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Genus SYRPHUS, Fabr. 



Syrphus FELIX, Mas et Fein. 



^neus, capite scutelloque flavis, thoracis lateribus fulvis, abdomine nigra 



fasciis fulvis una interrupta duabusque biarcuatis ornalo, antennis 



ferritf/ineis, pedibus fulvis, ulis subfulvis. 



Head yelloiv, paler and clothed with whitish hairs beneath : eyes 



pitchy; all the facets veiy small: mouth pitchy: feelers ferruginous: 



chest brassy, clothed with tawny hairs ; sides of the chest tawny ; scutcheon 



yellow : abdomen blade, nearly elliptical, longer and a little broader than 



the chest, adorned tvith three very broad tatvny bands; the first interrupted 



by a broad interval, on approaching which it has a conical form on each 



side ; second very convex on each side of the hind border and deeply indented 



in the middle ; hind border of the third forming two semicircles and much 



indented between them ; tip tawny with a black disk : legs tawny ; tips of 



the claws black : toings slightly tawny ; wing-ribs, veins, and poisers tawny ; 



veins black towards the tips ; brands pale brown. Length of the body 3^ 



— 4 lines ; of the wings 7 — 8 lines. 



Canaries. 



Syrphus dentatus, Mas. 



JEneo-viridis, capite scutelloque jlavis, thoracis lateribus fulvis, abdomine 

 nigra fasciis fulvis una interrupta duabusque incisis ornato, antennis 

 piceis subtus fulvis, pedibus fulvis, alis limpidis. 



Head yellow, whitish and clothed with while hairs behind ; a black 

 stripe extending from the epistoma along half the length of the face : eyes 

 dark red : mouth black with a tawny tip : feelers pitchy above, tawny be- 

 neath ; sixth joint black, tawny towards the base: chest brassy-green, 

 clothed with tawny hairs; sides tawny; scutcheon yelloiv : abdomen black, 

 elliptical, a little longer and narrower than the chest, adorned with three 

 very broad tawny bands ; the first interrupted by a broad interval which di- 

 vides it into tiva nearly triangular spots ; the hind border of the second not 

 reaching the sides of the abdomen, and having a notch in the middle; 

 third also with a semicircular colourless notch in the middle, and with a less 

 conspicuous taumy stripe near the tip : legs tawny ; feet pitchy towards the 



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