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fourth segments laterally ashy, and all upon the disk with 

 a waved band of the same colour; 6 — 12 lines ; common. 

 Pl.2\,fig.2. 

 Genus [153]. Velleius. Leach. One species. 



V. dilatatus, Fab. Black ; head and thorax shining, the 

 latter having an seneous reflection ; elytra and abdomen 

 opaque and slightly pubescent ; 9 lines; Hornet's nests? 

 rare. PI. 21,/y. 3. 



Family [14], Tachinid^e. Shuck. 



Genus [154]. Tachinus. Grav. Twenty-three species. 



T. latus, Marsh. Black and shining ; base of antenna? and 

 legs pitchy red ; elytra testaceous, excepting their sutural, 

 lateral and posterior margins ; 3 — 4 lines ; damp mea- 

 dows. PI. 21, fig. 4. 

 Genus [155]. Cypfia. Kirby. Six species. 



C. rufipes, Kirb. Black pubescent ; antenna? and legs red- 

 dish ; f of a line ; common in moss. PI. 21, Jig. 5. 

 Genus [156]. Conurus. Steph. Eleven species. 



C. pubescens, Grav. Pitchy black pubescent ; apex and 

 antenna? and legs testaceous ; 2\ lines ; meadows ; not 

 common. PI. 21, fig. 6. 

 Genus [157]. Tachyporus. Grav. Thirty-four species. 



S. pyrrhopterus, Kirb. Black and shining ; antenna?, mar- 

 gin of the thorax, elytra and legs reddish-testaceous ; 

 \\ line; meadows; not common. PI. 21, fig. 7. 

 Genus [158]. Bolitobius. Leach. Seventeen species. 



B. atricapillus, Fab. Reddish-testaceous, shining ; head, 

 middle of antennae, elytra (excepting their shoulders and 

 apical margin) and two terminal segments of abdomen, 

 black ; three lines ; in moss and moist meadows. PI. 21, 

 fig. 8. 

 Genus [159]. Megacuonus. Steph. Eight species. 



M. analis, Fab. Black and shining ; base and apex of an- 

 tenna?, elytra, legs and apex of the abdomen testaceous ; 

 three lines ; in moss and moist woods. PI. 22, fig. 1. 

 Genus [160]. Mycetoporus. Mann. Eleven species. 



M. slpendens, Marsh. Deep black and very shining ; an- 

 tenna? fuscous with their base and apex testaceous ; elytra, 

 legs and apex of abdomen of a rich red ; 2^ — 3 lines ; 

 humid meadows ; common. PI. 22, fig. 2. 



