ASTEIA. 23!) 



liyalinis venis flavis, tarsorum apicibus vix fuscescentibus ; Mas, meta- 

 thorace subcinereo. J"ar. Thoracis doi'so cinereo, lineis tribus longi- 

 tudinalibas fuscis, scutello cinereo flavo-limbato, abdomine superne 

 fusco. Long. 1-li; alar. 3 lin. 



Yelloto. Dot on the vertex, arista and tip of the abdomen hlach. 

 Thorax slightly ferruginous, indistinctly shining with white toiuentnni ; 

 longitudinal stripe and sides ferruginous. Wings hyaline ; veins yel- 

 low. Tips of the tarsi very slightly brownish. Mule. Metathorax 

 nearly cinereous. Var. Dorsum of the thorax cinereous, with three 

 longitudinal brown stripes ; scutellum cinereous, bordered with yellow. 

 Abdomen brown above. 



"The larva mines the leaves of the turnip and the pea; and 

 on the sea-coast it is found as late as the end of October in those 

 of the common scurvy-grass [CocJdearia officinalis), and in the 

 lady's- fingers {Anthyllis Vulneraria). It mines sometimes in 

 companies of four or five; but in a small leaf many of these 

 desert the seat of the original colon}', and commence a separate 

 establishment. Tlic pupa is brown, darker at the tips and across 

 the lines of the segments, rather narrow, elongate-oval, finely 

 striated transversely, convex above, less so beneath." — Ilardi/. 



Common. (S.) 



7. gracilis, n. Cana, gracilllma, capita luteo, antennis fnlvis, 

 alls limpidis angudis, halteribus pedibusque testaceis, abdomine piceo. 

 Long, li; alar. 2-1 lin. 



Hoary, very slender. Head lutcous, testaceous beneath. Antennae 

 tawny. Wings limpid, rather long and narrate ; veins testaceous ; dis- 

 cal transverse vein slightly oblique, parted by about twice its length 

 from the prrebrachial transverse, and by nearly its length from the 

 border. Halteres and legs testaceous. Abdomen piceous, much lon- 

 ger than the thorax. 



Not common. (E.) 



The following additional species of BrosopMla have been re- 

 corded as British : — 



1. ingrata, Ilal. 4. tristis, Fal. 



2. cameraria, Curt. 5. littoralis, Mcig. 



3. transversa, Fal. 6. Hava, Fal. 



Genus V. ASTEIA. 



AsTEiA, Meig. Zw. vi. 88 (1830); Mcq. ; Westw. ; Zctt. 



Corpus gracile, nitens, fere nudum. Caput et thorax convexa. Caput 

 transversimi, thoracc paullo latins. Antennae brcvissimpc ; articulus 



