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brownish; tibite paler ; tarsi whitish. Male. Plumes of the antennae 

 somewhat glistening -white at the tips. Fern. Antennae with black 

 verticillate hairs ; basal joints almost cylindrical, the following succes- 

 sively more and more oval ; the five last slightly elongated, elliptical. 

 Not rare. (E.) 



41. versicolor, Winn.! Linn. Ent. vi. 45. 41. pi. 6. f. 41 (1852). 

 Foem. ciuereo-fuscus, palpis antennisque nigris, thorace vittis tribus obscu- 

 rioribus, pectoris lateribus albo-notatis, scutello Jlavo disco fusco, alts 

 hyalinis albidis cinereo-pilosis, venis pallidis apud costam fuscis, hal- 

 teribus fuscescentibus, abdomine atro sec/mentis albo - mar ginatis, pedibus 

 fulvis articulis apice fuscis, tibiis posticis fusco-cinctis. Long. 4 ; alar. 



li lin. 



Fern. Palpi and antennas black, the latter with black hairs, which 

 have glistening-white tips; joints oval; first and second cylindrical 

 thirteenth large, elliptical, ending in a short style. Thorax greyish- 

 brown, dull, with three darker stripes, appearing, when seen in front, 

 grey, with two slender brown stripes ; when seen laterally, grey, with 

 four brown stripes, and in some aspects wholly grey. Pectus brownish- 

 grey, with four lateral glistening-white marks. Scutellum brown, with 

 a broad yellow border. Wings hyaline, somewhat whitish, with grey 

 hairs ; veins pale, brown towards the costa. Halteres brownish. Ab- 

 domen deep black, with slender white bands on the Jiind borders of the 

 segments. Legs tawny ; tips of the femora and of the tibice brown ; tarsi 

 brownish, excepting the first and second joints ; hind tibiae with a broad 

 brown middle band. 



(E.?) 



42. obscurus, Winn. ! Linn. Ent. vi. 45. 42. pi. 6. f. 42 (1852). 

 Foem. nigro-fuscus, palpis antennisque nigris, thorace vittis tribus fuscis, 

 alts hyalinis cinereo-pilosis, venis pallidis apud costam fuscis, halteribus 

 nigris, abdominis incisuris albidis, pedibus atris, tarsis albidis, femoribus 

 anticis apice fidw-cinctis. Long. -|; alar. 1-^ lin. 



Fern. Blackish-brown. Palpi and antennce black, the latter with black 

 hairs, which have glistening-white tips. Thorax dull, with a glisten- 

 ing-grey tinge, three brown stripes apparent in some aspects. Scutellum 

 brown. Wings hyaline, sonmohat whitish, with grey hairs ; veins pale, 

 brown towards the costa. Halteres black. Abdomen with slender 

 whitish incisures. Legs deep black; tarsi whitish; fore tibice with a 

 slender tawny band near their tips. 

 (E.?) 



43. pumilus, Winn.! Linn. Ent. vi. 46. 43. pi. 6. f. 43 (1852). 

 Foem. nigro-cinereus, palpis flavis, antennis flavescentibus pilis verticillatis 

 albis, thorace setis nonnullis nigris, alls hyalinis cano-hirtis, venis pal- 

 lidis costalibus apice fuscescentibus, halteribus albis, abdomine albido- 

 piloso, pedibus pallidis, genubus nigricantibus. Long. -f ; alar, -f lin. 



Fern. Blackish-grey. Palpi yellow. Antennae yellowish, with white 

 verticillate hairs ; joints from the first to the eighth oval, from the 



