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with pale testaceous borders. Abdomen oval, shining, not spotted, a 

 little broader but not longer than the thorax. 



Not common. (E.) 



18. fumosa, Meig. Zw. v. 109. 45 (1826). Atra, hirsutissima, 

 alls nigro-fuscis apice et maryine postico cinereis, abdomine nigro-emeo 

 immaculate. Long. 2-J- ; alar. 5 lin. 



Deep black, very hairy. Head greyish in front. Wings dark brown; 

 hind borders and tips grey ; cubital and praebrachial veins diverging 

 from the praabrachial transverse vein to the discal transverse vein, 

 nearly parallel from thence to the border ; cubital vein slightly curved ; 

 discal transverse vein hardly oblique, very slightly undulating, parted 

 by a little more than its length from the praebrachial transverse vein, 

 and by more than half its length from the border. Alula3 whiiish. Ab- 

 domen esneous-black, obconical, very little longer than the thorax. 



Not rare. (E.) 



14. vespertina, Fal. Msc. 58. 49 (1810); Meig.; Zett. Mas, 

 Nigra, subjyilosa, nitens, alisfuscis, apice margineque postico cinereis, ab- 

 domine nigro-<zneo immacidato, vitta dorsali nigra. Long. 2^-3 ; alar. 

 5-6 lin. 



Male. Black, shining, slightly hairy. Head whitish in front and 

 beneath. Wings brown, grey at the tips and along the hind border ; 

 cubital and pra3brachial veins diverging from the praebrachial transverse 

 vein to the discal transverse vein, hardly diverging from thence to the 

 border; diseal transverse vein oblique, slightly curved inward, parted 

 by a little more than half its length from the praBbrachial transverse 

 vein, and by a little less than its length from the border. AlulaB whitish. 

 Abdomen long-oval, teneous-blacJc 3 with a black dorsal stripe, not spotted, 

 a little longer than the thorax. 



Common. (E.) 



15. obscurata, Meig. Zw. v. 89. 12 (1826); Zett. var. Sahl- 

 bergi, Zett. Nigro-cinereo-tomentosa, thorace vittis tribus vix conspi- 

 cuis nigris, alis obscure cinereis basi et apud venas fuscis, abdomine nigro- 

 aeneo maculis quatuor nigris. Long. 2-^ ; alar. 5 lin. 



Black, with dark grey tomentum, very hairy. Eyes hairy ; sixth joint 

 of the antennaB with moderately long hairs. Thorax with three indis- 

 tinct black stripes. Wings dark grey, brown at the base and along the 

 borders of the veins ; cubital and praBbrachial veins diverging from the 

 praBbrachial transverse vein to the border; discal transverse vein ob- 

 lique, slightly undulating, parted by hardly more than its length from 

 the praBbrachial transverse vein, and by rather less than its length from 

 the border. Alulae whitish, with pale testaceous borders. Abdomen 

 elongate-oval, indistinctly ceneous-black, a little longer than the thorax ; 

 second and third segments with two black spots on each. 



Not rare. (E.) 



16. dispar, Fal. Msc. 58. 48 (1810); Meig.; Mcq.; Zett. Ca- 



