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Genus Trypeta, Meig. 



Trypeta lutescens. 



Fcem. — Fulva, subcervino tomentosa, antennis testaceis, arista 

 nigra angulata abdomine ovato fasciis nigris, pedibus testa- 

 ceis, alis nigris strigis quatuor maculisque quatuor vitreis, 

 strigis duabus exterioribus nigris. 



Female. — Tawny, covered above witb pale fawn coloured tomen- 

 tum ; proboscis black ; antennae testaceous ; third joint elongate ; 

 arista black, bare, bent near the base ; abdomen oval ; acumi- 

 nated at the tip, with a black band on the fore border of each 

 segment excepting at the base ; legs testaceous ; tibiae with black 

 apical spines ; wings black, vitreous at the base and towards the 

 tips, with three vitreous costal streaks, one longitudinal, the 

 other two transverse, with a transverse vitreous discal streak, 

 with fonr vitreous spots, and with two black exterior streaks, one 

 extending along the costa to the tip, the other oblique and in the 

 disk ; halteres testaceous. 



Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 



Valley of the Amazon. 



Trypeta sin'ica. 



Mas. — Fulva, capite apud oculos thoraceque subcervino tomen- 

 tosis, abdomine fasciis tribus nigris, 3^ subapicali latissima, 

 alis nigro-fuscis, basi vitreis, fulvo-subfasciatis, maculis 

 duabus costalibus trigonis, litnris nonnullis transyersis pos- 

 ticis apicibusque vitreis, strigis duabus exterioribus nigro- 

 fuscis. 



Male. — Tawny, with stout black bristles ; head, about the eyes 

 and thorax, with pale fawn-coloured tomentum ; scutellum and 

 metathorax shining ; abdomen oval, with three black bands ; the 

 third subapical, much broader than the others ; wings blackish 

 brown, vitreous, with a slight tawny band near the base, with two 

 triangular vitreous spots on the costa and with some transverse 

 hindward vitreous marks ; tips vitreous, with two blackish-brown 

 streaks, one extending along the costa to the tip, the other 

 oblique and in the disk. 



Length of tlie body 3 lines ; of the wings G lines. 



China. 



