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5. foscipexmis, Fin. d. s. asU. 7. 3 (1814); ZU. ; Ztt.; Lw. 



atricapilla, Mg. ; Fin. ; Mq. ; Lw. atrata, Mg. nigripes, Mg. ; Mq. 

 Fallenii, Mg. rufimana, Lw. geniculata, Mg.; ~Lw.fuscipes, Mg. ; 

 Mq. Nigra, capite antico utrinque ferrugineo, thorads lateribus aureo- 

 vittatis ; Mas. alls nigricantibus apice fuscescentibus ; Fern, ihorace 

 bivittato, alls fuscescentibus. Long. 4-5^ ; alar. 7-10 lin. 



Black, shining. Head ferruginous on each side in front. Epistoma 

 nearly flat. Palpi clothed with black hairs. First, second, and base 

 of the third joint of the antennae clothed with a few black hairs. 

 Thorax with an oblique gilded stripe on each side. Veins of the wings 

 black. Male. Head clothed behind and beneath with black hairs. 

 Epistoma beset with 8 or 10 black bristles. Wings blackish for full 

 half the length from the base, brownish from thence to the tips. Hal- 

 teres luteous, tawny towards the base. Legs clothed with very short 

 tawny hairs, armed with black spines. Fern. Head clothed behind 

 and beneath with dark tawny hairs. Epistoma pale gold-colour or 

 almost white, beset towards the peristoma with a few pale yellow 

 bristles. Thorax clothed with very short tawny hairs, which are inter- 

 rupted by 2 stripes. Wl,ngs brownish, darkest towards the base. Hal- 

 teres tawny. Hind borders of the abdominal segments lurid. Legs 

 thickly clothed beneath with very short pale yellow hairs, armed with 

 tawny spines. 



Generally distributed. (E.) 



6. Reinhardi, Wd.; Mg. zw.! ii. 247. 13. pi. 19. f. 19, 24 (1820) ; 

 Mq. ; Zll. ; Lw. Nigra, thorace cinereo-bivittato, alls subcinereis ad 

 costam et ad venas subfuscis, femoribus tibiisque basi fulvis. Long. 6 ; 

 alar. 1 lin. 



Black, shining. Head clothed beneath and behind with tawny 

 hairs. Epistoma slightly convex, partly gilded, thickly beset with 

 pale yellow bristles. Palpi clothed with tawny hairs. First, second, 

 and the base of the third joint of the antennae clothed with a few 

 black hairs. TJiorax with 2 cinereous stripes; sides and metathorax 

 partly cinereous. Wrings pale grey, slightly clouded with brown on the 

 fore border and along the sides of tlie veins ; veins black, tawny at the 

 base. Halteres tawny. Abdomen clothed at the tip with short 

 tawny hairs. Legs armed with tawny spines, clothed with very short 

 tawny hairs ; femora and tibue tawny at tJie base. 



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



7. Baumhaueri, Mg. zw. ii. 245. 9 (1820) ; Mq. ; Lw. Nigra, 

 thoracis lateribus pectoreque argenteis, disco cinereo nigro-bivittato, alts 

 subcinereis, abdomine nigro-ceneo, segmentortim marginibus posticis 

 apicem versus fulvis, pedibus rufa nigro-vittatis. Long. 4-5 ; alar. 

 7-9 lin. 



Black, shining. Head clothed beneath and behind with short pale 

 yellow hairs. Epistoma gilded, almost flat, beset with a few pale 



