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length of the body. Thorax with three brown stripes, clothed like the 

 abdomen with gilded hairs. Wings yellowish, with grey pubescence ; 

 transverse veinlet very slender, joining the middle of the subcostal 

 vein ; cubital vein bent forward at its junction with the veinlet, curved 

 landward, joining the costa at some distance from the tip of the wing ; 

 second branch of the anal vein curved to the hind border. Halteres 

 white. Oviduct elongated, tawny, without valves ; last segment yel- 

 low. Legs pale yellowish. 

 Habits unknown. 



30. Veronicas, Bremi, Beitr. neue Denkschrift. etc. 49. 6 (1847) ; 

 Loew; Winn. Fulva, antennis fuscis basi flavis 15-16-articulatis, 

 thorace fusco-trivittato, pectore nigricante, alls subfuscescentibus mar- 

 gine nigro, venis nigro-fuscis, halteribus albis, abdomine fasciis nigri- 

 cantibus, ventre albo-hirto, pedibus nigro-fuscis subtus albis, femoribus 

 basi flavis. Long. -| lin. 



Wings brownish ; transverse veinlet very pale, indistinct ; cubital 

 vein bent forward at its junction with the veinlet, slightly convex hind- 

 ward from thence, and joining the costa at some distance from the tip 

 of the wing ; second branch of the anal vein curved to the hind border. 

 Male. Antennae fifteen- to sixteen-jointed, as long as the body ; joints 

 as long as their petioles, and towards the base rather longer. Fern. 

 Antenna? fifteen-jointed, half the length of the body. Oviduct yellow, 

 almost as long as the body, without valves ; first segment tawny, occa- 

 sionally with a brown tip or wholly brown. 



Lives in the barren shoots of Veronica Chamcedrys, fastening 

 the leaves together, and forming a thickly hairy pouch, in which 

 it changes to the fly state. 



31. scciata, n. Foem. fulva, antennis nigris, alis sublimpidis, costa 

 venaque cubitali nigris, halteribus albidis, abdomine testaceo, pedibus 

 testaceis, tibiis tarsisquefusco-fasciatis. Long. |- ; alar. 1^- lin. 



Fern. Tawny. Antennae black; joints sessile. Wings nearly limpid, 

 pubescent, ciliated ; costa and cubital vein black. Halteres whitish. 

 Abdomen testaceous. Legs pale testaceous ; tibia and tarsi with brown 

 bands. 



Rare. In the British Museum. (E.) 



32. discolor, n. Mas, sordide lestacea, capite antennisque nigris, 

 articulorum petiolis testaceis, alis subcinereis, venis pallide fuscis, pedi- 

 bus pallide testaceis, larsisfuscescentibus. Long. |- ; alar. 2 lin. 



Male. Dingy testaceous. Head black. Antennae black, moniliform ; 

 petioles of the joints testaceous, a little longer than the incrassated 

 part. Wings greyish; veins pale brown. Legs pale testaceous, long, 

 slender; tarsi brownish. 



Not common. (E.) 



33. decolorata, n. Foem. pallide testacea, capite antennisque ni- 

 gricantibus, alis subcinereis, venis fuscis, pedibus albido-tesiaceis, tarsis 

 fuscescentibus. Long. -|; alar. 2 lin. 



