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Black, varied with yellow. Legs yellow ; fore femora black at the 

 base. 



Rare. In Mr. Haliday's collection. (I.) 



3. dives, Lw. 1 d. b. 15. 4. f. 7, 8 (1846). hypoleon, Shr. P Nigra, 

 capite flavo-quadrimaculato, thorace interrupte flavo-bivittato, scutello 

 flavo, alis subcinereis ad costam subfulvis, abdomine flavo-quinque- 

 maculato, pedibus nigris, tibiis basi apiceque fulvis, tarsis fuscis ; Mas. 

 thorace interrupte flavo-bivittato; Fcem. thorace flavo-quadrivittato. 

 Long. 2; alar. 6 lin. 



Blacjs:. Head and thorax clothed with pale hairs. Head with four 

 large yellow spots, one on each side of the crown, and one on each 

 side behind the eyes. Proboscis tawny. Antenna black. Thorax 

 with a much interrupted yellow stripe on each side ; scutellum yellow. 

 Wings pale grey, with a slight tawny tinge along the fore border. 

 Halteres pale yellow. Abdomen with 2 nearly round yellow spots on 

 each side and with a transverse yellow spot at the tip. Legs black ; 

 tibia tawny at the base and at the tips ; tarsi dark brown. Jem. Thorax 

 with 2 slightly interrupted yellow stripes in the disc. 



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



4. trilineata, L. s. n. ii. 980. 6 (1767) ; Fb. ; Shr. j Pz. ! fn. i. 

 13; Mg.; LI.; Pin.; Mq. ; Ztt. hypoleon v., L. Viridis, peristomate 

 nigro, antennis fulvis, thoracis disco nigro mridi-bivittato, metathorace 

 nigro, alis albis, abdominis disco nigro viridi-trimaculato lateribus 

 nigro-quinquemaculatis, pedibus fulvis. Long. 2^3 ; alar. 5-6 lin. 



Green, clothed with short whitish hairs. Head yellowish-green ; 

 peristoma black. Eyes purple and green. Proboscis yellow. Antennae 

 tawny. Disc of the thorax black, with 2 green stripes. Metathorax 

 black. Wings white ; veins pale yellow. Halteres bright green. Disc 

 of the abdomen black, including 3 green spots, emitting 2 narrow black 

 bands on each side, and succeeded by a narrow black band near the tip. 

 Legs tawny. Male. Eyes above coppery, and composed of large facets. 



Generally distributed. (E.L) 



6. pardalina, Mg. ! zw. iii. 128. 6. pi. 25. f. 30, 31 (1822); Ztt. 

 Nigra, antennis fulvis apice nigris, thoracis vittis maculisque duabus 

 scutelloque fiavis, alis limpidis ad costam subfulvis, abdomine flavo- 

 quinquemaculato, pedibus fulvis, tarsis anticis fuscis; Fcem. capite 

 flavo-bivittato et sex-maculato, thoracis disco flavo-bivittato. Long. 

 2-2| . alar. 4^-5 lin. 



Black. Proboscis tawny. Antennae tawny, with black tips. TJiorax 

 with a yellow stripe on each side, and with a yellow spot near the base 

 of each wing ; scutellum yellow, armed with 2 tawny teeth. Wings 

 colourless, with a tawny tinge along the fore border ; veins tawny. 

 Halteres yellow. Abdomen with 2 pale yellow spots on each side and 

 one at the tip. Legs tawny ; coxae, fore tarsi, and tips of the other tarsi 



