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minute spines and long spurs. Wings with a faint brownish tinge ; 
cubital areolet not clouded. Length 2 to 3 lin. 
Fic, 28.—Sciophila Fasciata. 
This is a common species, and resembles S. marginata, but the 
latter has the cubital areolet clouded. J/arginata, Mg., is 2} to 3 lin. 
long. As far as I can make out, S. Az/aris, Wik., is the same as fasciata, 
Zett. 
Other British species are : 
S. hyalinata,* Mg. Verh. d. Zool. Bot. Ges., xiii., 713, 6. 
S. congrua, Wik. ‘This is a black species, with tawny palpi; a 
ferruginous spot on each side of the thorax in front ; scutellum and 
pectus ferruginous. 
S. trivittata, Zett. Gray, hoary beneath. Testaceous spot on 
each side of thorax in front. Abdomen testaceous beneath and along 
the hind borders of the segments on each side. Found in May. 
S. cingulata, Mg. Meig., 1 c. I. 102, 5; Zw. i., 247, 5 (1818). 
S. ornata, Mg. Winnertz, Verh. d. Zool. Bot. Ges., xiii., 725, 18. 
S. fimbriata, Mg. Jbid., xiii., 736, 29. Meigen, Zw., 247, 3. 
S. ferruginea, Mg. Zw. i., 249, 9. 
S. ruficollis, Zett. ? Zetterstedt, Dip. Scan., xi. 4121, 17. 
S. punctata, Mg. Winnertz, Verh. d. Zool. Bot., Ges., xiii, 714, 7. 
* Hyalinata, Mg. Testaceous ; vertex black, abdomen brown, hind borders of 
segments testaceous. 
Cingulata, Mg. Testaceous ; vertex brown. 
Fimbriata, Mg. Tawny ; vertex piceous. 
Ferruginea, Mg. Testaceous; vertex black; brown band on hind border of 
each abdominal segment. _.. 
Ruficollis, Zett. Testaceous; sutures and tip of abdomen black. 
Punctata, Mg. Tawny ; vertex black. 
Trilineata, Zett. Testaceous ; abdomen pale ferruginous. 
Incisurata, Zett. Testaceous ; vertex brown. Abdomen brown ; pale testaceous 
band on hind border of each segment. 
Ornata, Mg. ‘Testaceous ; abdomen testaceous ; second to fifth segments with 
black borders. 
