154 MUSCID.E. 



supra fuscescente vittis quatuor obscurioribus, alls fulvo-subcinereis, 

 abdomine pedibmque fulvis. Long. 3-4; alar. 8-10 lin. 



Thickly covered with yellow tomentum. Head luteous between the 

 eyes; proboscis black; palpi pale yellow. Antennae black. Thorax 

 brownish above, with four darker stripes. Things greyish, with a very 

 slight tawny tinge along the borders of the veins ; cubital and prsebrachial 

 slightly diverging from the clouded prsebrachial transverse to the discal 

 transverse, almost parallel from thence to the border ; discal transverse 

 oblique, almost straight, parted by nearly twice its' length from the 

 prsebrachial transverse, and by half its length from the border. Hal- 

 teres pale yellow. Abdomen and legs tawny. 



Generally distributed. (E. S. I.) 



3. merdaria, E. E. S. iv. 344. 133 (1 792) ; Meig. ; Mcq. ; Zett. 

 Cinereo-tomentosa, capite luteo subtus palpisque flavis, antennis nigris, 

 thorace fusco-quadrivittato, alls fulvo-mblimpidis, pedibus testaceis, femo- 

 ribus cinereis. Long. 2-3 ; alar. 4-6 lin. 



With cinereous tomentum. Head pale-yellow, luteous above; pro- 

 boscis black ; palpi pale-yellow. Antennae black, not reaching the epi- 

 stoma ; third joint twice the length of the second. Thorax with four 

 brown stripes. Wings nearly limpid, with a slight tawny tinge in front ; 

 cubital and prsebrachial veins diverging from the clouded prsebrachial 

 transverse to the diseal transverse, almost parallel from thence to the 

 border; discal transverse oblique, almost straight, parted by much 

 more than its length from the prsebrachial transverse, and by full half 

 its length from the border. Halteres pale yellow. Legs testaceous; 

 femora cinereous. 



Generally distributed. (E. S. I.) 



4. lutaria, F. E. S. iv. 344. 134 (1792) ; Meig. ; Mcq. ; Zett. D. S. 

 - suilla, Fal. ; Zett. I. L. analis ? Meig. Cinereo-tomentosa, capite 

 palpisque flavis, frontalibus rubris, antennis luteis, thorace fusco-qua- 

 drivittato, alis subfulvescentibus, abdomine pedibusque fulvis, illius 

 vitta dorsali suturisque nigris; Var. abdomine cinereo apice fulvo. 

 Long. 2|-3| ; alar. 5-7 lin. 



With cinereous tomentum. Head yellow ; frontalia deep red ; pro- 

 boscis black, testaceous towards the base; palpi yellow. Antenna? 

 luteous ; arista black. Thorax with four brownish stripes ; metathorax 

 hoary. Wings with a slight tawny tinge, especially towards the base ; 

 cubital and prsebrachial veins slightly diverging from the prsebrachial 

 transverse to the discal transverse, almost parallel from thence to the 

 border; discal transverse almost straight, nearly upright, parted by 

 nearly twice its length from the prsebrachial transverse, and by less 

 than half its length from the border. Halteres yellow. Abdomen 

 tawny ; dorsal stripe and sutures of the segments black. Legs tawny. 

 Var. Abdomen cinereous ; tip tawny. 



Generally distributed. (E. S. I.) 



