ANTHOMYIA. 133 



tato, alls cinereis maris obscurioribus, abdomine nigro-quadrimaculato, 

 pedibus fulvis, tarsis nigris. Long. 2^-3 ; alar. 5-6 lin. 



Black, with brownish-cinereous tomentum. Head white in front. 

 Thorax with four blackish stripes, the outer pair much interrupted. 

 Wings grey ; cubital and praebrachial veins slightly diverging from the 

 prsebrachial transverse vein to the border ; discal transverse vein nearly 

 upright, hardly undulating. Alulae greyish, with testaceous borders. 

 Abdomen a little longer than the thorax ; second and third segments 

 with two black spots on each. Legs tawny ; tarsi black. Male. Body, 

 wings, alulae, and legs darker than those of the female ; discal trans- 

 verse vein parted by about its length from the prsebrachial transverse 

 vein, and by less than its length from the border. Fern. Discal trans- 

 verse vein parted by much more than its length from the praebrachial 

 transverse vein, and by much less than its length from the border. 



Common in summer on the hills by the upper part of Wharf- 

 dale. (E.) 



45. cunctans, Meig. Zw. v. 133. 89 (1826). Atra, obscure 

 cinereo-tomentosa, thorace nigro-quadrivittato, abdomine ovato, vitta 

 interrupta dorsali nigra; Mas, alis fuscis, margine postico cinereo; 

 Fcem. alis limpidis. Long. 2^-3 ; alar. 5-6 Ihi. 



Deep black, with dark grey tomentum. Head silvery-white. Sixth 

 joint of the antennae pubescent. Thorax with four black stripes. Cu- 

 bital and prsebrachial veins diverging from the prsebrachial transverse 

 vein until some distance beyond the discal transverse vein, whence they 

 slightly converge to the border ; discal transverse vein oblique, slightly 

 undulating, parted by about its length from the praebrachial transverse 

 vein, and by hardly half its length from the border. Alulae whitish. 

 Abdomen oval, as long and as broad as the thorax, with an interrupted 

 black dorsal stripe. Male. Wings brown, greyish along the hind bor- 

 der. Fore femora with a tooth beneath towards the tips. Fore tibia3 

 notched beneath towards the base. Fern. Wings limpid. 



Common. (E.) 



46. subsecuta, n. Cinereo-tomentosa, alis cinereis basi fulvis; 

 Mas, vena discali transversa recta, thorace nigro-quadrivittato, abdo- 

 mine ovato subtessellato vitta dorsali nigra; Fcem. frontalibus piceis, 

 thorace fusco-quadrivittato, abdomine fusiformi. Long. 3-3^; alar. 

 6-7 lin. 



Black. Wings grey, tawny at tJie base ; cubital and praebrachial veins 

 very slightly diverging from the praebrachial transverse vein to half the 

 length between the discal transverse vein and the border, almost pa- 

 rallel from thence to the border. Male with dark grey tomentum. 

 Head hoary. Thorax with four indistinct black stripes. Discal trans- 

 verse vein oblique, straight, parted by a little more than its length from 

 the prsebrachial transverse vein, and by hardly half its length from the 

 border. Alulae grey, with testaceous borders. Abdomen oval, slightly 



