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by a veinlet which is nearly opposite the middle of the discal areolet; 

 discal areolet pentagonal, long and narrow. 



4. discicollis, Meg. ; Meig. Zw. i. 125. 13 (1818) ; Mcq. ; Zett. ; 

 Schumm. ; Stseg. ; Eos. (V.) Var. placida, Walk. Fulva, capite su- 

 pra palpis antennisque nigris, thorace vittis tribus fuscis, alis subluridis, 

 abdominis dorso pedibusque fuscis. Long. 5; alar. 10 lin. 



Tawny. Head black above. Palpi and antennas black, tawny at the 

 base. Thorax with three brown stripes, which are almost confluent. 

 Metathorax greyish-black. Wings slightly lurid ; veins black, testa- 

 ceous towards the -base ; stigma brown. Halteres testaceous. Abdo- 

 men brown above ; tip tawny ; underside brown towards the tip. Legs 

 brown, pubescent ; coxas tawny. 



Not rare. Inhabits woods. (E.) 



SECTION 4. 



e e. Radial vein united to the subcostal at some distance beyond its fork . 

 f. Petiole of the first externo-medial a little sborter than its fork. 



Veins pilose towards the tips ; mediastinal vein ending at about two- 

 thirds of the length of the wing, joined to the subcostal by a little 

 veinlet close to its tip ; subcostal ending at about five-sixths of the 

 length ; radial and cubital springing from a common petiole, which is 

 nearly half their length, and which proceeds from the subcostal at a 

 little beyond half the length of the wing ; radial forked before one- 

 third of its length ; cubital joined to the third externo-medial by a 

 transverse veinlet, whose middle emits the first exteruo-medial ; first 

 externo-medial forked before half its length, joined at some distance 

 before its fork with the third externo-medial by a transverse veinlet, 

 whose middle emits the second externo-medial; third externo-medial 

 joined with the subanal by a veinlet which is opposite the middle of 

 the long and almost tetragonal discal areolet. 



5. lucorum, Meig. Zw.i. 125. 12 (1818); Mcq.; Gimm.; Stasg. ; 

 Eos. (V.) ; Zett. aberrans, Walk. Catta, palpis antennisque nigris, 

 thorace vittis quatuor fuscis, alis subcinereis, venulis transversis fusco sub- 

 limbatis, abdomine fusco, pedibus testaceis, femoribus tibiis tarsisque 

 apice fuscis. Long. 4-6; alar. 8-12 lin. 



Hoary. Palpi and antenna? black, the latter sometimes testaceous 

 at the base. Thorax with four brown stripes, the outer pair short. 

 Wings very slightly greyish; transverse veinlets slightly clouded with 

 broion ; stigma indistinct. Halteres white, with brown knobs. Abdo- 

 men brown, testaceous at the tip. Legs testaceous ; tarsi towards the 

 tips, and tips of the femora and of the tibia?, brown. 



Common. Inhabits woods. (E. S. I.) 



6. tempestiva, Walk. C. D. B. M. i. 53 (1848). Fulva, antennis 

 nigris, thoracis disco fusco, alis limpidis, tarsis fuscis. Long. 4 ; alar. 

 9 lin. 



