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Tawny. Head about the vertex and antennae piccous, the latter 

 broad, testaceous at the base. Palpi testaceous. Wings sliglMy (jrey- 

 ish, %oitli two Lroivn bands, the first at half the length, darkest in front, 

 interrupted in the middle, the second apical, lialteres testaceous, with 

 brown knobs. Abdomen brown. Legs testaceous ; tarsi brownish. 



Yar. /?. Thorax with three brown stripes. Tore borders of the ab- 

 dominal segments testaceous. 



Eare. In the British Museum. (E.) 



8. autica) n. Nigra, thoracis lateribus anticis halteribus, coxis fe- 

 moribusque ferrugiueis, alis cinereis, fascia suhaincali nigricante. Long. 

 3 ; alar. 5 lin. 



Black. Thorax feiTuginous on each side in front. Wings grey, with 

 a blackish subapical band. lialteres, coxa), and femora ferruginous. 

 Rare. (E.) 



9. fasciata, Latr, G. C. iv. 361 (1810); Meig. ; Mcq. ; Zett. ; 

 Gim.; Stseg.; Zett. — ruficollis, Meig. — ochracea, IMeig. Fulva, anten- 

 nis tarsisque fuscis, alis subtestaceis fascia suhapicali cinerea, abdomine 

 fasciis apiceque nigris, pedibus testaceis. Long. 2|-3 ; alar. 5-6 lin. 



Tawtiy. Autenna3 brown, rather slender, shorter than the thorax, 

 tawny at the base. Wings sUghtly testaceous, with a grey subapical 

 band, lohich is indistinct or obsolete toivards the hind border. Abdomen 

 with a black band on the fore border of each segment ; tip black. Legs 

 testaceous ; tarsi brown. 



Not rare. (E.) 



10. flavipes, Meig. Zw. i. 237. 9 (1818) ; Mcq. ; Curt. ! B. E. 131 ; 

 Guer. ; Staeg. ; Zett. — nemoralis, Meig. Nigra, palpis, halteribus, ab- 

 dominis fasciis pedibusque testaceis, alis subcinereis apice cinereis, tarsis 

 fuscescentibus. Long, li-3; alar. 2|— 3| lin. 



Black, shining. Palpi testaceous. Antenua3 rather slender, not 

 longer than the thorax. Wings very slightly greyish, tcith grey tips. 

 Halteres testaceous. Hind borders of the abdominal segments more 

 or less testaceous. Legs testaceous ; tarsi brownish. 



Generally distributed. (E. S. L) 



11. unicolor, n. Nigra, alis fuscis basi pallidioribus, pedibus fer- 

 rugiueis, tarsis nigricantibus. Long. 3 ; alar. 5 lin. 



Black. Wings brown, paler in the disc totcards the base ; veins black, 

 ferruginous at the base. Legs ferruginous ; tarsi blackish. 

 Rare. In the British ]\luseum. (E.) 



12. servula, Walk. E. M. iv. 115 (1837). Ferruginea, vertice, an- 

 tennis, abdomine tarsisque piceis, alis subcinereis, halteribus testaceis 

 apice piceis, pedibus testaceis. Long. 2 ; alar. 4 lin. 



Ferruginous. Vertex, antennse, and abdomen piceous. "VYings grevish ; 

 branch of the cubital vein very short. Halteres testaceous, with piceous 

 knobs. Legs testaceous ; tarsi piceous. 



Rare. In the British ]\Iuseum. (E.) 



