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brownish; tibiae paler ; tarsi whitish. Male. Plumes of the antemue 

 somewhat glistening-white at the tips. Fem. Antennae with bhick 

 verticilhite hairs ; basal joints almost cylindrical, the following succes- 

 sively more and more oval ; the five last slightly elongated, elliptical. 

 Not rare. (E.) 



41. versicolor, Winn.! Linn. Ent. vi. 45. 41. pi. 6. f. 41 (1852). 

 Foem. ciuereo-fusciis, palpis antennisque nif/ris, thorace vittis tribus obscu- 

 rioribus, pectoris lateribus albo-notatis, sciitello Jlavo disco fiisco, alis 

 hyaVmis albidis cinereo-pilosis, vcnis pallidis apud costam fuscis, hal- 

 terihiis fuscescentibiis, abdomiiw atro segmentis all)0-marginatis, pedibus 



fiilvis articuUs apice fuscis, tibiis posticis fusco-cinctis. Long, f ; alar. 

 Ulin. 



Fem. Palpi and antenna; black, tlie latter with black hairs, which 

 have glistening-white tips ; joints oval ; first and second cylindrical ; 

 thii-teenth large, elliptical, ending in a short style. Thorax greyish- 

 broton, dull, icith three darker stripes, appearing, when seen in front, 

 grey, with two slender brown stripes ; when seen laterally, grey, with 

 four brown stripes, and in some aspects wholly grey. Pectus brownish- 

 grey, with four lateral glistening-white marks. Scutellum brown, with 

 a broad yellow border. Wings hyaline, somewhat whitish, with gi'cy 

 hairs ; veins pale, brown towards the costa. Halteres brownish. Ab- 

 donieti deep black, with slender lohite bands on the hind borders of the 

 segments. Legs tawny ; tips of the femora and of the tibits brotvn ; tarsi 

 brownish, excepting the first and second joints ; hind tibia with a broad 

 brown middle band. 



(E.?) 



42. obscurus, Winn. ! Linn. Ent. vi. 45. 42. pi. 6. f. 42 (1852). 

 Foem. nigro-fnscus, palpis antennisque nigris, thorace vittis tribus fuscis, 

 alis hyalinis cinereo-pilosis, venis pallidis apud costam fuscis, halteribus 

 nigris, abdominis incisuris albidis, pedibus atris, tarsis albidis, femoribus 

 anticis apice falvo-cinctis. Long. -|; alar, li lin. 



Fem. Blackish-brown. Palpi and anlennce black, the latter with black 

 hairs, which have glistening-white tips. Thorax dull, with a glisten- 

 ing-grey tinge, three broton stripes apparent in some aspects. Scutellum 

 brown. TFings hyaline, somewhat xchitish, with grey hairs ; veins pale, 

 brown tow^ards the costa. Halteres black. Abdomen with slender 

 whitish incisures. Legs deep black ; tarsi tchitish ; fore tibice with a 

 slender tawny band near their tips. 



(E-?) 



43. pumilus, Winn.! Linn. Ent. vi. 46. 43. pi. G. f. 43 (1852). 

 Foem. nigro-cinereus, palpis flams, antennis flavescentibus pilis verticillatis 

 albis, thorace setis nonnuUis nigris, alis hyalinis cano-hirtis, venis pal- 

 lidis costalibus apice fuscescentibus, halteribus albis, abdomine albido- 

 -piloso, pedibus j)allidis, gen ubus nigricantibus. Long. |- ; alar, y lin. 



Fem. Blackish-grey . Palpi yelloto. Antemue yellowish, with white 

 verticillate hairs ; joints from the first to tlie eighth oval, from the 



