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base of the stigma and extends to the discal arcolet or to the 



externo-raedial areolet beyond it. — T. limato-fasciata, Schumra. 



c. Abdomen ashy-grey. Species 25. 



c c. Abdomen luteous or testaeeous. Species 2(i-30. 

 a a. Fork of the first exteruo-mcdial vein sessile. 



b. Abdomen without stripes. — T. tmicolores, Schurani. Species 31. 

 b b. Abdomen with three or four whole or interrupted brown or 



black stripes. — T. vittaia;, Schuram. 



c. Wings with a dark brown costa. Species 33, 33. 



c c. Wings with a pale brown or brownish-yellow costa. 

 d. Side stripes of the thorax straight. Species 31. 

 d d. Side stripes of the thorax curved. Species 35. 

 b b b. Abdomen with luteous or yellow bands. — T. fasciatre,^c\\\m\m. 



Species 36, 37. 

 bh bb. Abdomen almost black, with two rows of yellow spots, which 



are sometimes almost confluent, and form two stripes. — T. scriato- 



mactdatce, Schumm. T. pratensis, L., belongs to this section, and 



has been recorded as British, perhaps erroneously. 



1. lutescens, F. S. A. 21. 6 (1805); Meig. ; Mcq. ; Schuram.; 

 Gimm. ; Sttvg. ; Ross. (V.).— /«?z;//;e«H/.$, I). G. ; ]\Ieig. Klass. Cana, 

 thorace vittis quatuor fuscescentibus, alis macula apud stigma strigaque 

 costali albidis, stigmate fulvo, abdoraine vitta nigricante, pedibus tes- 

 taceis; Mas, aW?, cinereis ; i^«?;?. alis luridis. Long. 8-11; alar. 18- 

 32 lin. 



Hoary. Proboscis ferruginous. Palpi brownish. Antennse tawny. 

 Thorax testaceous in front and along each side, with four pale brown- 

 ish stripes with darker borders, the outer pair short. Wings with a 

 whitish spot by the stigma, and a whitish streak between the stigma 

 and the base, slightly clouded with grey towards the tips, and with a 

 grey spot between the subanal vein and the anal vein ; stigma tawny. 

 Halteres blackish, whitish at the base of the club, which is hoary. 

 Abdomen with a blackish stripe along each side ; tip ferruginous. Legs 

 testaceous, pubescent ; tips of the femora ferruginous. Male. Wings 

 grey. Fern. Wings lurid. 



Not rare. {E. S. I.) 



2. gigantea, Schr. Beitr. (1776); I. A. 815 (1781) ; Gmel. ; Latr. ; 

 Meig. ; Mcq. ; Schumm. ; Gimm. ; Stteg. ; Ross. (V.) ; Zett. — rivosa. 

 Scop. Ent. Carn. 318. 816 {\l%?,).—sinmta, F. ; Cjmd.—hortorum, 

 Herbst. Ferruginea, thorace cano vittis tribus fuscis, alis cinereis apud 

 costam fuscis, vitta discali albida, femoribns tibiisque apicc tarsisqno 

 nigris. Long. 10-13; alar. 22-26 lin. 



Ferruginous, with whitish tomentum. Aiitcnntie not twice the length 

 of the proboscis. Palpi black, ferruginous towards the l)ase. Thorax 

 hoary, with three brown stripes ; incisures, postscutellum, and pectus 

 whitish. Wings brown in front, grey behind, both colours iiulentcd 

 by a whitish irregular angular discal stripe. Abdomen grey at the tip. 



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