256 SYRPHID-flB. 



tarsi tawny, a black band on each of the former ; hind tibiae tawny 

 towards the base ; hind tarsi black above at the base and towards the 

 tips. 



Generally distributed. (E. S. I.) 



4. bifasciata, Mg. zw. iii. 219. 10 (1822); Ct. ! b. e. 425. Miea, 

 alis subfuscis, abdomine fulvo-bifasciato, tibiis tarsisque fusco-fulvis. 

 Long. 4i ; alar. 9 lin. 



Mneous. Head silvery-white in front. Wings pale brown. Hal- 

 teres whitish. Abdomen black, with two tawny bands, seneous towards 

 the tip. Legs tawny ; femora seneous ; tips of the tarsi brown ; hind 

 tibia3 brown, yellow towards the base. Male. Antennae red ; third 

 joint ferruginous. Abdominal bands interrupted. Fern. Antennae 

 black ; third joint piceous. Abdominal bands almost entire. Anterior 

 tibiae mostly brown. 



Rare. In the British Museum. (E.) 



5. nemorum, Fb. s. a. 192. 17 (1805); Mg. ; Mq.; Ztt. ; Lw. 

 ignava, Fin. Chalybea, antennis nigris apice piceis, alis subcinereis, 

 abdominis lateribus fulvo-sexmaculatis, tibiis basi fulvis. Long. 3^-4^ ; 

 alar. 7-9 lin. 



Chalybeom. Head crowned in front and beneath with white down, 

 clothed beneath with white hairs. AntennaB black ; third joint piceous. 

 Wings slightly grey ; stigma pale brown. Alulae white. Halteres 

 yellow. Abdomen adorned on each side with three tawny spots, which are 

 tinged with whitish bloom. Tibiae tawny at the base. 



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



6. luteola, Gm. s. n. v. 2879. 379 (1788); Nwm. dubia, Fb.- 

 lateralis, Fin. ; Mg. ; Mq. ; Ztt. Nigro-aenea, antennis rujis, alis sub- 

 cinereis basi limpidis ad costarn fusco-maculatis, abdominis lateribus basi 



/avis. Long. 4-i ; alar. 9 lin. 



-ZEneous-black. Head partly covered with white down, clothed be- 

 neath with white hairs. Antenna bright pale red. Wings slightly 

 grey, colourless at the base, with a brown spot in the middle of the fore 

 border. Halteres pale yellow. Abdomen with an interrupted yellow 

 band occupying near half the length from the base. Legs black ; poste- 

 rior tarsi tawny. 



Yery rare. In the collection of the Entomological Club. (E.) 



Genus XI. MILESIA. 



MILESIA, Ct. b. e. 34 (1824) ; Mq. ; Ztt. Musca p., L. ; Gm. Syrphus 

 p., Pz. Eristalis p., Fb. Milesia p., LI. ; Fb. ; Mg. Milesia et Tern- 

 nostoma, St. F. et Srv. Sphizea, Milesia, et Caliprobola, Rdn. 



Antenna capitis latitudine conjunctim breviores ; articulus quartus dor- 

 salis ; quintus nudus. Thorax pubescens ; scutellum convexiusculum, 



