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black, exœpt at the base whcre they are brown, and tbe subcosta 

 yellowish; Radius 4 + 5 is iinieb more dipped tliau in tlie otber 

 species of tbis genus, neai'ly as nuicb as in Eristalis; tbe stigma 

 is sbort, small and only sligbtly (birkened. Squamula; witb their 

 i'ringes wbite, and tlieii' mai'gins ycUow. Haltères wbile. 



Lengtb, about 13 niin. 



Tbis species is pruvisionally inelndvMl m tbe list of logyiitiiin 

 Syrpbidœ, but bitberto it lias only been recorder tioin Koiii.ini 

 where a single feiiiale was captured by A.W. Boyd on 23.1). 19 Ki, 

 tbe spécimen being in tbe collection of tbe Entomological Section, 

 Ministry of Agriciiltui'c. Tbis spécimen lacks botb antennse, con- 

 sequentiy tbe above desci'iption of tbem bns been biirrowed from 

 Prof. Bezzi's type. Tbe only otber fcmale known, from Tatidionina 

 (North ? Africa), belongs to the Budapest Muséum, from wbicli 

 Prof. Bezzi made bis original description. Our spccinirn from Ro- 

 mani, however, seems to b-e différent from llie tv|>c ;is icgards tbe 

 colour of tbe abdomen ; in tbe original dcscrii)tion : •■Abdomen 

 "elongatum, planiim sed conicum, basi tborace non latius, apiceni 

 "versus valde attenuatum, totum nigroc-enenni nitidum, passim 

 "paullo purpurascens; segmentum primum immaculatum, secundnm 

 "lateribus paullo et obscure rufescèntibus, lunulis duabns albis, ob- 

 "liquis, separatis intus rotundato-dilatatis et semper sat distan- 

 "tibus; quintum brève, ininiaculatum..." 



Furtber knowledge of tbis curions and interesting fly is niucb 

 to be desired, as it represents a distinct group of tbis genus ow- 

 ing to its comparatively slender bind fcinora, and its wing vena- 

 tion; nioreover notbing is known about its babits. Tbe maie is un- 

 known. 



2. E. AMŒNUS LW. 



(PI. IV, fig. 3, PI. I, Hg. 14 and PI. II, fig. 3 and 10). 



Lw., Stettin. Entom. Zeitg., IX. 132. 15. (184S); Schin., Vern. 

 zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, Vil. 429. 'Sï. (1557); Beck., Mitteil. Zool. 

 Mus. ]3erl., 11.87.122. (1903); Beck., Bez., Kert. u. Stein, 

 Katal. Palœarkt. Dipt., III. 133. (1907) ; Kert., Catal. Dipteror., 

 VIL 313. (1910). 



DIAGNOSIS: — Abdomen without any yellowisb-red mark- 

 ings; legs with the bind femora bearing two rows of spines at 

 their distal ends beneath; bind metatarsi of maie a little swollen, 



