ERIOPTEllA. 275 



busque albidis, illis ciuereo-ocellatis, abdomine uigricaute, femoribus 

 nigro-cinctis. Long. 3^-4 ; alar. 7-8 lin. 



Hoary. Palpi black. Auteiinaj testaceous. Wings wliitish, with 

 numerous grey ocelli. Halteres whitish. Abdomen blackish. Legs 

 testaceous ; femora with a black subapical baud j fore femora with a 

 black baud before the middle. 



Not rare. (E. S. I.) 



2. cinerascens, Meig. Zw. i. 114. 15 (1818) ; Mcq. ; Zett. ; Gim. ; 

 Staeg.?; llos. Cinerascens, palpis antennisque nigris, thorace vittis duabus 

 testaceis, pectore et metathorace canis, alis sublimpidis, halteribus tes- 

 taceis, abdominis apice fulvo, pedibus fulvis, femoribus tibiis tarsisque 

 apice fusccsceutibus. Long. 3 ; alar. 7 lin. 



Grejish. Palpi and antennae black. Thorax with a testaceous line 

 on each side. Pectus and raetathorax hoary. Wings nearly limpid ; 

 no stigma ; veins black, tawny at the base, not pilose. Halteres tes- 

 taceous. Abdomen tawny at the tip. Legs dull tawny ; tarsi towards 

 the tips, and tips of the femora and of the tibiae, brownish. 



Not common. (E.) 



3. imbuta, Meig. Zw. i. 114. 14 (1818); Stteg. ; llos. (V.); Zett. 

 Teslucea, gracilis, antennis apice nigris, alis limpidis, veuis albidis apice 

 pilosis. Long. 2|; alar. 6 lin. 



Testaceous, slender. Antennae black towards the tips. Wings lim- 

 pid ; veins whitish, hairy towards the tips ; no stigma. Legs pale tes- 

 taceous. — Meigen and Zetterstedt mention the brown tips of the femora 

 and of the tibiae as characters of E. imhuia ; in the specimen here de- 

 scnbed they are wholly pale. 



Rare. '(E.) 



4. flavescens, L. Fn. Suec. 1753? (1761); F.; Gmel. ; Lam.; 

 Meig. ; Gim. ; Zett. ; Stseg. ; Eos. — liiteu, Gmel. Var. lutea, Zett. L L. 

 Var. dlvisa, Walk. Flava aut pallide lutea, antennis apice fascis, alis ad 

 costam flavescentibus venis ciliatis ])allide flavis, abdomine pilose non- 

 nunquam vitta dorsali, pedibus testaceis pubesceutibus. Loiig. 2|-3|^ ; 

 alar. 6-8 lin. 



Pale luteous or yellow. Antennee brown towards the tips. Wings 

 yellowish in front ; veins pale yellow, mostly ciliated. Abdomen pilose, 

 with a sometimes obsolete dorsal stripe. Legs testaceous, pubescent. 



Not rare. (E.) 



. 5. lutea, Meig. Zw. i. 110. 3 (1818); Mcq.; Gim.; Staig. ; Zett. 

 Lutea, pa/pis antennisque nigris, alis subcinereis, abdomine fasciis albido- 

 testaceis, pedibus sat validis subpubescentibus, femoribus tibiisque apice 

 fusccsceutibus. Long. 2^; alar. 6 lin. 



Luteous. Palpi and antenna black. IFings slightly greyish ; veins 

 pale, tJuckUj fringed with pale hairs ; borders ciliated. Abdomen with a 

 whitish-testaceous liand on the hind border of each segment. Legs rather 



