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13. infuscatus, Mq. ; Mg. d. iii. 84. 39 (1822) ; Mq. Cinereus, 

 capite cano antice albo, antennis nigris basi fulvis, alls fusco-cinereis 

 ad costam flavis, abdomine nigro, pedibus fulvis, tarsorum articulis 

 apice nigris. Long. 1-1 i ; alar. 2^-3 lin. 



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

 hairs behind. Palpi yellow. Antenna black ; first and second joints 

 tawny ; third tapering, much longer than the first and the second ; 

 fourth much longer than the third. Wings brownish-grey, yellow along 

 the fore border for two-thirds of the length from the base ; veins black, 

 yellow along the fore border. Halteres yellowish- white. Abdomen 

 black, shining. Legs tawny ; tips of the joints of the tarsi black ; 

 middle femora thick ; middle tibiae curved. 



Generally distributed. (E.) 



14. varius, n. Cinereus, capite albo, palpis flavo-albis, antennis 

 nigris basi flavis, pectore albido, alis limpidis, abdomine fulvo maculis 

 fuscis bivittato, pedibus flavis. Long. 1^ ; alar. 4 lin. 



Hoary. Head white. Palpi yellowish- white. Antenna black ; flrst 

 and second joints yellow ; third tapering, much longer than the first 

 and the second ; fourth as long as all the preceding. Thorax beset 

 with a few yellow bristles, whitish beneath. Wings colourless ; veins 

 pale yellow ; fourth longitudinal vein much curved towards the third. 

 Halteres yellowish- white. Abdomen tawny, with 2 rows of brown spots, 

 which are sometimes united and cover the whole back. Legs yellow ; 

 middle femora thick ; middle tibiae slightly curved ; fore femora a little 

 thicker than the hind femora. 



Not common. In the collection of the Entomological Club. (E.) 



15. fascipes, Mg. zw. iii. 78. 22 (1822). Cinereus, antennis 

 nigris, alis limpidis, abdomine nigro, pedibus flavis, femoribus inter- 

 mediis fusco-cinctis, femoribus posticis fulvo-cinctis, tibiis apice non- 

 nuriquam fulvis, tarsorum articulis apice nigris. Long, li; alar. 

 3i lin. 



Grey. Palpi yellow. Antennae black ; third joint lanceolate, longer 

 than the first and the second; fourth as long as the third. Wings 

 colourless ; veins brown, yellow towards the base ; fourth longitudinal 

 vein very slightly curved towards the third. Halteres yellow. Abdo- 

 men black, shining. Legs yellow ; a broad brown band on each of the 

 very thick middle femora, and a narrow tawny band on each of the hind 

 femora ; fore femora thick ; tips of the tibiae sometimes tawny ; middle 

 tibiae curved ; tips of the joints of the tarsi black. 



Generally distributed. (E.) 



16. fasciatus, Mg. ! zw. iii. 86. 43. pi. 23. f. 22 (1822). Cer- 

 vinus, capite cano antice albo, antennis nigris basi fulvis, alis limpidis, 

 abdomine cinereo nigro-fasciato, pedibus fulvis, tarsorum articulis apice 

 fuscis. Long. 2 ; alar. 4 lin. 



Fawn-colour. Head hoary, shining white in front, clothed with 





