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somewhat shaded piaces, watching for prey, but it niay also be seen 

 in lower herbage. My dates are ^-Ve—^^k. 



Geographical distribution : — Europe, towards north to northern 

 Sweden, but tiiere rare. 



7. L. annulata Deg. 



1776. Nemoteliis, Degeer, Ins. VI, 69, 2. — 1842. Zett. Dipt. Scand. I, 

 219, 5. — 1862. Schin. F. A. I, 175. — 1903. Kat. paiaarkt. Dipt. 11, 78. 



Male. Front, face and the back of the head grey; the cheeks, 

 yowis and back of the head with long, white hairs. Antennæ black, 

 somewhat greyish, arista black. Second joint of paipi grey with long, 

 white hairs. Thorax dark grey, with two longitudinal stripes and the 

 lateral margin lighter grey, generally also with a narrow, light grey 

 middle line. Scutellum, sterna and pleura grey. The thoracic disc 

 clothed with somewhat longish, yellowish hairs, in front of the wing- 

 root with somewhat longer and stronger, black hairs; the raetapleura 

 with long, pale hairs, intermingled with some black ones. Abdomen 

 yellowish, first segment black, the following segments with large, 

 longitudinal, black middle spots and narrow side spots, the latter 

 confluent to a marginal line; the middle spots are only narrowly 

 separated at the incisures; the iifth segment is black with a yellow 

 hind margin, the two last segments are black. Venter yellow with 

 black apex. Abdomen clothed with longish, yellowish hairs. Legs 

 yellow ; the coxæ grey ; the trochanleres brownish black ; the tarsi 

 brownish, towards the ends blackish. The coxæ, especially the an- 

 terior, with long, pale hairs, for the rest the legs are short haired; 

 the tibiæ distinctly spinulous. Wings yellowish, especially at the base 

 and the anterior margin, veins brown; there is only a very faint 

 trace of a yellowish stigma. Halteres yellow. 



Female. Front greyish. The longitudinal thoracic lines slightly 

 broader than in the male. The black abdominal spots large, the 

 middle and side spots often confluent, and thus the segments quite 

 greyish black, only with yellow hind margins, dilated near the sides. 

 Venter greyish black. 



Lenglh 8—10 mm. 



This species is distinguished from the preceding, with which it 

 has the absence of the stigma in common, by its different coloration. 



L. annulata is not common here; Ermelund, Dyrehaven (the 

 author), Hillerød (Godskesen); Lolland in Merrits Skov (Schlick); all 

 the specimens have been taken on "/e and "/c. 



Geographical distribution: — Middle and northern Europe, from 



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