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Antenna yellow ; third joint conical, as long as the first and the second ; 

 fourth black, longer than the third. Wings colourless ; veins and 

 halteres yellow ; third and fourth longitudinal veins nearly parallel. 

 Abdomen black, shining. Legs yellow ; middle femora thick ; middle 

 tibiae curved. 



Not common. (E.) 



10. articulatus, Mq. d. n. 98. 10 (1827); Mg. ; Ztt. Cinereus, 

 capite cano antice albo, antennis nigris basi fulvis, pectore cano, alis 

 limpidis, abdomine nigro, pedibus flams, tarsorum articulis apice nigris. 

 Long. H-H ; alar. 2^-3 lin. 



Cinereous. Head hoary, shining white in front, clothed behind with 

 white hairs. Palpi white. Antenna black, pubescent ; first and second 

 joints tawny ; third conical, longer than the first and the second ; 

 fourth a little longer than the third. Thorax beset with a few yellow 

 bristles, hoary beneath. Wings colourless; veins and halteres yellow ; 

 third and fourth longitudinal veins nearly parallel. Abdomen black, 

 shining. Legs yellow ; tips of the joints of tJie tarsi black ; middle 

 femora thick ; middle tibiae curved. 



Generally distributed. (E.) 



11. candicans, Mn. d. s. emp. 10. 11 (1815); Mg. ; Ztt. 

 fasciata ? Mg. Cinereus, antennis nigris basi fulvis, alis limpidis, 

 abdomine nigro, segmentis anterioribus utrinque cinereis, pedibus fiavis. 



Long. H-H ; alar. 2^-3 lin. 



Cinereous. Palpi white. Antenna black; first and second joints 

 pale yellow ; third joint conical, longer than the first and the second ; 

 fourth much longer than the third. Wings colourless; veins and 

 halteres pale yellow ; fourth longitudinal vein slightly curved, not 

 parallel to the third. Abdomen black, shining ; anterior segments 

 cinereous on each side. Legs pale yellow ; tips of the tarsi brown ; 

 middle femora thick ; middle tibiae slightly curved. 



Not rare. (E.) 



12. fulvipes, Mgrle.; Mg. zw. iii. 78. 25 (1822). Cinereus, 

 capite cano antice albo, antennis nigris, alis sublimpidis ad costam sub- 

 fulvis, abdomine nigro, pedibus fulvis, tarsorum articulis apice fuscis. 

 Long. 1^; alar. 4 lin. 



Cinereous. Head hoary, shining white in front. Palpi yellow. 

 Antenna black ; third joint conical, a little longer than the first and 

 the second ; fourth much longer than the third. Wings almost colour- 

 less, with a slight tawny tinge along the fore border ; veins tawny, 

 brown towards the tips ; third and fourth longitudinal veins slightly 

 converging. Abdomen black, shining. Legs tawny ; tips of the joints 

 of the tarsi brown ; middle femora thick, more or less brown ; middle 

 tibiae curved. 



Generally distributed. (E.) 



