244 SYRPHHXE. 



3. cryptarum, Fb. e. s. iv. 285. 26 (1792); Fin.; Mg. ; Mq. ; 

 Tiit.^-nubilipennis, Ct. ! b. e. 432. arbustorum, Pz. ! fn. xiv. 22 ? Pi- 

 ceus, capite nigro, antennis scuielloque ferrugineis, alls basi et ad costam 

 fuscis, abdomine ferrugineo-bimaculato segmentorum marginibus posticis 

 Jlavis, pedibus ferrugineis, femoribus basi nigris. Long. 5; alar. 10 lin. 



Piceous. Head black, shining. Antenna bright ferruginous. Thorax 

 clothed with ferruginous hairs ; scutellum ferruginous. Wings colour- 

 less, clouded with dark brown at the base and along three-fourths of the 

 costa. Halteres tawny. Abdom-en with a very large triangular ferru- 

 ginous spot on each side of the second segment ; hind borders of the seg- 

 ments yellow. Legs ferruginous ; anterior femora black, ferruginous 

 towards the tips ; hind femora black at the base ; tips of the tarsi 

 piceous. 



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



4. seneus, Spl. e. c. 967 (1763) ; Fb.; Pz.! fn. Ixxx. 15 ; Ll. ; Fin. ; 

 Mg. ; Mq. ; Lw. ; Ztt. punctatus, Mir. JEneus, antennis ferrugineis, 

 pedibus nigris, tibiis basi flams ; Fcem. thorace cano-quinquevittato. 

 Long. 5^ ; alar. 1 lin. 



J&neous. Head covered in front with white down. Antenna fer- 

 ruginous. Wings colourless, slightly tinged with brown from the base 

 along two-thirds of the costa. Halteres tawny. Legs black ; tibiae at 

 the base and knees yellow. Jem. Thorax with five hoary stripes. Var. . 

 Middle tarsi yellow at the base. 



Not rare. (E. I.) 



5. sepulcralis, L. s. n. ii. 991. 73 (1767); Fb.; Stir.; Gm. ; 

 Mg.; Mq.; Lw. ; Ztt.tristis, Fb. ; Pz. ! fn. Ixxxii. 16; LI.; Fin. 



Niger, antennis articulo tertio subtus ferrugineo ; Mas. thorace antico 

 cinereo-bivittato, abdomims lateribus a3neo-maculatis ; Fcem. thorace 

 cano-quinquevittato, abdomine aBneo. Long. 4-5 ; alar. 8-10 lin. 



Mack. Head clothed in front with white down. Third joint of the 

 antenna ferruginous beneath. Wings colourless. Halteres tawny. 

 Anterior knees ferruginous. Male. Eyes parted above. Thorax with 

 two cinereous stripes in front. Abdomen with large triangular aeneous 

 spots along each side. Fern. Thorax with five hoary stripes. Abdomen 

 aeneous. 



Not rare. (E. L) 



6. intricarius, L. s. n. ii. 985. 33(1767); Dg.; Fb.; Shr. ; Pz.; 

 Ros.; Fin.; Mg. ; Mq. ; Ztt.; Iw.bombyliformis,^.', Pz. ! fn. lix. 

 11. aureus, Pz. Piceus, ferrugineo- vel nigro-Mrtus, scutello fulvo, 

 tibiis basi albis ; Mas. abdomine concolore segmentis secundo et tertio 

 lateribus macula fulva; Fcem. abdomine nigro albo-hirsuto, alis in 

 medio macula costali fusca notatis. Long. 5^-6 ; alar. 12-13 lin. 



Piceous. Head clothed with tawny down ; a black scapula above 

 the peristoma. Antennas piceous ; fourth joint tawny. Tfwrax thickly 

 clothed with ferruginous hairs ; scutellum tawny. Wings colourless, 



