374 coNOPiD.i:. 



Hind femora black, -jN-holly and closely 

 grey-diisted, orange towards tips ; an- 

 tennae entirely black ; 3rd vein nearly 

 straight froiu anterior cross-vein to tip. 

 (Scvitellum with 8 to 10 long' fine hairs, 

 the spots on the hind margin much less 

 conspicuous than in cinereum ; spots on 

 hinder part of thoracic dorsum also less 

 conspicuous than in cinereum) gvisetim, sp. n., p. 375. 



293. Zodion cinereum, Fahr* 



Myopa cinerea, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iv, p. 399 (1794). 

 Zodion cinerezini, Schiner, Faun. Austr. i, p. 381 (1862). 



6 $. Head: Vertex and upper part of frons dark mahogany- 

 brown or reddish-brown, becoming bright orange-brown oi- 

 orange on about anterior half of frons ; generally with very 

 narrow silvery-white eye-margins extending for some distance ; 

 ocellar triangle black. Anteniise mainly red-brown or orange- 

 bruwn, sometimes wholly so; generally with 1st joint, upper part 

 of 2nd and apical half of 3rd, more or less black ; occasionally 

 practically the entire antennae are black. Eest of head from 

 orange-yellow to very pale yellow ; proboscis black, fully twice as 

 long as head. Occiput cinereous-grey ; nearly all the upper half 

 is clothed with short black bristles ; the median part is compara- 

 tively bare, but with about four long fine bristles well below the 

 vertical margin; the lower part is yellowish, nearly bare. Thorax 

 cinereous, with darker brown marks varying in individuals ; the 

 general pattern consists of a pair of narrow dorsal stripes extend- 

 ing from the inner corners of the humeri and I'eaching beyond 

 the suture ; there is an outer stripe on each side running from 

 behind the humerus, and generally reaching beyond the suture ;, 

 a pair of inner short vittfe on or near the anterior margin ; and a 

 small, very dark brown, shining spot on the inner side of each 

 humerus. The longer stripes are sometimes broken into elongate 

 spots ; hinder part of dorsum with rather numerous large spots 

 or dots irregularly placed. Scutellum concolorous, with six con- 

 spicuous, moderate sized, dark brown spots on hind margin, each 

 bearing a medium sized bristly hair; rest of scutellum bare of bristly 

 hairs. Abdomen cinereous; first three segments a little more 

 brownish-grey ; the whole surface witli small dark brown dots 

 and tine, rather long, black hairs, the former lying more or less in 

 horizontal rows ; last segment in 5 shining black. Ltys closely 

 covered with cinereous or pale grey dust ; femora, towards the 

 tips, and on the knees for a short distance, often more or less 

 orange-brown ; tarsi black or blackish. Pubescence of legs wholly 

 black. Wings pale grey, pale orange for a var\ing extent from 

 base and anteriorly ; halteres dull orange. 

 Length, about 6 mm. 



* This common European species has a number of synonjms, which can be 

 obtained from Becker in Kertesz, Kat. Palaarkt. Dipt, iv, p. '210 (1905). 



