PTPIZA. 271 



Nigro-senea, alls sulcinereis fusco-semifasciatis, abdomine maculis duabus 

 magnis transversis flavis, tarsis ferragineis. Long. 4 ; alar. 8 lin. 



Fern. ^Eneous-black. Proboscis piceous. Antennae black. Wings 

 pale grey ; a large brown spot extending from the stigma to the middle of 

 the disc-, stigma dark brown, long and narrow. Halteres white. 

 Abdomen with a large transverse yellow spot on each side of the second 

 segment. Legs black ; knees and tarsi ferruginous. 



Generally distributed. (E. I.) 



4. bimaculata, Mg. zw. iii. 247. 11 (1822). Nigra, alls sub- 

 cinereis fusco-semifasciatis, abdomine nigro-seneo maculis duabus rufo- 

 fulvis. Long. 4-i ; alar. 9 lin. 



Black, rather broad. Wings pale grey ; an indistinct pale brown 

 spot extending from the stigma to the middle of the disc ; stigma brown. 

 Halteres dark brown, with pale yellow knobs. Abdomen with a slight 

 aeneous tinge ; a variable reddish-tawny spot on each side of the second 

 segment, and sometimes a smaller and very indistinct spot of the same 

 colour on each side of tJie third segment. Tarsi occasionally ferru- 

 ginous. 



Not rare. (E.) 



5. notata, Mg. zw. iii. 246. 10(1822); Mq. ; Ztt. Nigra, alis 

 subcinereis fusco-semifasciatis, abdomine maculis duabus magnis fulvis, 

 tarsis ferrugineis. Long. 3^ ; alar. 7 lin. 



Black. Wings pale grey ; a large pale brown spot extending from the 

 stigma to the middle of the disc ; stigma brown. Halteres pale yellow. 

 A large tawny spot on each side of the second segment of the abdomen. 

 Knees and tarsi ferruginous, the latter pale beneath. 



Not rare. (E.) 



6. guttata, Mg. zw. iii. 247. 1 2 (1822) ; Mq. ; Ztt. Nigra, anten- 

 nis ferrugineis basi nigris, alis subcinereis obsolete fusco-semifasciatis, ab- 

 domine nigro-a3neo maculis duabus obliquis fulvis, tarsis fulvis. Long. 

 3-4 ; alar. 6-8 lin. 



Black. Antenna ferruginous, black at the base. Wings pale grey; 

 an indistinct pale brown spot extending from the stigma to the middle of 

 the disc ; stigma pale brown. Halteres white. Abdomen with a slight 

 seneous tinge ; an oblique tawny spot on each side of the second seg- 

 ment. Knees and tarsi tawny. 



Not rare. (E.) 



7. vitrea? Mg. zw. iii. 249. 15 (1822); St. F. et Srv.; Mq. ; 

 Ztt. Yar. ? Nigra, epistomate antennis basi pedibusque fulvis, alis sub- 

 cinereis, abdomine fulvo apice nigricante. Long. 2^ ; alar. 7 lin. 



Epistoma taicny. Antennas tawny towards the base. Wings pale 

 grey ; stigma brown. Abdomen tawny, blackish towards the tip. Legs 

 tawny. 



Eare. In the collection of the Entomological Club. (E. I.) 



