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1. scolopacea, L. fn. 1788 (1761) ; Dg. ; Fb.; Shr. ; Gm. ; Pz. 1 

 fn. xiv. 9 ; Mg. ; LI. ; Fin. ; Mq. ; Ztt. ; Lw. ; Gmtl. Cinerea, 

 capite cano, antennis ferrugineis apice nigris, scapulis flavis, scutello 

 apice fulvo, alls limpidis fusco-quadrimacidatis basi et ad costam sub- 



fuscis, apice et margine postico cinereis, abdomine fulvo interrupts nigro- 

 vittato apice nigro, pedibus fulvis, tarsis nigris ; Mas. thorace cinereo 

 cano-trivittato ; Foem. thorace cervino fusco-trivittato, abdomine subtus 

 pleruraque nigro. Long. 5-6 ; alar. 10-13. 



Grey. Head hoary, clothed beneath and behind with white hairs ; 

 epistoma convex. Proboscis ferruginous, clothed with tawny hairs. 

 Palpi yellow, curved, clothed with whitish hairs. Antenna tawny ; 

 fourth joint black. Thorax hoary ; scapula yellow, extending from the 

 fore border to the base of the wing ; tip of the scutellum tawny. 

 iriitgs colourless, pale brown at the base and along the fore border, 

 grey at the tips and along the hind border ; 4 brown spots on the 

 transverse veins ; stigma dark brown. Halteres tawny. Abdomen 

 tawny ; an interrupted black stripe along the back ; tip black. Legs 

 tawny ; tarsi black, dark tawny towards the base. Male. First and 

 second joints of the antennae ferruginous. Thorax grey above, with 

 3 hoary stripes. Fern. Thorax fawn-colour, with 3 pale brown stripes. 

 Abdomen beneath black, tawny towards the base and on the hind 

 borders of the segments. 



Generally distributed. (E. S. I.) 



2. tringaria, L. s. n. ii. 782 (1763); Gm. ; Fb. ; Shr.; LI. ; 

 Fin. ; Mg. ; Lm. ; Mq. ; Ztt. ; Gmtl. scolopacea var., Dg. Cinerea, 

 capite cervino, antennis fulvis apice nigris, thorace cervino-trivittato, 

 scutello fulvo, alls subfulvis, abdomine maculis nigris trivittato, pedibus 

 fulvis, tarsis nigris ; Mas. thorace subtus cano, abdominis apice nigro ; 

 Foem. thorace subtus cervino abdomine fulvo-fasciato apice cinereo. 

 Long. 4-64-; alar - 10-13 lin. 



Grey. Head fawn-colour, clothed beneath and behind with pale 

 yellow hairs. Proboscis tawny. Palpi yellow, curved, clothed with 

 pale yellow hairs. Antennas tawny ; first joint ferruginous ; fourth 

 black. Thorax with 3 fawn-coloured stripes. Scutellum tawny, 

 shining, darker towards the base. Wings pale tawny ; veins black, 

 tawny towards the base and along the fore border. Halteres yellow. 

 Abdomen with 3 rows of black spots , clothed with short black hairs. 

 Legs tawny, clothed with very short black hairs ; tarsi black, tawny 

 towards the base. Male. Thorax hoaiy beneath. Tip of the abdomen 

 black. Fem. Thorax pale fawn-colour beneath. Spots of the abdo- 

 men more variable and often less distinct than those of the male ; 

 four last segments grey, with tawny hind borders, much attenuated. 



Generally distributed. (E. S. L) 



3. vanellus, Fb. s. a. 76. 3 (1805); Fin.; Mg.; Ztt. Cinereo-cervina, 

 antennis nigris fulvo-cinctis, thorace flavo-bivittato, scapulis scutelloque 



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