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the base. Thorax with three black stripes, the middle one in advance 

 of the others. Pectus testaceous. Wings greyish ; veinlets of the 

 prfebrachial areolet forming an obtuse angle, the hind one full twice 

 the length of the fore one, and as long as the subapical vein before its 

 fork ; fork of the subanal vein a little nearer than the fork of the sub- 

 apical to the base of the wing ; anal vein extending beyond the fork of 

 the subanal. Hal teres testaceous. Abdomen brown, with a testaceous 

 band on the hind border of each segment. Legs testaceous ; tarsi 

 brown ; hind tibife armed with minute spines and with long spurs. 

 Eare. (E.) 



15. pubescens. Walk. E. M. iv. 115 (1837). Nigra, cinereo-to- 

 mentosa, palpis, halteribus pedibusque testaceis, alls limpidis apice 

 subcinereis, tarsis apices versus nigricantibus. Long. 1--; alar. 3 lin. 



Black, with hoary tomentum. Palpi testaceous. Antennse a little 

 longer than the thorax. Wings limpid, with greyish tips ; subcostal 

 vein short, united to the radial at its tip ; radial joining the costal at 

 less than two-thirds of the length of the wing, united to the cubital 

 by a transverse veinlet which is nearly opposite the fork of the sub- 

 apical ; cubital united to the costal at some distance from the tip of 

 the latter ; fork of the subanal a little nearer than the fork of the sub- 

 apical to the base of the wing. Halteres testaceous. Legs testaceous ; 

 tarsi blackish towards the tips. 



Not rare. (E.) 



IG. diversa, n. Nigra, palpis, halteribus, abdominis segmentorum 

 marginibus posticis pedibusque testaceis, thoracis lateribus anticis sub- 

 fulvis, alis subcinereis, tarsis fuscis. Long. 2 ; alar. 4 lin. 



Black. Palpi testaceous. Antennae testaceous at the base. Thorax 

 slightly tawny on each side in front. Wings very slightly greyish; sub- 

 costal vein joining the costal before one-tliird of the length of the wing, 

 not united to the radial ; radial ending at about three-fourths of the 

 length, joined to the cubital by a transverse veinlet which is nearly 

 opposite the fork of the subapical ; cubital joining the costal at a short 

 distance from the tip of the latter ; fork of the subapical vein very 

 much further than the fork of the subanal from the base of the wing ; 

 anal vein not extending to the fork of the subanal. Halteres testa- 

 ceous. Hind borders of the abdominal segments testaceous. Legs tes- 

 taceous ; tarsi brown. 



Rare. (E.) 



17. defecta, n. Mas, nigra, palpis, abdominis apice pedibusque 

 testaceis, alis sublimpidis, halteribus testaceis apice nigris, trochantcribus 

 nigro-variis, tarsis nigricantibus. Long. 1 ; alar. 2 lin. 



Male. Black. Palpi testaceous. Autenmc submoniliform, a little 

 longer than the thorax. Wings nearly limpid; subcostal vein joining 

 the costal at a little before one-third of the length of the wing, united 

 by a little transverse veinlet with the radial at some distance from its 

 tip ; radial joining the costal before two-thirds of the lengtli, united 



