brown bands ; tips of the tibi;e and of the tarsi brown. 



Not common. (E. I.) 



9. ferruginea, Fal. Sciom. 9. 9 (1820) ;_ Meig.; Mcq.; Zett._; 

 Loew. Testacea, antennis luteis, thorace ferrugineo-quadrivittato, alis 

 suhfulvis strigis ohscurioribns, venis transversis infuscatis, abdomine 

 pedibusquc fulvis. Long. 2^-3^ ; alar, 5-7 lin. 



Testaceous. Head luteous, whitish beneath. Proboscis ferruginous. 

 Palpi whitish. Antenna luteous; third joint longer than the second; 

 sixth black, with long hairs. Thorax wifh four ferruginous stripes. 

 Wings slightly tawny, with indistinct darker streaks between the veins, 

 and frequently clouded tcith brown along the casta; transverse veins 

 clouded with brown ; discal transverse oblique, almost straight or 

 slightly curved outward, parted by nearly lialf its length from the 

 prffibrachial transverse, and by nearly twice its length from the border. 

 Halteres pale testaceous. Abdomen and legs tawny. 



Generally distributed. (E. S. I.) 



