148 SIMULID^E. 



cinereo-tomentosa, thorace maculis duabus anticis albis. Long. 

 alar. 3^ lin. 



Wings limpid ; costal, radial, and cubital veins blackish, the rest 

 white. Halteres luteous. Tibiae and hind tarsi white towards the base. 

 Male. Deep black. Head white in front. Thorax with slightly gilded 

 tomentum; sides white; an interrupted white band in front. Fern. 

 Black, with cinereous tomentum. Thorax with a large white spot on 

 each side in front. 



Generally distributed. (E. S. I.) 



2. elegans, Meig. Zw. i. 226. 9 (1818). Alis limpidis, venis albis 

 apud costam nigricantibus, halteribus luteis, genubus albidis, tibiis 

 anticis albis apice nigris ; Mas, atra, thoracis fascia antice interrupta, 

 macula dorsali lateribusque albis, abdominis lateribus albo-trimaculatis ; 

 Fcem. nigra, cinereo-tomentosa. Long, l^-li; alar. 3 lin. 



Wings limpid; costal, radial, and cubital veins blackish, the rest 

 white. Halteres luteous. Knees whitish ; fore tibia3 white, black 

 towards the tips. Male. Deep black. Thorax with an interrupted 

 white band in front and with a white dorsal spot ; sides white. Abdo- 

 men with three white spots on each side. Fern. Black, with grey 

 tomentum. 



Generally distributed. (E. S. I.) 



3. marginata, Meg. ; Meig. Zw. i. 293. 6 (1818). Alis limpidis, 

 venis albis apud costam nigris ; Mas, atra, thorace antice et inter alas 

 ferrugiueo-cinereo, halteribus piceis, abdomine basi subtusque ferrugi- 

 neo-cinereo, femoribus tibiisque cinereis; Fcem. nigra, corpore femoribus 

 tibiisque cinereo-tomentosis, halteribus fulvis. Long, ly-lf ; alar. 3 lin. 



Wings limpid ; costal, radial, and cubital veins black, the other veins 

 white, Male. Deep black. Thorax with ferruginous-cinereous tomen- 

 tum in front and between the wings. Halteres piceous. Abdomen 

 with ferruginous-cinereous tomentum at the base and beneath. Femora 

 and tibias with cinereous tomentum. Fern. Black. Body, femora, and 

 tibice with cinereous tomentum. Halteres tawny. 



Not rare. (E.) 



4. lineata, Meig. Kl. Zw. i. 95. 2 (1804). Fcem. nigra, subcine- 

 reo-tomentosa, thorace vittis quatuor canis, alis limpidis apud costam 

 fulvis, halteribus albidis. Long. lj; alar. 3 lin. 



Fern. Black, with grey tomentum. Thorax with four hoary stripes. 

 Wings limpid ; costal, radial, and cubital veins tawny, the other veins 

 white. Halteres whitish. 



Not common. (E.) 



5. fuscipes, Zett. Fries, Monogr. Simul. 18. 6 (1829?); Meig. Zw. 

 vi. 314. 12 (1830); Zett. var. pubiventris, Zett. I. L. Fcem. nigra, 

 cano-tomentosa, alis limpidis, venis albidis, apud costam nigris, halteri- 

 bus albidis. Long. 1^- ; alar. 3^ lin. 



Fern. Body and legs black, with hoary tomentum. Wings limpid ; 



