206 MUSCID^E. 



teous, almost reaching the epistoma ; third joint nearly linear, oblique 

 at the tip, much longer than the second. Scutellum yellow. Wings 

 white, with four brown bands ; first and second occasionally imperfect or 

 wanting ; fourth apical, connected in front with the third; cubital and 

 praBbrachial veins hardly diverging between the transverse veins ; cu- 

 bital curved and slightly converging towards the praebrachial between 

 the prabrachial transverse and the tip ; discal transverse upright, hardly 

 curved outward, parted by nearly twice its length from the prsebrachial 

 transverse, and by one-third of its length from the border. Halteres 

 white. Legs tawny. Fern. Oviduct cylindrical, obconical at the base, 

 much longer than the abdomen. 

 Not rare. (E.) 



21. aprica, Fal. Ortal. 7. 7 (1820); Meig. ; Loew; Zett. sol- 

 stitialis, F. Nigra, capite scutelloque flavis, alis albis nigro-quadrifas- 

 ciatis, pedibus fulvis, oviductu cylindrico abdominis longitudine. Long. 

 2-2-|- ; alar. 3^-4 lin. 



Black, shining. Head yellow. Antennae luteous ; third joint linear, 

 rounded at the tip, much longer than the second. Scutellum yellow. 

 fPings white, with four brown bands ; fourth apical^ connected in front 

 with the third ; cubital and prsebrachial veins slightly diverging between 

 the transverse veins, hardly converging between the discal transverse 

 and the tip ; discal transverse nearly upright, very slightly curved out- 

 ward, parted by much more than its length from the praebrachial trans- 

 verse, and by less than half its length from the border. Halteres 

 white. Legs tawny. Fern. Oviduct cylindrical, obcouical at the base, 

 as long as tJie abdomen. 



Common. (E.) 



22. Cardui, L. Fn. 1876 (1761); D. G.; F. ; Gmel. ; Schr. ; 

 Latr. ; Lam.; Meig.! Zw. pi. 49. f. 9; Mcq. ; Loew; Boie; Zett. 



fiexuosa, Germ. Reaumurii, Desv. liturata, Ttesv.SoncM, Desv. 

 Centaurece, Desv. Dejeanii, Desv. Nigra, capite scutello tibiis tar- 

 sisque flavis, alis albis fasciis quatuor latis connexis nigris, oviductu 

 cylindrico. Long. 2-2^; alar. 4-5 lin. 



Black, shining. Head yellow; vertex reddish. Antenna luteous, 

 not near reaching the epistoma ; third joint conical, brown at the tip, 

 a little longer than the second. Scutellum yellow. Wrings white, with 

 four black bands ; first connected with the second, and third with the 

 fourth in front; second connected with the third behind; cubital and 

 prasbrachial veins slightly diverging between the transverse veins, 

 slightly curved and almost parallel from the discal transverse to the 

 tip; discal transverse straight and upright, parted by more than its 

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

 length from the border. Halteres whitish. Legs yellow ; femora black. 

 Fein. Oviduct cylindric-conical, rather long. 



Not rare. (E.) 



