STRATIOMIDJE. 



Corpus minoris magniturlinis, oblongo-ovatum, tenuissime pubescens, 



abdomine depresso, rotundato. Color niger ; pictura thoracis vitta- 



tim, abdominisque fasciatim vel ad latera maculatim, flava vel viridi. 



Antenna S-articulatce, porrectas; articuli tertio ad sextum flagel- 



lum fusiforme fingentes ; Septimus brevis ; octavus longm, stylatus. 



Scutellum bispinosum. 



Mas. Oculi conjunct!, pubescentes. 



Fcem. Oculi rernoti, riudi. 



Body oblong, pubescent, small, black and yellow, or green and black. 

 Head semicircular. Ocelli 3. Proboscis withdrawn. Labrum 

 short, broad, hollow, emarginate at the tip. Palpi short, linear, mem- 

 branous, compressed, thickened, opake and pubescent at the tips. 

 Labium terminating in 2 hairy transversely striated lobes. Antenna 

 %-jointed, porrect, pubescent, somewhat shorter than the head, seated 

 on the middle of the face, approximate at the base; the first and 

 second joints short, bristly, almost cylindrical ; third, fourth, fifth, and 

 sixth joints forming a fusiform nagellum ; seventh short, seated very 

 near the tip of the sixth ; eighth forming a long style. Thorax oval. 

 Scutellum armed with two spines. Wings lanceolate, incumbent, pa- 

 rallel, very finely pubescent. Alulas very small. Halteres uncovered ; 

 club large. Abdomen with five segments, oval, somewhat convex, 

 broader than the thorax. Legs slender, of equal size ; tibiae a little 

 thickened in the middle, forming a slight notch on the inside ; onychia 

 small. 



Male. Eyes contiguous, hairy, red and composed of large facets above, 

 green and with small facets in front. 

 Fern. Eyes remote, bare. 



These flies move slowly, and dwell on the leaves of trees and 

 on flowers. 



1. rara, Spl. e. c. 333. 912 (1763). hypoleon,M%. ; Dnv. ; Stg. 

 pulchella, Mg. ; Mq. ; Stg. ; Lw. ! d. b. 14. 3. f. 5, 6. Nigra, scutello 

 flavo, alis limpidis, abdominis maculis quinque ventreque flavis, pedibus 



Jlaiis, femoribus nigris ; Mas. antennis fuscis, thorace flavo-bivittato ; 

 Fcem. antennis fulvis, thorace flavo-quadrivittato. Long. 2|-2f ; alar. 

 5-6 lin. 



Black. Head and thorax clothed with pale hairs. Proboscis tawny. 

 Thorax with a broad interrupted yellow stripe on each side ; scutellum 

 yellow. Wings colourless. Halteres very pale yellow. Abdomen 

 with 2 yellow converging rays on each side and a yellow spot at the 

 tip ; disc beneath yellow. Legs yellow ; femora and tips of the tarsi 

 black. 



Generally distributed. (E. I.) 



2. Fallen!, Stg. e. z. v. 410. 3 (1844) ; Lw. ! d. b. 13. 2. f. 3, 4. 

 hypoleon, Ztt. ; Dnv.? Gm. ? Nigro flavoque varia, pedibus flavis,fe- 

 moribus anticis basi nigris. Long. 2f ; alar. 6 lin. 



