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SYRPHID.E. 



tarsi tawny, a black band on each of the former ; hind tibiae tawny 

 towards the base ; hind tarsi black above at the base and towards the 

 tips. 



Generally distributed. (E. S. I.) 



4. bifasciata, Mg. zw. iii. 219. 10 (1822); Ct. ! b. e. 425. Miea, 

 alis subfuscis, abdomine fulvo-bifasciato, tibiis tarsisque fusco-fulvis. 

 Long. 4i; alar. 9 lin. 



jEneous. Head silvery- white in front. Wings pale brown. Hal- 

 teres whitish. Abdomen black, with two tawny bands, aeneous towards 

 the tip. Legs tawny ; femora aeneous ; tips of the tarsi brown ; hind 

 tibiae brown, yellow towards the base. Male. Antennae red ; third 

 joint ferruginous. Abdominal bands interrupted. Fern. Antennae 

 black ; third joint piceous. Abdominal bands almost entire. Anterior 

 tibiae mostly brown. 



Rare. In the British Museum. (E.) 



5. nemorum, Fb. s. a. 192. 17 (1805); Mg. ; Mq. ; Ztt.; Lw. 

 ignava, Fin. Chalybea, antennis nigris apice piceis, alis subcinereis, 

 abdominis lateribus fulvo-sexmaculatis, tibiis basi fulvis. Long. 3^-4^ ; 

 alar. 7-9 lin. 



Chalybeous. Head crowned in front and beneath with white down, 

 clothed beneath with white hairs. Antennae black ; third joint piceous. 

 Wings slightly grey ; stigma pale brown. Alula? white. Halteres 

 yellow. Abdomen adorned on each side with three tawny spots, which are 

 tinged with whitish bloom. Tibiae tawny at the base. 



Bare. In the collection of the Entomological Club. (E.) 



6. luteola, Gm. s. n. v. 2879. 379 (1788) ; Nwm.du&ia, Fb. 

 lateralis, Fin. ; Mg. ; Mq. ; Ztt. Nigro-aenea, antennis rufis, alis sub- 

 cinereis basi limpidis ad costam fusco-maculatis, abdominis lateribus basi 



Jlavis. Long. 4^ ; alar. 9 lin. 



^Eneous-black. Head partly covered with white down, clothed be- 

 neath with white hairs. Antenna bright pale red. Wings slightly 

 grey, colourless at the base, with a brown spot in the middle of the fore 

 border. Halteres pale yellow. Abdomen with an interrupted yellow 

 band occupying near half the length from tJw base. Legs black ; poste- 

 rior tarsi tawny. ' 



Yery rare. In the collection of the Entomological Club. (E.) 



Genus XI. MILESIA. 



MILESIA, Ct. b. e. 34 (1824) ; Mq. ; Ztt. Musca p., L. ; Gm. Syrphus 

 p., Pz. Eristalis p., Fb. Milesia p., LI. ; Fb. ; Mg. Milesia et Tem- 

 nostoma, St. F. et Srv. Sphizea, Milesia, et Caliprobola, Edn. 



Antenna capitis latitudine conjunction, bremores ; articulus quartus dor- 

 salis ; quintus nudus. Thorax pubescens ; scutellum convexiusculum, 



