228 MUSCID.E. 



quinquc, abdominis fasclis tai'sisque apice nigris, scutello albido, alls 

 cif/ereis. Long. li-l|.; alar. 3-3| liu. 



Yellow. Head black behind, and with a black triangular spot about 

 the ocelli. Antennpe black, yellow at the base. Thorax with three broad 

 black stripes. Scutellum whitish. TFinr/s grey. Abdominal segments 

 with black bands in front. Tips of the tarsi black. 



Common. (E. S. I.) 



5. tseniopus, Meig. Zw. vi. 144. 9 (1830); Mcq. ; Curt.; Zett. 

 riava, capitis macula triangulari, anteunis apice, thoracis vittis quiuque, 

 abdominis fasciis, tibiis anticis tarsisque apice tarsisque anticis, basi ni- 

 gris, scutello albido, alis subcinereis. Long. 1-|^-1| ; alar. 2|-3i lin. 



Yellow. Head black behind, and with a black triangular spot about 

 the ocelli. Antenna3 black, yellow at the base. Thorax with live broad 

 black stripes. Scutellum whitish. Wings greyish. Abdominal seg- 

 ments with black bands in front. Tips of the tarsi, fore tarsi at the 

 base, and tips of the fore tibia black. 



Commou. (E. S. I.) 



6. cinctipes, Meig. Zw, vi. 148, 19 (1830), Flava, capitis vitta, 

 thoracis vittis quinque, pectoris maculis sex, abdominis fasciis, tibiis pos- 

 ticis femoribusque nigris, antennis nigris basi flavis, alis subcinereis. 

 Long. 1^ ; alar. 3 lin. 



Yellow, Head black behind, and tviih a large black triangular spot, 

 from whence a stripe proceeds to the antennce. Antennas black, yellow 

 at the base. Thorax with five black stripes ; middle one and inner pair 

 very broad. Scutellum pale yellow. Pectus ivith three black spots on 

 each side. Wings greyish. Haltcres white. Abdomen with slender black 

 bands on the fore borders of the segments. Femora and hind tibiae mostly 

 black above. 



Not rare. (E.) 



7. lineata, F, Sp, I. ii, 453. 99 (1781); Gmel. ; Latr. ; Meig.; 

 Mcq. ; Zett. — piimilionis, F, Flava, capitis macula, thoracis vittis 

 quinque, pectoris macidis sex, abdominisque disco nigris, antennis nigris 

 basi flavis, alis limpidis. Long. |^-1 ; alar, li-3 lin. 



Yellow. Head black behind, and with a large black triangular spot 

 on the vertex. Antenna black, yellow at the base. Thorax with five 

 black stripes ; the middle one and the inner pair broad. Scutellum 

 pale yellow. Pectus with three black spots on each side. Wings lim- 

 pid. Haltcres white. Abdomen black above ; base and tip yellow. 



Very abundant ; often appears in profusion on windows during 

 the spring. (E. S, I.) 



8. glabra, Meig. Zw. vi. 149. 20 (1830); Mcq.; Zett. Flava, 

 capitis macula maxima, antennis, thoracis fasciis tribus, abdominis disco 

 tarsisque anticis nigris, alis limpidis, fcmoribus tibiis fusco-strigatis. 

 Long. \\; alar. 2}^ lin. 



Yellow. Head black behind, and witii a very large black triangular 



