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CONOPTP i:. 



7. macrocephala, L. fn. 467. 1902 (1761); Dg. ; Gf. ; Fb. ; 

 Gm. ; Cqb. ic. ! pi. 27. f. 5 ; Fin. ; Mg. ; Ct. ! b. c. pi. 377 ; Mq. ; 

 Ztt. ; Kdn. Niyra, capile piceo antice flavo fnsco-vUtato, an tennis 



ferruyineis, alls Jlavesceutibus ad cost am fttscis, abdomine vlx sessili, sey- 

 meritortimmaryinibusaryenteo-Jlavo-fasciatis,pedibus ferruyineis, feriioribiis 

 basi coxisque fuscis. Long. 6-| ; alar. 12 lin. 



Black, slightly cinereous. Head piceous ; face yellow, with a brown 

 streak from the vertex to the antenna, and a triangular brown spot 

 beneath the antennae. Proboscis piceous. Antennae ferruginous. Thorax 

 with two silvery humeral spots. Wings yellowish, brown along the 

 costa. Halteres ochreous, black at the base. Abdomen hardly sessile ; 

 margins of the segments silvery -y ellow ; second segment slender. Leys 

 ferruginous ; femora towards the base and coxae dark brown. 



Bare. In Mr. Dale's collection, (E.) 



8. nigra, Dg. i. vi. 105. 4 (1752) ; Hbst. g. n. viii. 117. 5. pi. 

 70. f. 5 ; Mg. zw. iv. 126. 8. Nigra, capite antico luteo, antennis apice 

 subtus abdominisque fascia ferntyineis, alls hyalinis ad costam funds, 

 pedibus fulvis, femoribus basi niyro-variis, tarsis piceis. Long. 6|-; alar. 

 11 lin. 



Black. Head luteom in front, with a black scapula extending from 

 the base of the antennae to the peristoma. Antennae ferruginous 

 beneath towards the tips. Humeral scapulae piceous. Wings hyaline, 

 with a brown stripe occupying half the breadth, and extending from the 

 base nearly to the tips, where it becomes narrow. Halteres tawny. Se- 

 cond abdominal segment ferruginous towards the tip. Legs tawny ; femora 

 streaked with black towards the base ; tarsi piceous. 



Very rare. In Mr. Desvignes' collection. (E.) 



9. rufipes, Fb. sp. i. ii. 466. 3 (1781) ; LI. ; Gm. ; Fin. ; Mg. ; 

 Mq. ; Ztt. -petiolata, Dnv. ! i. -xiii. 39, pi. 451. Nigra, capiie antico 



Jlavo aryenteo niyro-vittato, thorace piceo-bimaculato, alls subcinereis ad 

 costam ferruyineis, abdom'mis fasciis apiceque auratis, seymento secundo 

 pedibusque ferruyineis, tibiis basi fulvis. Long. 5-6; alar. 910 lin. 



Black. Head yellow and slightly silvery from the vertex to the 

 peristoma, with a black stripe from the vertex to a little beyond the 

 base of the antennae, where it has three branches. Thorax with a 

 piceous scapula on each shoulder. Wings slightly grey ; a ferruginous 

 stripe, occupying half the breadth from the costa, becomes brown and in- 

 cludes a greyish spot towards the tip. Halteres yellow. Abdomen 

 gilded on the hind border of each segment and at the tip ; second segment 

 ferruginous, very slender. Legs ferruginous ; tibiae tawny towards the 

 base. 



Generally distributed. (E.) 



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