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Tawny. Head about the vertex and antennae piceous, the latter 

 broad, testaceous at the base. Palpi testaceous. Wings slightly grey- 

 ish, with two brown bands, the first at half the length, darkest in front, 

 interrupted in the middle, the second apical. Halteres testaceous, with 

 brown knobs. Abdomen brown. Legs testaceous ; tarsi brownish. 



Var. /3. Thorax with three brown stripes. Fore borders of the ab- 

 dominal segments testaceous. 



Bare. In the British Museum. (E.) 



8. antica, n. Nigra, thoracis lateribus anticis halteribus, coxis fe- 

 moribusque ferrugineis, alls cinereis, fascia subapicali nigricante. Long. 

 3 ; alar. 5 lin. 



Slack. Thorax ferruginous on each side in front. Wings grey, with 

 a blackish subapical band. Halteres, coxse, and femora ferruginous. 

 Eare. (E.) 



9. fasciata, Latr. G-. C. iv. 261 (1810); Meig. ; Mcq.; Zett. ; 

 Gim.; Stasg.; Zett. ruficollis, Meig. ochracea, Meig. Fulva, anten- 

 nis tarsisque fuscis, alis subtestaceis fascia subapicali cinerea, abdomine 

 fasciis apiceque nigris, pedibus testaceis. Long. 2|-3 ; alar. 5-6 lin. 



Tawny. Antennas brown, rather slender, shorter than the thorax, 

 tawny at the base. Wings slightly testaceous, with a grey subapical 

 band, which is indistinct or obsolete towards the hind border. Abdomen 

 with a black band on the fore border of each segment ; tip black. Legs 

 testaceous; tarsi brown. 



Not rare. (E.) 



10. flavipes, Meig. Zw. i. 237. 9 (1818) ; Mcq. ; Curt. ! B. E. 134 ; 

 Guer. ; Stasg. ; Zett. nemoralis, Meig. Nigra, palpis, halteribus, ab- 

 dominis fasciis pedibusque testaceis, alis subcinereis apice cinereis, tarsis 

 fuscescentibus. Long. 1^-2; alar. 2| 3| lin. 



Black, shining. Palpi testaceous. Antennas rather slender, not 

 longer than the thorax. Wings very slightly greyish, with grey tips. 

 Halteres testaceous. Hind borders of the abdominal segments more 

 or less testaceous. Legs testaceous ; tarsi brownish. 



Generally distributed. (E. S. I.) 



11. unicjlor, n. Nigra, alis fuscis basi pallidioribus, pedibus fer- 

 rugineis, tarsis nigricantibus. Long. 3 ; alar. 5 lin. 



Black. Wings brown, paler in the disc towards the base ; veins black, 

 ferruginous at the base. Legs ferruginous ; tarsi blackish. 

 Rare. In the British Museum. (E.) 



12. servula, Walk. E. M. iv. 115 (1837). Ferruginea, vertice, an- 

 tennis, abdomine tarsisque piceis, alis subcinereis, halteribus testaceis 

 apice piceis, pedibus testaceis. Long. 2 ; alar. 4 lin. 



Ferruginous. Vertex, antennas, and abdomen piceous. Wings greyish ; 

 branch of the cubital vein very short. Halteres testaceous, with piceous 

 knobs. Legs testaceous ; tarsi piceous. 



Eare. In the British Museum. (E.) 



