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towards the base. Halteres pale yellow. Male. Cinereous. Legs 

 blackish-brown. Fern. Hoary. Legs black. 

 Generally distributed. (E. S. I.) 



2. sulcata, Mg.kl. i. 229. 26 (1804); Fin.; Mq.; Ztt. Oinerea, 

 antennis nigris, thorace fusco-trivittato, alis subcinereis basi et ad costam 

 subfuscis, fyalteribus flavis, pedibus nigris. Long. 3 ; alar. 8 lin. 



Cinereous, clothed with black hairs. Antennae black; third joint 

 lanceolate, more than twice the length of the first and the second ; fifth 

 not more than one-fourth of the length of the third. Thorax with 

 3 dark brown stripes. Wings pale grey, dull tawny at the base and 

 along the fore border ; no stigma ; veins brown, black along the fore 

 border, tawny towards the base. Halteres yellow. Legs black ; hind 

 femora armed with black spines ; hind metatarsi slightly dilated. 



Generally distributed. (E. S. I.) 



3. spinipes, Fin. d. s. emp. 26. 21 (1815) ; Mg. ; Mq. ; Ztt. 

 carbonaria ? Hms. ; Mg. Cinerea, antennis nigris, thorace fusco- 

 trivittato, alis ferrugineo-fuscis, halteribus luteis, pedibus nigris ; Mas. 

 femoribus posticis subtus fasciculato-setosis ; Fcem. abdomine schistaceo, 



tibiis posticis subciliatis. Long. 3-3^ ; alar. 7-8 lin. 



Cinereous, clothed with short black hairs, and with a few black 

 bristles. Proboscis and antennae black; third joint of the antennas 

 much longer than the first and the second ; fifth not one-fourth of the 

 length of the third. Thorax with 3 very slender brown stripes. 

 Wings ferruginous-brown; stigma dark brown. Halteres luteous. 

 Male. Hind femora armed beneath with a cluster of bristles. Fern. Ab- 

 domen slate-colour. Hind tibia3 slightly ciliated. 



Bare. (E. S.) 



4. cinerascens, Mg. kl. i. 230. 28 (1804), Cinerea, antennis 

 nigris, thorace fusco-trivittato 3 halteribus flavis, pedibus nigris ; Mas. alis 

 albidis ; Fcem. alis subcinereis. Long. 2 ; alar. 4 lin. 



Grey, clothed with short black hairs. Proboscis and antennas black, 

 Thorax with 3 brown stripes. Stigma brown. Halteres pale yellow. 

 Legs black. Male. Wings whitish. Fern. Wings pale grey. 



Generally distributed. (E. I.) 



5. caesia, Hms.; Mg. zw. iii. 56. 29 (1822). Cana, antennis 

 nigris, alis sublimpidis, halteribus flavis, pedibus fuscis. Long. 1 ^-2 ; 

 alar. 5-6 lin. 



Male. Hoary, thinly clothed with black hairs. Proboscis black, 

 reaching the fore coxae. Antennae black ; fifth joint much shorter than 

 the third. Wings almost colourless; stigma brown. Halteres pale 

 yellow. Legs brown; hind femora and hind tibiae slightly dilated, 

 armed with teeth beneath ; hind femora hairy beneath. 



Generally distributed. (E. S. I.) 



6. variabilis, Fin. d. s. emp. 29. 33 (1815); Mg. ; Mq. ; Ztt, 



