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radial, and cubital veins pale, the rest whitisli. Hal teres whitish, with 

 blackish tips. Abdomen blackish-green. Legs testaceous, long, slen- 

 der ; tips of the tibise black ; fore legs very long, their femora with a 

 broad black band towards the tips. 



Hare. In the British Museum. (E.) 



.53. occipiens, n. Mas, fuscns, thorace vittis tribus 7iif/ris, alis 

 subciuereis, venis pedibusque testaceis, halteribus albidis. Long. 3^ ; 

 alar. 4^ liu. 



Male. Broimi, shining. AntennfB with black plumes. Thorax toith 

 three black stripes. Wings very slightly greyish ; veins pale testaceous. 

 Halteres whitish. Legs dark testaceous. 



Rare. (E.) 



54. annularius, D. G. Lis. vi. 146. 18 (1783); Latr.; Meig. ; 

 Meg. ; Mcq. ; Zett. ; Gim. 3Ias et Foem. cinereus, thorace vittis 

 tribus n'ujricantibus, alis sublimpidis, veuis albidis apud costam nigris, 

 abdomine nigro, segmentorum marginibus posticis canis, pedibus testa- 

 ceis, tibiis et tarsorum articulis apice nigris. Long. 3^-4 ; alar. 5-6 lin. 



Male and Fern. Grey. Palpi and antenna? black. Thorax tcith three 

 blackish stripes. Wings nearly limpid, slightly ciliated along the hind 

 border ; costal, radial, and cubital veins, and discal transverse veinlet 

 black, the rest whitish. Halteres whitish. Abdomen black, pubes- 

 cent, with a hoary band on the hind border of each segment. Le(/s 

 testaceous; coxas grey; tips of the tibitc and of the joints of the tarsi 

 black. Male. Antennae with blackish plumes. 



Generally distributed. (E. S. I.) 



55. obnixus, n. 3Ias, nicjer, thorace fnlvo vittis tribus nit/ri-s, 

 alis albo-liiiipidis, veuis albis, halteribus pedibusque testaceis. Long. 2 ; 

 alar. 3 liu. 



Male. Black. Antennte with blackish plumes. Thoras, tawny, toith 

 three black stripes. JFinr/s limpid-white ; veins white. Halteres aiul 

 legs testaceous ; tarsi darker. 



Not common. (E.) 



56. brunnipes? Zett. Dipt. Scand. ix. 3518. 35 (1850). Mas et 

 Foem. nirjro-fuscus, thorace fulvo vittis tribus nigris, alis sublimpidis, 

 venis testaceis, halteribus albis, pedibus ferruyineis. Long. 21-3 ; alar. 

 4-41- lin. 



Male and Fein. Blackish-brown. Thorax tawny, with three very broad 

 black stripes. Wings nearly limpid ; veins pale testaceous, Halteres 

 white. Abdomen ratlier long. Legs ferruginous, long, slender. Male. 

 Antennae with blackish plumes. 



Not common. (E.) 



57. pulsus, n. Mas et Fcem. obscure viridis, thorace vittis tribus 

 nigris, alls Umpidis, venis albis apud costam viridibus, pedibus viridibus, 

 femoribus tibiis tarsisque apice fuscis. Long. 3-3^ ; alar. 4-5 lin. 



Male and Fern. Dark green. Thorax with three black stripes. Meta- 



