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the tarsi brownish. Fern. Tip of the abdomen testaceous. Yar. /3. 

 Thorax testaceous, with a black stripe. Wing-veins and halteres tes- 

 taceous. 



Generally distributed. (E. S. I.) 



10. taenionota, Meig. Zw. i. 111. 5 (1818); Mcq.; Gim.; Staeg.; 

 Zett. D. S. — analis, Zett. I. L. Fulva, nonnunquam cana aut cinerea, 

 palpis antennisque nigris, alls suhcbierascentihus, abdomine nonnunquam 

 fuscescente, pedibus testaceis, femoribus tibiis tarsisque apice plus mi- 

 nusve fuscis aut nigris. Long. 3 ; alar. 7 lin. 



Tawny. Palpi and antennse black. Thorax with a slight, short 

 black stripe in front ; sides of the thorax, pectus, and metathorax 

 whitish-testaceous. Whigs hardly f/reyish ; veins brown, fringed with 

 pale hairs towards the tips. Halteres whitish, with brown knobs. Ab- 

 domen pale brown, tawny beneath. Legs dull testaceous, rather long 

 and slender ; tarsi with black tips. — Var. ^. Hoary. Head, palpi, and 

 antennae black. Thorax with two slender brownish stripes. Veins of 

 the wings black, testaceous at the base. Halteres whitish. Tarsi and 

 tips of the femora and of the tibiije brown. — Yar. y. Thorax hoary, 

 tawny about the base of the antennaj. Halteres whitish. Legs brown. 

 — Yar. 8. Hoary. Disc of the thorax cinereous. Wing-veins and hal- 

 teres pale testaceous. Abdomen blackish-grey, testaceous at the tip. 

 Tips of the tibiae and of the tarsi brown. — Yar. c. Whitish. Wing- 

 veins pale. Halteres white. Abdomen cinereous. Tips of the femora, 

 of (he tibise, and of the tarsi black. 



Generally distributed. (E. S. L) 



11. fuscipennis, Meig. Zw. i. 111. G (1818); Mcq.; Gim.; 

 Staeg. ; Zett. Cinerea aut ferruginea, palpis antennisque nigris, alis 

 siibcinereis, venis fuscis ciliatis, halteribus pallide testaceis, abdomine 

 fusco, pedibus testaceis sat validis, femoribus tiljiis tarsisque apice fus- 

 cescentibus. Long. 8 ; alar. 7 lin. 



Cinereous or dull ferruginous. Palpi and antennas black. Wings 

 slightly greyish; veins brown, thicldy fringed with brownish hairs; 

 borders ciliated. Halteres pale testaceous. Abdomen brown. Legs 

 dull testaceous, rather stout ; tips of the femora, of tlie tibiae, and of 

 the tarsi, brownish. Fern. Tip of the abdomen testaceous. 



Not rare. (E.) 



12. nodulosa, Mcq. I). N. i, 108. .5 (1827); Meig.—IIederce, 

 Curt. Cinerea, capite pectoreque albidis, palpis antennisi.[\\e nigris, his 

 longiusciilis, alis siibcinereis, venis nigris, stigmate fusco, halteribus albis, 

 abdomine cinereo, pedibus fuscis, femoribus basi fulvis, tarsis apice 

 nigris. 



Cinereous. Head and pectus whitish. Palpi and antennoi black, 

 the latter rather long . Wings grey ; veins black ; stigma broion. Hal- 

 teres white. Abdomen cinereous. Legs brown ; femora tawny towards 

 the base ; tarsi black at the tips. 



Not common. (E.) 



