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16. lutea, Mcq. D. i. 139. 10 (182G); Meig. ; Stseg. ; Zett. ? 

 Lutea, subtus testacea, vevtice nigro, antennis fuscis, alls sublimpidis, 

 abflomine fulvo, tarsis fiiscescentibus. Long. 2 ; alar. 4 lin. 



Luteous, testaceous beneath. Vertex l)lack. Antenn;c brown, tes- 

 taceous at the base. Wings nearly limpid ; first cubital areolet very 

 small; basal fore angle and hind apical angle slightly acute; the other 

 two slightly obtuse. Abdomen tawny ; tarsi brownish. 



Not common. (E.) 



17. rufilatera, Walk. E. ]\r. iv. 115 (1837). Ni(/ra, palpis, iJio- 

 racis maculk (Inabas anticis, abdominis laterihus pedibusque f/ilvis, 

 alis subcinereis, halteribus testaceis, tarsis fuscis. Long. If ; alar. 

 3i lin. 



Bluclc. Palpi tawny. Antennse tawny at the base. Thorax xcith 

 a taicny spot on each side in front. Wings slightly greyish ; the trans- 

 verse veinlet from the subcostal vein nearer than the first cubital areolet 

 to the base of the wing ; cubital areolet very small, almost square. 

 Halteres testaceous. Al)domen taicny on each side except toioards the 

 tip. Legs tawny ; tarsi brown ; hind tibiae with minute spines and 

 rather long spurs. 



Eare. In the British Museum. (E.) 



18. hirta, HofFm. ; Meig. Zw. i. 251. 12 (1818); Mcq.; Stseg. ; 

 Zett. — pilosnla, ZgH. I. L., var. — nitidicollis, Meig., var. ? Nigra, 

 palpis, halteribus pedibusque testaceis, alis subcinereis, tarsis fuscis 

 basi testaceis, femoribus posticis basi apiceque tibiisque posticis apice 

 nigricantibus. Long. 1-^-3 ; alar. 3-4 lin. 



Black. Palpi testaceous. Antennae longer than the thorax. Wings 

 greyisli ; first cubital areolet of moderate size, about twice longer than 

 broad, hardly widening outward, fore basal angle slightly acute, hind 

 basal angle slightly obtuse ; apical angles almost right angles ; fork of 

 the subapical vein much nearer than the fork of the subanal to the base 

 of the wing. Halteres testaceous. Legs testaceous ; tarsi brown, tes- 

 taceous at the base ; hind femora blackish at the base and at the tips ;^ 

 hind tibifc with black tips. 



Not rare. (E.) 



19. ochi''acea, Steph. MSS. Testacea, pubescens, robusta, anten- 

 nis fuscis, alis limpidis, pedibus validis breviusculis, tibiis spitiosis, tar- 

 sis fuscesccntibus. Long. 2-|- ; alar. 5 lin. 



Testaceous, pubescent, rather stout. Aniennffi brown, testaceous at 

 the base. Wings limpid ; subcostal veinlet before the first cubital 

 areolet, the latter very small, with two basal right angles ; the fore 

 apical angle acute, and the hind apical angle obtuse ; fork of the sub- 

 apical vein much nearer than the fork of the subanal to the base of the 

 wing. Abdomen mostly tawny above. Legs rather short and stout ; 

 tarsi brownish; posterior tibia; thickly beset wiih stout spines. 



Hare. In the British Museum. (E.) 



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