T66 77. Sphaerophoria. 



Sect. 1. AbdoiDeii maris valde eloTigatuni dc alis 

 muilo longius. 



1. S. scrijiia: aenea , abdomine atro, fasciis 4 flavis, 



l:ma di 4:ta subiiiterruplis; capile pedibusque cum coxis, 



totis flavis, punclo ])eristomalis nigro; aulennis leslaceis, 



superne d: seta fuscis. J*^. (Long. (f 4, $ 2[ — 3 lin.). 



Mas: abdoniiiiis fascice 4 flavee latiores: 1 aut aiiguste in- 



tenupta, aut utrinque distiiicte cinaiginata ; 2 integra aut 



leviter tantuin enmiginata ; 3 aut integra aut subintenupta; 



4 inegularis h. e. segnientuni 5:tuni, in quo haecfasciaest lo- 



cata, totuin rufo-flavuni, relictis linea media postice abnip- 



ta , maculisque 4 ii> quadrangiiluni positissubtriangularibii.s, 



aut di.screti.s aut ciihperentibus, nigris; anus rufo-flavus, 



superne punctis aliquot nigris ; segmentuin 5:tum apice 



emarginatum i 



Fein.: abdominis fascicC 4 (lava} augu.stiores : 1 d: 3 subin- 



terruptee; 2 integra; 4 interrupta, vulde diiTonnis, eduobus 



angulis irregularibus di.scretis coniposita; anus niger, flavo- 



niaculatus; vertex totus (fc vitta frontalis latiuscula fere ad 



radicein antennarum extensa, nigro-eenescentia, nitida. 



Macq. Buir. I. 551. 1. J?- J^Jnsca Linn. Fn. Su. 

 1820. Scaeva Fabr. Anll. 252. 17. Zelt. Ins. Lapp. 605. 

 28. cf$. Sjjrphus scriplus Meig. Dipl. .3. 324. 13. ^^. 

 MeUihre])lus Low Bemerk. 36. 1. Sc. menihastri Fall. 

 Syrph. 48. 24. var. 



Hab. in Scandinaviae floribus haud raro, 1 Jun. — 15 

 Sept., in copula ; scilicct in Scania, Westro- & Ostro- 

 gothia , Gottlandia d; Uplandia , frequens; in Bahusia ad 

 Marstrand, D. fVahlberg; in provinciis borealibusraiior; 

 in Dania vulgaris. Larvam aphidiphoram , A pupara ob- 

 pyriformeni, laevem, glabram, albam, apice angustiori 

 denticulo goniiuo armalam, culrais 1. foliis adglutinatam 

 saepe inveni. 



