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Whitish-hoary. Palpi and aiitenniie black. Thorax toUh three broad 

 hroicn stripes. Wings slightly brownish ; stigma brown ; veins black, 

 tawny towards the base. Halteres tawny, with brownish knobs. Ab- 

 domen with a brown stripe along each side ; tip ferruginous. Legs 

 tawny, slender ; tarsi and tips of the femora and of the tibia3 black. 

 Male. Antenna? more than thrice the length of the proboscis. Fem. 

 Antenna3 more than twice the length of the proboscis. 



Rare. In the British Museum. (E. I.) 



20. plumbea, F. Sp. Ins. ii. 403. 15 (1781); Gmel. ; Meig. 

 Cana, l/iorace vitlls quatuor fusc'is, alis limpidis, venis cinereo-sublim- 

 batis, pedibns nigris, fenioribus basi testaccis ; Fcem. alis abbreviatis, 

 pedibus breviusculis validis. Long. 4-5 ; alar. 7-11 lin. 



Hoary. Palpi and antennae black. Thorax with four broicn stripes, 

 the outer pair short. Pectus and metathorax whitish. Wings limpid, 

 slightly clouded with grey along the veins ; veins black, pale testaceous 

 at the base. Haltei-es testaceous, with black knobs. Legs black ; 

 femora testaceous towards the base. Fem. Wings not extending beyond 

 the tip of the abdomen. Legs short, stout. 



Abundant on the moors of the North of England in the spring. 

 (E.) 



21. fimbriata? Meig. Zw. i. 190. 31 (1818).— /«sc«.? Stfeg. ; 

 Zett. Mas, cana, thoracis disco cinereo viftis tribus fiiscis, alis cinereis 

 basi costaque luridis, ahdomine liiteo vitta dorsali nigra segmentorum 

 marginibus posticis flavis, pedibus fulvis, fenioribus tibiisque apice tar- 

 sisque nigris. Long. 6; alar. 15 lin. 



%Iale. Hoary. Head beneath and palpi testaceous, the latter brown 

 towards the tips. Antennfe black, testaceous at the base, full five 

 times the length of the proboscis. Disc of the thorax cinereous, with 

 three brown stripes, the lateral pair indistinct. Wings grey, lurid at 

 the base and along the costa ; no stigma ; veins black, testaceous to- 

 wards the base. Halteres testaceous. Abdomen luteous, with a black 

 stripe above and another beneath; hind borders of the segments pale 

 yellow. Legs tawny, long and slender ; tarsi and tips of the femora 

 and of the tibiae black. 



Earc. In the British Museum. (E.) 



22. dispar, Hal. E. M. i. 155 (1833). Cinerea, thorace vittis 

 diiabns fuscis, alis subcincreis macula apud stigma albida, abdominis 

 basi lateribusque luridis, feraoribus basi testaceis ; Fcem. alis brevissi- 

 mis. Long. 5-6; alar. 12 lin. 



Cinereous. Palpi and antenna? black. Thorax with two brown 

 stripes, which taper hindward. Pectus and metathorax whitish. Wings 

 greyish, with a small whitish spot by the stigma, which is pale 

 brown. Halteres testaceous. Abdomen lurid at the base and along 

 each side. Femora testaceous towards the base. Fem. Wings rudi- 

 mentary. 



