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length of the body. Thorax with three brown stripes, clothed like the 

 abdomen with gilded hairs. W'dkjs yellowhli, with grey pubescence ; 

 transverse veinlet very slender, joining the middle of the subcostal 

 vein ; cubital vein bent forward at its junction with the veinlet, curved 

 hindward, joining the costa at some distance from the tip of the wing ; 

 second branch of the anal vein curved to the hind border. Halteres 

 white. Oviduct elongated, tawny, without valves ; last segment yel- 

 low. Legs pale yellowish. 

 Habits unknown. 



30. Veronicae, Bremi, Beitr. neue Denkschrift. etc. 49. 6 (1847) ; 

 Loew; Winn. Fiilva, antennis fuscis basi flavis 15-16-articulatis, 

 thorace fusco-trivittato, pectore nigricante, alls suhfuscescentlhiis mar- 

 gine nigro, venis nigro-fuseis, halteribus albis, abdomine fasciis nigri- 

 cantibus, ventre albo-hirto, pedib\is nigro-fuscis subtus albis, femoribus 

 basi Havis. Long, f lin. 



Wings brownish ; transverse veinlet very pale, indistinct ; cubital 

 vein bent forward at its junction with the veinlet, slightly convex hind- 

 ward from thence, and joining the costa at some distance from the tip 

 of the wing ; second branch of the anal vein curved to the hind border. 

 Male. Antennae fifteen- to sixteen-jointed, as long as the body ; joints 

 as long as their petioles, and towards the base rather longer. Feni. 

 Antennc€ fifteen-jointed, half the length of the body. Oviduct yellow, 

 almost as long as the body, without valves ; first segment tawny, occa- 

 sionally with a brown tip or wholly bi'own. 



Lives in the barren shoots of Veronica Chamcedri/s, fastening 

 the leaves together^ and forming a thickly hairy pouch, in -which 

 it changes to the fly state. 



3L sociata, n. Fcevi. fidva, antennis nigris, alls suhlimpidis, costa 

 venacpie cubitali nigris, halteribus albidis, abdomine testaeeo, pedibns 

 testaceis, tiblis tarsisque fiisco-fasciatis. Long. |-; alar, l-i lin. 



Fern. Taicny. Antennas black ; joints sessile. Wings nearly limpid, 

 pubescent, cihated ; costa and cubital vein black. Halteres whitish. 

 Abdomen testaceous. Legs pale testaceous ; tibice and tarsi with brown 

 bands. 



Eare. In the British Museum. (E.) 



33. discolor, n. Mas, sordide testacea, capitc antennisque nigris, 

 articulorum petiolis tcstaceis, alis suhcinereis, venis pallide fuscis, j^^di- 

 bus pallide testaceis, tarsis fuscescentibus. Long. -I ; alar. 2 lin. 



Male. Bingy testaceous. Head black. Antennae black, moniliform ; 

 petioles of the joints testaceous, a little longer than the incrassated 

 part. Wings greyish; veins pale brown. Legs pale testaceous, long, 

 slender; tarsi brownish. 



Not common. (E.) 



33. decolorata, n. Fwm. pallide ^e«^«e^r/, capite antennisrpie ni- 

 gricanlibus, alls subcinereis, venis fuscis, pedibns albido-testaceis, tarsis 

 fuscescentibus. Long. | ; alar. 2 lin. 



