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by a voinlet which is iicnrly opposite the middle of the discal areolet ; 

 discal areolet peotagoual, long and narrow. 



4. discicollis, Meg. ; Meig. Zw. i. 125. 13 (1818) ; Mcq. ; Zett. ; 

 Schumm. ; Sta^g. ; Ros. (V.) — Yar. placida, ^Yalk. Fulva, capite su- 

 pra palpis antcnnisque nigris, tlioraee vittis tribus fuscis, alis snbluridis, 

 abdominis dorso pedibustpxe fuseis. Long. 5; alar. 10 lin. 



Tawny. Head black above. Palpi and antenn;e black, tawny at the 

 base. Thorax with three brown stripes, which are almost confluent. 

 Metathorax greyish-black. Wings slightly lurid ; veins black, testa- 

 ceous towards the base ; stigma brown. Halteres testaceous. Abdo- 

 men brown above ; tip tawny ; underside brown towards the tip. Legs 

 brown, pubescent ; coxfc tawny. 



Not rare. Inhabits woods. (E.) 



Section 4-. 



e e. Radial vein united to the subcostal at some distance bej'ond its fork. 

 f. Petiole of the first externo-meJial a little shorter than its fork. 



Veins pilose towards the tips ; mediastinal vein ending at about two- 

 thirds of the length of the wing, joined to the subcostal by a little 

 veinlet close to its tip ; subcostal ending at about live-sixths of the 

 length; radial and cubital springing from a common petiole, which is 

 nearly half their length, and which proceeds from the subcostal at a 

 little beyond half the length of the wing ; radial forked before one- 

 third of its length ; cubital joined to the third externo-medial by a 

 transverse veinlet, whose middle emits the first externo-medial; first 

 externo-medial forked before half its length, joined at some distance 

 before its fork with the third externo-medial by a transverse veinlet, 

 whose middle emits the second externo-medial ; third externo-medial 

 joined with the subanal by a veinlet which is opposite the middle of 

 the long and almost tetragonal discal areolet. 



5. lucorum, Meig. Zw.i. 125. 12 (1818); Mcq.; Gimm. ; Staeg. ; 

 Ros. (V.) ; Zett. — aberrans, AValk. Cana, palpis antcnnisque nigris, 

 tlioraee vittis quatuoi' fuscis, alis siibcinereis, venulis tramversis fusco sub- 

 limbatis, abdomine fusco, pedibus testaceis, femoribus tibiis tarsisquc 

 apice fuscis. Long. 4-6; alar. 8-12 lin. 



Iloary. Palpi and antennae black, the latter sometimes testaceous 

 at the base. Thorax tvith four brown stripes, the outer pair short. 

 J'Finr/s very sVujhthj (jreyish ; transverse veinlets slightly clouded with 

 brown; stigma indistinct. Halteres white, with brown knobs. Abdo- 

 men brown, testaceous at the tip. Legs testaceous ; tarsi towards the 

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



Common. Inhabits woods. (E. S. I.) 



6. tempestiva. Walk. C. D. B. M. i. 53 (1848). Fulva, antennis 

 nigris, thoracis disco fusco, alis limpidis, tarsis fuscis. Long. 4 ; alar. 

 9 lin. 



