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Cinereous. Head, palpi, and antennre black. Proboscis cinereous. 

 Pectus and metathorax hoary. Wings limpid, whitish, with tico hrown 

 spots along the casta, slightly clouded with fjrown at the tips and on the 

 transverse veinlets. Halteres pale testaceous, with darker knobs. Ab- 

 domen testaceous at the tip. Legs testaceous ; tarsi, except at the 

 base, and tips of the femora and of the tiljifc, black. Male. Femora 

 with an anteapical blackish band. 



Common. (E. S. I.) 



34. dumetorum, Meig. Zw. i. 136. 36 (1818); Mcq.; Schumm.; 

 Stseg. ; Iloss. (V.) ; Zett. Fulva, capite palpis antenuisque nigris, 

 fronte argentea, thorace vittis tribus fuscis, alis subcinereis, maculis tri- 

 bus costalibus ajncibusque fuscis, venis transversis fusco-limhatis, abdoniine 

 fasciis fuscis, pedibus testaceis, tarsis apice fuscis. Long. 3 ; alar. 6 lin. 



Tawny. Head, palpi, and antennse black. Front silvery-white. 

 Thorax with three brown stripes ; lateral pair very short ; a ferruginous 

 stripe on each side. Pectus testaceous. Wings slightly greyish, pale 

 brown at the tips, and with three darker brown spots on the costa, one 

 at half the length of the lohuj, the other at three-fourths of the length ; 

 transverse veinlets clouded with broion. Halteres wliitish, with brown 

 tips. Abdomen with a broad brown band along the hind border of 

 each segment. Legs testaceous ; tarsi brownish towards the tips. 



Not rare. (E.) 



35. chorea, Wied.; Meig. Zw. i. 134. 43 (1818) ; Mcq.; Schumm.; 

 Sta3g. ; Eoss. (V^.) ; Zett. Testacea, vertice palpis antenuisque nigris, 

 thorace vitta lata cinerea, alis sublimpidis, venis nonnulUs fiisco-linibatis, 

 femoribus tibiisque apice tarsisque nigris. Long. 3 ; alar. 7 lin. 



Testaceous. Vertex of the head black. Palpi and antennse black, 

 tesfaccous towards the base. Thorax with a broad grey stripe. Wings 

 nearly limpid ; veins testaceous, black and slightly clouded with brown 

 towards the tips ; stigma pale brown. Halteres pale testaceous. Legs 

 slender; tarsi and tips of the femora and of the tibife black. 



Generally distributed. (E. S. I.) 



36. lutea, Meig. Zw. i. 133. 31 (1818); Mctp ; Gimm. Testacea, 

 palpis antenuisque nigris, alis sublimpidis, femoribus apice tarsisque 

 sordide testaceis aut fuscis. Long. 3 ; alar. 7 lin. 



Pale testaceous. Palpi and antcnnjc black, the latter testaceous at 

 the base. Wings nearly limpid ; veins testaceous; stigma testaceous, 

 or very pale brown. Knobs of the halteres, tarsi, and tips of the fe- 

 mora dingy testaceous or brown. — Var. /3. Stigma obsolete. Abdomen 

 with an indistinct brownish dorsal stripe. 



Generally distributed. (E. S. I.) 



37. modesta, Wied.; Meig. Zw. i. 134. 32 (1818); Mcq.; Zett.; 

 Gimm.; Schumm.; Stseg.; Eoss. (V.) Testacea, capite cano, palpis an- 

 tenuisque nigris, thorace vitta fusca, alis limpidis, abdomine vitta nigra, 

 remoribus tibiisque apice tarsisque fuscis. Long. 3-4 ; alar. 7-8 lin. 



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