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Testaceom. Head and palpi black. Antcnnre black towards their 

 tips. TJiorax tcith a black stripe. Wbujs nearJi/ li)njnd ; veins black, 

 testaceous towards the base ; stigma dark browu. Ilalteres with brown- 

 ish tips. Abdomen blackish, taiony at the tip. Legs black ; femora to- 

 wards the base and coxa testaceous. 



Tlie larva feeds on the dry stalks of Angelica si/lvestris. Its 

 habits are detailed by Perris in the Anu. Soc. Ent. Fr. 2"^'' ser. 

 vii. 331. Not rare. (E. S. I.) 



10. lineola, Meig. Zw. i. 128. 21 (1818); Mcq.; Giram.; Stfeg.; 

 Zett. Lutea, capite albido, palpis nigris, antennis testaceis apice nigris, 

 thorace vitta fusca, alis subcino'eis, stigniate obsoleto, tarsis fuscis. Long. 

 4 ; alar. 8 hn. 



Lnteous. Head tvhitish. Palpi black. Antennae testaceous, black 

 towards the tips. Thorax icith a brown stripe. Pectus testaceous. 

 Wings very slightly greyish ; veins black, testaceous towards the base ; 

 stigma obsolete. Halteres whitish. Abdomen testaceous, long. Legs 

 dull testaceous ; tarsi brown. 



Not rare. (E. S. I.) 



11. nigrina, Meig. Zw. vi. 277. 71 (1818). Nigra, thorace cinereo 

 viitis tribus nigris nitidis, pectore et meta thorace canis, alis siibcinereis, 

 stigmate uigro-fusco, femoribus basi coxisfpiefulvis. Long. 4 ; alar. 8 lin. 



Black, icith grey tomentum. Palpi and antennai black. Thorax icith 

 three black shining .stripes. Pectus and metathorax hoary. TFings grey- 

 ish ; veins black, luteous at the base; stigma blackish-brown. Hal- 

 teres tawny, with brownish tips. Legs black ; femora towards the base 

 and coxcG tawny. 



Not eommon. (E.) 



12. straminea, Meig. Zw. vii. 28. 88 (1838). Testacea, alis lim- 

 pidis, femoribus tibiisque apice tarsisque fuscis. Long. 5 ; alar. 10 lin. 



Testaceous. TFings limpid ; veins testaceous, black towards the tips. 

 Halteres with brown knobs. Tarsi and tips of the femora and of the 

 tibia; brown. 



Eare. (E.) 



Section 6. 



fff. Petiole of the first cxtemo-medial vein longer than its fork. 



g. Petiole of the first extemo-medial vein not twice the length of its fork. 



IMediastinal vein joining the subcostal at a little before two-thirds of 

 the length of the wing, connected with the costal by a transverse vein- 

 let very near its tip ; subcostal ending at about five-sixths of the length 

 in a transverse vcinlet between the radial and the costal ; radial and 

 cubital springing from a short common petiole, which proceeds from 

 the subcostal at much beyond half the length of the wing ; radial 

 forked at much before half its length ; cubital forming near its base an 

 angle, whence proceeds the first externo-medial ; the latter is forked at 



