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black ; femora tawny, with black tips ; tibiae ferruginous towards the 

 base. * 



Not rare. (E.) 



26. ochracea, Meig. Zw. i. 186. 25 (1818); Mcq.; Zett.; Schuram.; 

 Gimm. ; Stseg. ; Eoss. (V.). lunata, F. Testacea, alis subcinereis fascia 

 obliqua alba, femoribus apice tarsisque fuscis. Long. 7-8 ; alar. 16 lin. 



Testaceous. Palpi black towards the tips. Antenna3 black, testaceous 

 towards the base. Wings slightly greyish, with a short oblique white 

 band by the stigma, which is brown. Halteres with brownish knobs. 

 Abdomen occasionally with a greyish dorsal stripe ; tip ferruginous. 

 Tarsi and tips of the femora brown. 



Common. (E. S. I.) 



27. Selene, Meig. Zw. vi. 288. 49 (1830) ; Schumm. ; Stag. ; 

 Zett. Cinerea, thorace vittis quatuor fuscis, alis subcinereis fascia brevi 

 alba, stigmate fusco, abdomine nigro-cinereo vittis lateralibus luridis, 

 pedibus fulvis, femoribus tibiisque apice tarsisque nigris. Long. 11; 

 alar. 22 lin. 



Cinereous. Proboscis and palpi tawny. Antennas black, testaceous 

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

 Pectus and metathorax whitish. Wings greyish, with a short white 

 band adjoining the stigma, which is brown. Halteres testaceous, with 

 blackish knobs. Abdomen blackish-grey, with a lurid stripe extending 

 along each side, and dilated towards the base. Legs tawny ; tarsi and 

 tips of the femora and of the tibiae black. 



Not common. (E.) 



28. fascipennis, Hoffm. ; Meig. Zw. i. 187. 26 (1818); Mcq.; 

 Schumm. ; Zett. ; Gimm. ; Stasg. Albida, capite fulvo, thoracis disco 

 fusco, alis subcinereis fascia obliqua alba, abdomine lurido vitta dorsali 

 apiceque piceis, pedibus nigris, femoribus basi testaceis. Long. 6-7 ; 

 alar. 16 lin. 



Brown. Head tawny. Palpi and antennas black, the latter tawny 

 at the base. Sides of the thorax, metathorax, and pectus whitish. Wings 

 greyish, with a slight testaceous tinge along the costa, and with an 

 oblique white band behind the stigma, which is whitish-testaceous, bor- 

 dered with grey. Halteres testaceous, with brown knobs. Abdomen 

 lurid ; dorsal stripe and tip piceous. Legs black ; femora testaceous, 

 blackish towards the tips. 



Not rare. (E. S. I.) 



29. Selenitica, Hoffm. ; Meig. Zw. i. 187. 27 (1818). Ochracea, 

 thorace vittis quatuor fuscis, alis subcinereis fascia arcuata alba, stigmate 

 flavo, abdomine vittis tribus fuscis, pedibus testaceis, tarsis nigrican- 

 tibus. Long. 8 ; alar. 14 lin. 



Fern. Ochraceous. Palpi hairy, black towards the tips. Antennas 

 brown, testaceous towards the base, about twice the length of the pro- 

 boscis. Thorax ivith four brown stripes. Wings greyish, with a slight 



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