40 MTCETOPHILIDjE. 



12. ferruginea, Meig. Zw. i. 249. 9 (1818). Testacea, vertico, 

 antennis thoracisque vittis tribus nigris, alls subcinereis, abdomine fasciis 

 fuscis, tarsis fuscescentibus. Long. 1^-2 ; alar. 3-4 lin. 



Testaceous. Vertex black. Antennae black, testaceous at the base, 

 not longer than the thorax in the female. Thorax with three black 

 stripes, the lateral pair short. Wings very slightly greyish ; subcostal 

 vein not joining the costal ; its veinlet a little beyond the middle of 

 the first cubital areolet ; the latter is rather large, with slightly acute 

 fore angles and slightly obtuse hind angles. Abdomen with a brown 

 band on the hind border of each segment. Tarsi brownish ; hind tibia; 

 with minute spines and rather short spurs. 



Not common. (E.) 



13. ruficollis? Zett. D. S. xi. 4121. 17 (1852). Testacea, an- 

 tennis nigris, alis limpidis, abdominis suturis apiceque nigricantibus, 

 tarsis fuscis. Long. l-|-2 ; alar. 3-4 lin. 



Testaceous. Antennae black, testaceous at the base. Wings limpid ; 

 subcostal vein not joining the costal ; its veinlet before the middle of 

 the first cubital areolet ; the latter is of moderate size, with acute fore 

 angles and obtuse hind angles. Sutures and tip of the abdomen black- 

 ish. Tarsi brown ; hiiid tibia3 with minute spines and moderately long 

 spurs. 



Not common. (E.) 



14. punctata? Latr. GK C. iv. 261 (1810); Meig. Fulva, ver- 

 tice nigro, palpis, halteribus pedibusque testaceis, antennis tarsisque 

 nigricantibus, thoracis disco fusco, alis subcinereis. Long. 2 ; alar. 4 lin. 



Tawny. Vertex black. Palpi testaceous. Antennae blackish, tes- 

 taceous at the base. Disc of the thorax dark brown. Wings greyish ; 

 subcostal vein not joining the costal ; its veinlet beyond the middle of 

 the first cubital areolet ; the latter is of moderate size, with the basal 

 angles nearly rectangular, the fore apical angle acute, the hind apical 

 angle obtuse. Halteres testaceous. Legs testaceous, rather stout ; tarsi 

 blackish ; hind tibice with minute spines and moderately long spurs. 



Rare. (E.) 



15. trilineata? Zett. I. L. 859. 6 (1840), var.P Testacea, ver- 

 tice nigricante, antennis thoracis vittis tribus tarsisque fuscis, alis sub- 

 limpidis, abdomine ferrugineo, trochanteribus fusco-notatis. Long. 2 ; 

 alar. 4 lin. 



Var. ? Testaceous. Vertex blackish. Antennae brown; first, second, 

 and third joints testaceous. Thorax with three remote brown xtripcs ; 

 lateral pair short. AVings nearly limpid ; subcostal vein not joining 

 the costal ; its veinlet opposite the middle of the first cubital areolet ; 

 the latter is of moderate size, with acute fore angles and obtuse hind 

 angles. Abdomen pale ferruginous. Trochanters with a brown spot 

 on each ; tarsi brown ; hind tibiae with minute spines and moderutrly 

 long spurs. 



i common. (E.) 



