140 EMPJD.E. 



Black, shining. Head and thorax beset with a very few bristles. 

 First and second joints of the antennas tawny ; third nearly round, 

 very little longer than the second ; fourth very long, more than four 

 times the length of all the preceding joints. Thorax more or less 

 asneous or greenish-black. Wings white, with 2 very broad dark brown 

 bands ; veins black, tawny towards the base ; second longitudinal vein 

 hardly more remote from the third than from the costa. Halteres 

 yellow. Coxas tawny ; anterior femora tawny beneath and at the base ; 

 knees tawny ; tarsi yellow, black towards the tips. 



Generally distributed. (E. S. I.) 



2. cimicoides, Kb.? sp. i. 447. 61 (1 781); Gm.; Mg. umbrarum, 

 Hal. albitarsis, Sta?g. ; Ztt. d. s. i. 313. 2. Nigra, antennis basi 

 fulvis, thorace nigro-a3neo, alls albis fusco-bifasciatis, venis secunda 

 tertiaque remotis, halteribus flavis, coxis feinoribus anterioribus basi 

 subtusque genubusque fulvis, tarsis Jlavis apice nigris. Long. II ; 

 alar. 2^ lin. 



Black, shining. Head and thorax beset with very few spines. 

 First and second joints of the antennas tawny ; third nearly round, 

 very little longer than the second ; fourth very long, more than 4 times 

 the length of all the preceding. Wings white, with 2 brown bands, 

 which are rather narrower and paler than those of T. arrogans ; veins 

 black, yellow towards the base ; space between the second and third 

 longitudinal veins twice that between the second and the costa. Halteres 

 yellow. Coxas tawny ; anterior femora tawny beneath and at the base ; 

 knees tawny ; tarsi yellow, black towards the tips. The male has the 

 intermediate tibia? at the tip produced into a compressed lobe, and the 

 legs more black. 



Eare. In the collections of the Entomological Club and of 

 Mr. Haliday. (E. S. I.) 



3. connexa, Mg. zw. iii. 70. 3. pi. 23. f. 24 (1822); Mq. 

 cimicoides, Mg. kl. Nigra, antennis fuscis basi flavis, thorace nigro- 

 seneo, alarum fasciis duabus connexis fuscis, halteribus albis, pedibus 

 fulvo flavoque variis. Long, li ; alar. 2 lin. * 



Black, shining. Head and thorax beset with very few black bristles. 

 Antennas brown ; first and second joints yellow ; third nearly round, 

 very little longer than the second ; fourth more than 4 times the length 

 of all the preceding. Thorax asneous -black. Wings white, mostly 

 occupied by 2 very broad dark brown bands, which are connected beneath 

 the costa, and nearly so on the hind border ; veins black, tawny towards 

 the base ; second longitudinal vein as near to the third as to the costa. 

 Halteres white. Coxa?, posterior femora and fore tibia? at the base, 

 and fore femora tawny ; anterior tibia?, excepting the tips and anterior 

 femora, sometimes tawny. Legs sometimes yellow, excepting the hind 

 femora and hind tibia?, which are brown. 



Generally distributed. (E. I.) 



