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CONOPI13.E. 



yellow ; tarsi tawny towards the base. Fern. Hind border of the 

 fourth abdominal segment yellow. 

 Not rare. (E.) 



3. quadrifasciata, Dg. i. vi. 261. 1. pi. 15. 1 (1752); Fin.; 

 Mg. ; Mq. ; Ztt. ; 'Mn.aculeata, Fb. ; Gm. ; Shf. ic. pi. 228. 

 f. 8 ! Nigra, capite antico Jlavo-aurato, thorace flavo-bimaculato, alls 

 subcinereis ad costam subfuscis, abdomine flavo nigro-quadrifasciato; Mas. 

 pedibus flavis, femoribus posterioribus nigro-fasciatis, tar sis fulvis ; 

 Fcem. pedibus fulvis, femoribus ferrugineis. Long. 5 ; alar. 9 lin. 



Slack. Head yellow and gilded in front ; a triangular yelloto spot on 

 the vertex. Thorax with two yellow nearly round scapula ; metathorax 

 gilded on each side. Wings slightly grey, tinged with brown along two- 

 thirds of the costa. Halteres yellow. Abdomen yellow, slightly silvery 

 towards the tip, with a black band on the fore border of each segment ; 

 first and second bands broad, and, like the third and fourth, more or 

 less angular on their hind borders ; first segment with a yellow scapula 

 on each side. Male. Abdominal bands narrower than those of the 

 female. Legs yellow ; posterior femora with black bands ; tarsi tawny. 

 Fern. Legs tawny ; femora ferruginous. 



Generally distributed. (E. I.) 



4. aculeata, L. fn. 1906 (1761) ; Mg. ; Mq. ; TAh.scutellata, 

 Mg. kl. macrocephala? Hrs. ex. ! pi. 20. f. 2, 3. Nigra, capite 

 antico Jlavo-aurato, thorace flavo-bimaculato, alis cinereis basi subfulvis, 

 abdomine fasciis apiceque jlavis, pedibus fulvis, femoribus ferrugineis nigro- 

 vittatis. Long. 5^ ; alar. 9 lin. 



Black. Head yellow and gilded in front ; a triangular yellow spot on 

 the vertex. Thorax with two yellow nearly round humeral scapulae ; me- 

 tathorax silvery on each side. Wings grey, slightly tawny at the base. 

 Halteres yellow. Abdomen bluish-black, with yellow bands occupying 

 the hind borders of the segments and the whole of the tip ; a yellow sca- 

 pula on each side of the first segment. Legs tawny ; femora ferruginous, 

 with short black stripes. 



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



5. ceriseformis, (Mgrle.) Mg. zw. ! iv. 132. pi. 36. f. 26 (1824) ; 

 Mq. ; Edn. Nigra, capite antico flavo -aurato, thorace flavo-bimaculato, 

 alis subcinereis ad costam fuscis, abdomine Jlavo-quadrifasciato, pedibus 

 flavis, femoribus nigro-fasciatis, tarsis fulvis. Long. 5^-; alar. 9 lin. 



Black. Head yellow and brightly gilded in front ; a triangular yellow 

 spot on the vertex. Thorax with two yellow humeral scapula ; metathorax 

 silvery on each side. Wings slightly grey, tinged with brown at the base 

 and along two-thirds of the costa. Halteres yellow. Abdomen long and 

 narrow ; hind borders of the first, second, third, and fourth segments 

 yellow. Coxa3 silvery ; femora yellow at the base and at the tips ; 

 tibiae yellow ; tarsi tawny. 



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



