TRYPETA. 199 



Black, with grey tomentum. Head, antennae, scutellum, body be- 

 neath, and legs testaceous. Thorax with two darker stripes. Wings 

 limpid, brown, with some limpid dots in front for near half the length 

 from the base, and with four brown streaks, two of which extend to the 

 costa, and two to the hind border from the brown part, the second in 

 front extends to the tip of the wing; cubital and prsebrachial veins 

 slightly diverging from the praebrachial transverse to the tip ; discal 

 transverse nearly straight, very oblique, parted by much less than its 

 length from the praebrachial transverse, and by less than half its length 

 from the border. Halteres and legs testaceous. Abdomen hardly 

 longer than broad. 



Rare. In the collection of the Entomological Club. (E.) 



2. Heraclei, L. Fn. 461. 1877 (1761); Gmel.; Loew; Zett. 

 Onopordinis, F. ; Gmel. ; Fal. ; Meig. ; Mcq. Centaurea, F. Picea 

 vel ferruginea, alis fuscis limpido-septemmaculatis, pedibus testaceis. 

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



Piceous or ferruginous, shining. Head ferruginous, testaceous be- 

 neath. Antenna3 testaceous ; third joint much longer than the second. 

 Metathorax black. Wings brown, with two limpid spots in front, two 

 in the disc, and three larger behind; cubital and prsebrachial veins 

 very slightly diverging between the transverse veins, parallel and slightly 

 curved from the discal transverse to the tip ; discal transverse nearly 

 straight, slightly oblique, parted by much less than its length from the 

 prEebrachial transverse, and by less than half its length from the border. 

 Halteres and legs testaceous. Abdomen elliptical, a little broader than 

 the thorax. 



Generally distributed. (E. S. I.) 



3. cognata, Wied. Zool. Mag. i. 76 (1816); Meig. Zw. v. 315. 

 6. pi. 48. f. 19 ; Loew; Boie. ; Desv. ; Zett. Pulva, longa, cylindrica, 

 metathorace uigro-bimaculato, alis limpidis fasciis quatuor testaceo-fuscis. 

 Long. 3^; alar. 7 lin. 



Tawny, long, cylindrical. Third joint of the antennas conical, much 

 longer than the second. Metathorax with a black spot on each side. 

 Wrings limpid, with four irregular partly brown partly testaceous bands, 

 which cover the transverse veins; fourth connected in front with a 

 short brown stripe, which extends along the costa to the tip ; cubital 

 and praBbrachial veins diverging between the transverse veins, slightly 

 curved and almost parallel from the discal transverse to the tip ; discal 

 transverse oblique, nearly straight, parted by a little more than its 

 length from the prabrachial transverse, and by one-third of its length 

 from the border. Legs hairy. 



Not common. (E. I.) 



4. Artemisia;, P. E. S. iv. 351. 162 (1792); Meig.! pi. 48. 

 f. 21 ; Loew ; Zett. interrupta, Fal. intermissa, Meig. ; Mcq. con- 

 tinua ? Meig. Pulva, subcylindrica, capite tibiis tarsisque testaceis, 



