[July. 



ANNO T A '[' K D T. I H T 



OF 



B R ITLSH ANTIIOMYIIDJE. 



P.Y 



R. H. MEADE. 



Reprirded from " The Entomologisfs Monthly Magazine'' Vol. xviii. 



3. MTD^A, E. Desv. 



Spilogaster, pt., Auctt. 

 Aricia, pt., Macq. 



6V«. 6'//. — Eyes bare, coutiguous, or sub-contiguous iu male ; 

 arista plumose ; abdomen mostly oval, and always unspotted ; alulets 

 well develo)ied, tbe under scale beirg mucb longer tban tbe upper one ; 

 anal vein not prolonged to the margin o£ tbe wing. 



With Jcg.s ivhullg black. 



^^ 1. VESPERTINA, Pall. 3. ALLOT ALLA, Meig. 



2. NI&KITELLA, Zett. 



Witli leg^ partlg pale. 

 ^ 4. UKBA]SA, Meig. 9. impuncta, Fall. 



^ 5. ANGELiciE, Scop. iiiclistincta, Rond. 



6. TINCTA, Zett. 10. SEPARATA, Meig. 



^ 7. PAGANA, Fab. 11. FLATEOLA, Fall. 



8. is''iGRicOLOB, Fall. varians, Zett. 



Tbe species placed in tbis group form part of tbe genus Sjiilo- 

 gaster of most autbors, but differ from tbose properly belonging to 

 that genus by baving unspotted bodies. Tbe genus Mydcea is closely 

 related to Hydrophoria, but may be distinguisbed from it by tbe species 

 baving tbe abdomen usually oval and not conical, and not baving tbe 

 anal vein prolonged to tbe posterior margin of the wing. 



M. JflGRITELLA, Zett. 

 Tlii^ little black and rather rare species bears a very considerable rcpemblance 



