3. CHRYSOPS *^^ 



.eoorded from all Europe and f™- Liberia a„d a- Mi„g to Macquart 

 (but obviously in error) from the eastern coast of Australia. 



T i-i ,„i.f +lTit Mrmps Harris' Tahanns nnhilosus must 

 Sv««n,im!,.-At one time I tliougM that ^o^^^^f^'^'/^ ,,.;!,, that species, but his 

 referto C. rdkta becai«e his &^^^^^ L female a»d above all'his statement 

 S '^ThTlels a« bUr'nir^^duJe \t to a synonym of V. c«»««. 



2, C. ^uadrata Meigen. Middle ( <J ) or posterior ( 9 ) tibia, to™g™- 

 Abdomen conspicuously orange at the sides of the second segment (5 or 

 tithThe second segment entirely orange except for a small black spot ( ? ). 

 The male is distinguislied by the colour of the tib.se and 

 the female by the isolated black spot on the orange base of the 

 abdomen. 



S. Face mainly covered by the ^^^^^^^^^^ th^Tep 

 yellow middle hne ; large greyish y^^l^^^Pr^f'^^e facial from the buccal 

 pits on the face to the ^y^margins sepaiating tl^ t^rn^ ^^^ 1^^ f^^i^l 



Ui, and below the eyes ^^e ^ f. ^^^"f thHniS^^^^ 



and oral calh are united on each «^ ^e of the mKlclle^^ ^^^ ^^ 



buccal call are also ^J^^ pub^^^^^^ ^^^^ absent on the 



numerous black hairs, which aie ^f lff^^^jfA\' ^ish but behind the mouth- 

 front mouthmargin ; jmbescence on the imYsWc^^^^^^^^^ ^^.^, 



opening a few greyish /eUow hairs are in ermixe^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^.^^^ ^^^^ 

 back of the head black, flusli wiui tne ey«^ '^^^ p , . ^ greyish 



a tiny black ciliation agamst .^J^^^ ^^f^^^/ and^^^^^^^^ yellow^olur 



yellow with only the top ^"4 ,i o^J.^^tA the yellow middle line on the 

 Ltends all round the base of ^l^e antenn^^^t^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ 



face. Eyes bare, touching for about the ^wl^le ^mm m u ^^^^^ i„ 



the occiput and the ^;^,«^'/,^JJ^^^^^^^^^ 



size in comparison Avith those on tie upper pait, longer and stouter 



in some lights. Antenn^ dull ^la^^\' .^i^v^Xbescence • tlnrd joint rather 

 than the second and ^^h rather longc^i black H^escence t^^ ^^ ^^^^ 



l^^t^^S^l^^^^^^ ^'aTteSiVmore tl J twice the length of 



the head, curved up at the tip. ,1 -^^^c, hlaek with a slight brownish 



_ Thorax and --Je^lmn mod^^^^^^^^^ E ^^ 



tinge caused by the tawny pubescenc^^^^ black hairs; a 



a broad stripe near eacn side) aie some y }xxxm&x\ 



conspicuous patch of ^^^^^^ hair exten s on eacy m^^^ ^^ ^^t of 



all along the margin of the dorso-pleals^^^^^^^^ pubesceAce on the 



the mesopleur^e while just ^^^^^e this patcli tne^a J 1 . ^^^^^^ ^^^ 



s^rsf^i^sTa^is^^ 



''"'JSomen duu'bkck with conspicuous orange markings at the sides of 



thetSTe^nJn^^^^^ 0I Z 



basal segment ; each of the ^wc) laige conspicuous^^^^^ i ^^^^ ^^^^ 



second segment occupies the ^^^Jer /hn V.^^,^^^^^^^^ breaks 



diagonally towards the fore corneiothe^emen^^^^^^^ ^^ 



