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extending much beyond the fork of the subanal. Halteres testa- 

 ceous. Legs testaceous ; spurs rather short ; tarsi brown ; hind tibiae 

 with a few very short spines ; fore tibice very muck longer than tlie fore 

 metatarsi. 



Not rare. (E.) 



25. fenestralis, Hoffm. ; Meig. Zw. i. 265. 11 (1818); Stann. 

 rufa, Mcq. domestica, Meig. ; Ks. ; Zett. Nigra aut fusco-ferru- 

 ginea, vert ice albo-tomentoso, palpis, antennis basi, pectore thoracisque 

 lateribus, halteribus, abdomiuis fasciis basalibus, venire pedibusque tes- 

 taceis, alis subcinereis, tarsis fuscis. Long. 1|- ; alar. 2-1 lin. 



Black or brownish-ferruginous. Vertex with white tomentum. Palpi 

 testaceous. Antennae testaceous at the base. Pectus and sides of the 

 thorax testaceous. Wings greyish ; praebrachial areolet closed by two 

 veinlets, which form an acute angle ; the hind one nearly four times the 

 length of the fore one, and a little longer than the subapical vein before 

 its fork ; anal vein very short. Halteres testaceous. Abdomen testa- 

 ceous beneath, and with testaceous bands for half the length from the 

 base ; tip testaceous. Legs testaceous ; tibia? darker than the femora ; 

 spurs rather short ; tarsi brown ; hind tibiae with very short spines ; fore 

 tibia; a little shorter than the fore metatarsi. Male. Antenna nearly 

 twice the length of the thorax. Fern. Antennas hardly longer than the 

 thorax. 



Common. (E. S. I.) 



26. ornaticollis, Meg.; Meig. Zw. i. 269. 19 (1818); Mcq.; 

 Stseg. ; R. ; Zett. grata ? Meig. Testacea, albo-tomentosa, vertice an- 

 tennis thoracisqne disco mgro-fuscis, alis subcinereis ad costam obsolete 

 fulvescentibus, abdomine niaculis dorsalibus trigonis nigro-fuscis, pedi- 

 bus longiusculis, tarsis fuscescentibus. Long. 2^-3 ; alar. 4-4|- lin. 



Testaceous. Vertex of the head blackish-brown, with white tomentum. 

 Antennae blackish-brown, testaceous at the base. Dorsal disc of the 

 thorax blackish-brown ; sides with white tomentum. Wings slightly grey- 

 ish, with an indistinct tawny tinge in front ; veinlets of the praebra- 

 chial areolet forming a slightly acute angle ; the hind one about thrice 

 the length of the fore one, and nearly twice the length of the subapical 

 vein before its fork ; anal vein extending to the fork of the subanal. 

 Abdomen with a large triangular blackish-brown spot on each dorsal 

 segment. Legs rather long ; spurs long ; tarsi brownish ; hind tibiae 

 with moderately long spines ; fore tibice very much shorter than the fore 

 metatarsi. 



Common. (E. S. I.) 



27. sobria, n. Nigro-fusca, cano-subtomentosa, palpis, halteribus, 

 abdominis fasciis pedibusque testaceis, antennis basi thoracisque ma- 

 culis duabus fulvis, alis subcinereis, femoribus apice basique fusco-ma- 

 culatis, tarsis fuscescentibus. Long. ] | 2 ; alar. 3-3-^ lin. 



Blackish-brown, with slight hoary tomentum. Palpi testaceous. An- 

 tennae tawny at the base. Thorax with a tawny spot on each side in 



