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much less than half its length from the border. Halteres testaceous. 

 Hind femora rather thick, armed with spines beneath. Var. Thorax 

 without glaucous tomentum. Wings lurid. 

 Not rare. (E.) 



4. lineata, Fal. Sciom. 11. 14 (1820); Meig. ; Mcq.; Zett.; 

 Loew. Ferruginea, cano-tomentosa, capite antennis thoracisque vittis 

 quinque testaceis, alis albidis fusco-nebulosis. 



Ferruginous, with hoary tomentum. Head testaceous, with a brown 

 spot on each side of the front, whitish beneath. Proboscis tawny. 

 Palpi testaceous. AntennaB testaceous ; second joint black above ; 

 third black at the tip, hardly longer than the second ; sixth whitish, 

 minutely pubescent. Thorax with three slender testaceous stripes on the 

 disc, and a broad one on each side. Wings dingy -whitish ; discs of the 

 areolets slightly and partly clouded ; transverse veins clouded ; discal 

 transverse oblique, very deeply undulating, parted by very much more than 

 its length from the prcebrachial transverse, and by more than half its 

 length from the border. Halteres testaceous. Abdomen and legs tawny, 

 the former with a brownish dorsal stripe. 



Not common. (E. I.) 



5. aratoria, F. E. S. iv. 344. 132 (1792) ; Meig. ; Mcq. ; Zett. ; 

 Loew. interstincta, Fal. Ferruginea, albido-tomentosa, capite fusco- 

 maculato, antennis abdomine pedibusque fulvis, thorace quadrivittato t 

 alisfulvisfusco-quinquemaculatis. Long. 2^-4 ; alar. 5-8 lin. 



Ferruginous, with whitish tomentum. Head luteous, with brown 

 spots on each side of the vertex, pale testaceous beneath. Proboscis 

 ferruginous. Palpi testaceous. Antenna tawny ; third joint a little 

 longer than the second ; sixth testaceous, minutely pubescent. Thorax 

 with four ferruginous stripes. Wings tawny, with darker streaks between 

 the veins, and with jive brown spots, one on each side of the discal 

 transverse along the prabrachial, one at each end of the discal trans- 

 verse, and one on the prasbrachial transverse ; discal transverse very 

 oblique and very deeply undulating, parted by very much more than its 

 length from the pr&brachial transverse, and by nearly half its length from 

 the border. Halteres pale testaceous. Abdomen and legs tawny. 



Not rare. (E.I.) 



6. retictdata, F. S.I. ii. 450. 77(1781); Gmel.; Latr.; Meig.; 

 Mcq. ; Zett. ; Loew. obsoleta, Fal. Fulva, albido-tomentosa, thorace 

 quadrivittato, alis subhyalinis maculis plurimis transversisfuscis. Long. 

 3| ; alar. 7 lin. 



Tawny. Head and thorax with whitish tomentum. Head whitish 

 beneath. Frontalia, proboscis, and palpi testaceous. Third joint of 

 tJie antenna hardly longer than the second; sixth plumose with short 

 hairs. Thorax with four tawny stripes. Wings nearly hyaline, with 

 numerous transverse brown spots between the longitudinal veins, greyish 

 towards the hind border ; discal transverse vein undulating, oblique, 



