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spot, wliich extends to the antennfe. Antenna; black. Thorax with 

 three very broad Hack stripes. ScutcUum whitish-yellow. Pectus with 

 a black spot on each side. Wings limpid. Haltcres white. Abdomen 

 black above, yellow on each side and at the tip. Femora and tibia with 

 brown streaks above. Fore tarsi black. 

 Not rare. (E.) 



9. Cereris, Fal. Oscinid. 5. 3 (1830); Meig.; Mcq. ; Zett.— 

 scutellatus, Pz. — ugnata, Hal. (var.) Nigra, capite, antennis basi, ^;ec- 

 tore scntello pedibusque fluvis, alis limpidis, femoribus posticis supra 

 fuscescentibus, tarsis anticis nigris. Long. 1^-1^; alar. 3-2i lin. 



Black. Head yellow, black behind, and with a large black spot on 

 the vertex. Autennfe black, yellow towards the base. Pectus and scti- 

 tellum pale yellow, tlie former with black spots on each side. Wings 

 limpid. Haltcres pale yellow. Leys yelloto ; hind tibice broionish above ; 

 fore tarsi and tips of fore tibire black. 

 . Common. (E. S. I.) 



10. messoria. Pal. Oscinid. 5. 4 (1820); Meig.; Mcq.; Zett. 

 Niyra, capite apud ocidos antice subtusqiie, thoracis lateribus halteri- 

 busque pallide flavis, alis vix subcinereis, tibiis tarsisque posterioribus 

 basi gennbusque fulvis. Long. \\; alar. 2\ lin. 



Black. Head pale yellow alony the eyes, above, in front, and be- 

 neath. Antenna3 black, yellow at the base. Thorax with two longi- 

 tudinal furrows; sides and pectus pale yellow, with black spots. Wings 

 very slightly greyish ; veins black, tawny at the base ; costal vein end- 

 ing in front at about five-sixths of the length of the wing ; radial end- 

 ing before two-thirds of the length ; discal transverse parted by less 

 than its length from the prrebrachial transverse, and by four times its 

 length from the border. Haltcres white. Posterior tibias and tarsi 

 towards the base and knees tawny. 



Commou. (E. S. T.) 



11. tarsata, Fal. Oscinid. 5. 5 (1820) ; Meig. ; Zett. Nigra, alis 

 sublimpidis, halteribus albidis, tarsis posterioribus tibiis apice genn- 

 busque fulvis. Long. 1} ; alar. 2 lin. 



Black. Wings nearly limpid. Haltcres whitish. Posterior tarsi 

 except the tips, knees and tips of tibipc tawny. 

 Not common. (E.) 



The following additional species of Cldorops have been re- 

 corded as British : — 



1. gracilis, Meig. 7. cingulata, Meig. 



2. brunnicornis, Mcq^. 8. circumdata, Meig. 



3. confluens, Meig. 9. lateralis, Hal. 



4. Iseta, Meig. 10. fulvifrons, Hal. 



5. fasciata, Meig. 11. clongata, Meig. 



6. spcciosa, Meig. 



