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Stigma pale tawny. Hind femora and hind tibia3 tawny, with pale 

 brown bands. 



Generally distributed. (E. I.) 



22. auricoUis, Mg. zw. iii. 318. 64 (1822) ; Mq. ; Ztt. ^neus, 

 scutello fusco-piloso, abdomine fasciis quatuor pallidis secunda tertiaque 

 integris. Long. 4^-5 ; alar. 9-10 lin. 



^Eneous. Head yellow, with a ferruginous scapula above the peri- 

 stoma ; vertex aeneous. Antenna? ferruginous ; third joint piceous 

 above ; fourth black. Thorax tawny on each side in front of the 

 wings ; scutellum tawny, slightly aeneous on the disc, clothed with 

 brown hairs. Wings slightly grey ; veins black ; stigma brown. Hal- 

 teres yellow. Abdomen broad, with four tawny bands ; first inter- 

 rupted ; second and third broad ; fourth narrow. Legs tawny ; hind 

 legs black ; hind femora tawny at the base ; hind knees tawny. Male. 

 Middle femora in some cases black at the base. Var. ft. Head tawny ; 

 scapula dark tawny ; an aeneous triangular spot above the antennae. 

 Halteres tawny. Second abdominal band interrupted especially towards 

 the hind border ; third with an angular notch on the hind border. 

 Hind legs tawny, slightly tinged with brown. 



Not common. (E. S.) 



23. manicatus, Mg. zw. iii. 336. 91 (1822); Mq.; Ztt. ^Eneus, 

 antennis nigris, abdomine maculis bis quatuor subquadratis fulvis. 

 Long. 4-4^-; alar. 9-10 lin. 



^Eneous. Antennae black. Wings slightly lurid. Halteres yellow. 

 Abdomen with four subquadrate tawny spots on each side ; first pair 

 longer and narrower than the second or the third ; fourth very small. 

 Legs black ; anterior tibiae towards the base and knees tawny. Male. 

 Fore metatarsi whitish. Var. ft. Wings grey. Hind tibiae tawny 

 towards the base. 



Generally distributed. (E. S. I.) 



24. peltatus, Mg. zw. iii. 334. 89 (1822); Mq.; Lw. ; Ztt. 

 albimanus var., Fin. ^Eneus, antennis nigris, abdomine nigro maculis 

 bis tribus subquadratis luteis,pedibus nigris ; Mas. genubus flams ^ metatarso 

 antico dilatato albo, postico modice incrassato nigro ; Fcem. pedibus ante- 

 rior ibus fulvis. Long. 3|-4i ; alar. 8-9 lin. 



jEneous. Antennae black. Wings slightly grey ; stigma pale 

 brown. Halteres tawny. Abdomen black, aeneous at the tip, adorned 

 on each side with subquadrate pale yellow spots. Legs tawny ; hind legs 

 black ; femora at the base and knees tawny. Male. Abdomen with six 

 spots. Fore metatarsi whitish. Fein. Abdomen with eight spots ; fourth, 

 pair small, transverse. Var. ft. Antenna with the third joint ferru- 

 ginous beneath. Wings colourless ; stigma pale grey. Halteres yel- 

 low. Hind legs piceous. Var. y First pair of abdominal spots trian- 

 gular. 



Generally distributed. (E. S. I.) 



