22 STRATIOMID^E. 



brown. Male. Eyes hairy. Fern. Head with 2 yellow stripes ii 

 front, with 4 yellow spots on the crown, and with a yellow spot on 

 each side behind the eyes. Thorax with 2 yellow stripes on the disc. 

 Not rare. (E. I.) * 



6. formosa, Wdn. ; Mg. zw. iii. 127. 5 (1822); Mq. Nigra, 

 tJwracis lateribus interrupts flavo-vittatis, scutello flavo, alis limpi- 

 dis, abdominis apice pedibusque flavis ; Mas. abdominis maculis utrin- 

 que duabus connexis flavis ; Foem. capitis vittis duabus fasciaque inter- 

 rupta flavis, abdominis maculis utrinque tribus connexis flavis, ventre 

 pleramque flavo. Long, li; alar. 3^- lin. 



Black. Head and thorax clothed with short whitish hairs. Pro- 

 boscis yellow. Thorax with a broad interrupted yellow stripe on each 

 side ; scutellum yellow. Wings colourless ; veins pale buff. Halteres 

 yellow. Abdomen with a yellow spot at the tip. Legs yellow. Male. 

 Abdomen with two yellow connected spots on each side. Fern. Head 

 with a yellow stripe on each side of the crown, and with an interrupted 

 yellow band behind the eyes. Thorax with 2 slender yellow stripes 

 on the disc. Abdomen with 3 yellow connected spots on each side ; 

 underside mostly yellow. 



Not rare. (E. I.) 



7. muscaria, Fb. e. s. iv. 268. 21 (1794); Pz. ! Mg. ; Mq.- 

 pygmcea, Fin. ; Mg. ; Ztt. affinis, Dale ; Ct. Nigra, thoraceflavo-bivit- 

 tato, alis limpidis, abdomine flavo-quinquemaculato, ventre plerumque 

 flavo, pedibus fulvis, tibiis posticis femoribusque nigris, tibiis anterio- 

 ribus nigro-cinctis, tarsis nigris posterioribus basi flavis ; Foem. capitis 

 vittis duabus fasciaque interrupta flavis. Long, li ; alar. 3 lin. 



Black. Head covered in front with silvery down. Proboscis yellow. 

 Thorax with a yellow stripe on each side. Scutellum yellow, sometimes 

 partly or wholly black. Wings colourless ; veins pale tawny. Halteres 

 pale yellow. Abdomen with 2 connected yellow spots on each side., and 

 1 at the tip ; underside mostly yellow. Legs tawny ; femora and hind 

 tibise black ; a black band on each of the anterior tibia3 ; tarsi black ; 

 posterior tarsi yellow towards the base. Fern. Head with two yellow 

 stripes on the crown, and with a yellow interrupted band behind the eyes. 



Not rare. (E. I.) 



8. Morrisii, Ct. ! b. e. x. (1833). Nigra, thorace interrupte albido- 

 bivittato, scutelli apice ockraceo, abdomine flavo-quinquemaculato, pe- 

 dibus flavis, tibiis posticis femoribusque plerumque nigris, tarsis nigris 

 posterioribus basi albidis. Long. 2-^ ; alar. 5 lin. 



Black, shining, thickly and minutely punctured, covered with very 

 short grey down. Proboscis ochreous. Thorax with a whitish stripe on 

 each side, forming a minute spot in front, a larger spot before the base of 

 each wing, and a third spot behind it. Hind border and spines of the 

 scutellum ochreous. Wings colourless ; stigma yellowish-brown ; veins 

 brown along the costa. Halteres white. Abdomen with an oblique 



