76 DESCRIPTIONS OF THE 



limpid, slightly yellow at the base, with four broad united brown 

 bands, varied with many tawny punctures ; a small black spot 

 joining the middle of the costa ; nervures brown, yellow towards 

 the base of the wing ; poisers bright yellow. (Length of body 

 2| — 2f lines ; of wings 4| — 4f lines.) 



Found in England and Scotland during the summer. 



Sp. 2. Acin. parietina. Smaller and darker than corni- 

 culata, bands of wings more spread. (Fig. 21.) 



Musca parietina . . Linn. Syst. Nat. 11.996. 107; Faun. 



Suec. 1863; Gmel. Syst. Nat. V. 



2854. 107. 

 Tephritis pantherina . Fallen, Dipt. Suec. Ortal. 10. 14. 

 Trypeta parietina . . Meig. Euroj). Zweiflttg. Ins. V. 334, 



S3. PI. L. fig. 7. 



Smaller and darker than corniculata ; head above saffron colour, 

 beneath yellow and clothed with black and white hairs ; mouth 

 yellow ; antennae saffron colour ; metathorax yellowish brown ; 

 abdomen spotted like that of corniculata ; telum black ; legs 

 reddish yellow, clothed with black and white hairs ; wings limpid, 

 with a slight yellow tinge, branded like those of corniculata, but 

 the bands are more spread, often over nearly the whole wing ; a 

 small black spot joins the middle of the costa ; nervures yellow, 

 brown towards the tip of the wing ; poisers bright yellow. (Length 

 of body \\ — 1| lines ; of wings 2| — aj lines.) 



In a small variety of the male the 3d band of the wing disappears in, 

 front, and consequently does not join the 4th. 



South of England, during the summer and autumn. 



Sp. 3. Acin. laticauda. Like parietina, but larger, wings 

 more tinged with yellow, hands paler and more spread. 

 (Fig. 22.) 



Trypeta laticauda . Meig. Europ. Zweijlug. Ins. V. 339. 41. 

 PI. L. fig. 11. 



Head saffron-colour above, yellow and clothed with black and white 

 hairs beneath ; mouth yellow ; antennas saffron-colour ; meta- 

 thorax yellowish brown ; abdomen spotted like that of corniculata ; 

 telum rust-colour, short and broad ; legs reddish yellow, clothed 

 with black and white hairs ; wings limpid, tinged with yellow ; 

 bands tawny, very irregular, and often spread over the whole 

 wing ; a small spot joining the middle of the costa and the bor- 



