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along each side. Legs testaceous, pubescent. ; femora and tibiae towards 

 the tips and tarsi blackish. 

 Not common. (E.) 



13. vernalis, Meig. Zw. i. 182. 19 (1818); Mcq. ; Schumm. ; 

 Gimm. ; Stasg. ; Ross. (V.) ; Zett. Cana, thorace vittis tribus fuscis, 

 alis cinereis apud discum albidis, abdomine fulvo vitta dorsali nigra, 

 pedibus fulvis, femoribus tibiisque apice tarsisque nigris. Long. 5-6 ; 

 alar. 12-14 lin. 



Hoary. Proboscis ferruginous on each side. Palpi and antenna 

 black ; second joint of the antenna testaceous. Thorax with three 

 brown stripes, the middle one very broad. Wings grey, whitish in 

 most of the disc, the white part terminating by the discal areolet, and 

 by the stigma, which is brown ; transverse veinlets slightly clouded 

 with brown. Halteres testaceous, with blackish knobs. Abdomen 

 tawny, with a black dorsal stripe, which is interrupted on the hind 

 border of each segment. Legs tawny, rather short ; tips of the femora, 

 tibia3 towards the tips, and tarsi, black. 



Not rare. (E. S. I.) 



14. paludosa, Meig. Zw. vi. 289. 50 (1830); Schumm.; Stffig. ; 

 Zett. Cinerea, thorace vittis quatuor nigris, alis subcinereis parvis, 

 abdomine ferrugineo, pedibus fulvis validis, femoribus tibiisque apice 

 tarsisque nigris. Long. 7-11; alar. 10-16 lin. 



Cinereous. Proboscis tawny. Plalpi and antenna? tawny, black 

 towards the tips. Thorax with four indistinct slender black stripes ; 

 metathorax and pectus whitish. Vmgs short, grey, with a slight lurid 

 tinge, brown along the costa. Halteres testaceous ; knobs tawny. Ab- 

 domen long, especially in the female, ferruginous. Legs tawny, stout, 

 pubescent ; femora and tibias with black tips ; tarsi black, tawny 

 towards the base. 



Not common. (E. I.) 



15. oleracea, L.RS. 1740 (1761); F. ; D.G.- Schr.; Gmel. ; 

 Latr. ; Meig. ; Mcq. ; Zett. ; Schumm. ; Gimm. ; Stseg. ; Ross. (V.). 

 Cana, thorace vittis quatuor fuscis, alis subcinereis ad costam luridis 

 vitta subcostal! limpida, pedibus testaceis, femoribus tibiisque apice tar- 

 sisque nigris. Long. 7-10; alar. 14-20 lin. 



Hoary. Proboscis tawny. Palpi brown. Antenna3 black, tawny 

 towards the base. Thorax with four indistinct brown stripes. Meta- 

 thorax and pectus whitish. Wings slightly greyish, lurid along the 

 costa, and with a limpid stripe behind it. Halteres testaceous, blackish 

 at each end. Hind borders of the abdominal segments testaceous. 

 Legs testaceous, pubescent ; femora arid tibia3 generally blackish at the 

 tips ; tarsi black, testaceous towards the base. Male. Abdomen tes- 

 taceous at the tip. Fern. Abdomen tawny at the tip. 



Generally distributed. (E. S. I.) 



16. flavoliueata, Meig. Zw. i. 185. 24 (1818); Mcq.; Stasg. ; 



