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Stigma pale tawny. Hind femora and hind tibiae tawny, with pale 

 brown bands. 



Generally distributed. (E. I.) 



22. auricollis, Mg. zw. iii. 318. 64 (1822) ; Mq. ; Ztt. ^neus, 

 scutello fusco-piloso, abdomine fasciis quatuor pallidis secunda tertiaque 

 integris. Long. 4f-5 ; alar. 9-10 lin. 



zEneous. Head yellow, with a ferruginous scapula above the peri- 

 stoma ; vertex aBneous. Antennse ferruginous ; third joint piceous 

 above; fourth black. Thorax tawny on each side in front of the 

 wings ; scutellum tawny, slightly seneous on the disc, clothed with 

 brown hairs. Wings slightly grey ; veins black ; stigma brown. Hal- 

 teres yellow. Abdomen broad, with four tawny bands; first inter- 

 rupted ; second and third broad ; fourth narrow. Legs tawny ; hind 

 legs black ; hind femora tawny at the base ; hind knees tawny. Male. 

 Middle femora in some cases black at the base. Var. |3. Head tawny ; 

 scapula dark tawny ; an aaneous triangular spot above the antenna. 

 Halteres tawny. Second abdominal band interrupted especially towards 

 the hind border ; third with an angular notch on the hind border. 

 Hind legs tawny, slightly tinged with brown. 



Not common. (E. S.) 



23. manicatus, Mg. zw. iii. 336. 91 (1822); Mq.; Ztt. ^neus, 

 antennis nigris, abdomine maculis bis quatuor subquadratis fulvis. 

 Long. 4-4J; alar. 9-10 lin. 



JSneous. Antenna3 black. Wings slightly lurid. Halteres yellow. 

 Abdomen with four subquadrate tawny spots on each side ; first pair 

 longer and narrower than the second or the third ; fourth very small. 

 Legs black ; anterior tibiae towards the base and knees tawny. Male. 

 Fore metatarsi whitish. Var. /3. Wings grey. Hind tibias tawny 

 towards the base. 



Generally distributed. (E. S. I.) 



24. peltatus, Mg. zw. iii. 334. 89 (1822); Mq. ; Lw. ; Ztt. 

 albimanus var., Fin. JEneus, antennis nigris, abdomine nigro maculis 

 bis tribus subquadratis luteis^pedibus nigris; Mas. genubusflavis, metatarso 

 antico dilatato albo, postico modice incrassato nigro ; Foem. pedibus ante- 

 rioribus fulvis. Long. 3^-4i ; alar. 8-9 lin. 



^Eneous. Antennas black. Wings slightly grey ; stigma pale 

 brown. Halteres tawny. Abdomen black, asneous at the tip, adorned 

 on each side with subquadrate pale yellow spots. Legs tawny ; hind legs 

 black ; femora at the base and knees tawny. Male. Abdomen with six 

 spots. Fore metatarsi whitish. Fern. Abdomen with eight spots ; fourth, 

 pair small., transverse. Tar. /3. Antenna with the third joint ferru- 

 ginous beneath. Wings colourless; stigma pale grey. Halteres yel- 

 low. Hind legs piceous. Var. y. First pair of abdominal spots trian- 

 gular. 



Generally distributed. (E. S. I.) 



