302 SYEPHIDuE. 



joints very short ; third almost round, compressed ; fourth setiform, seated 

 on the base of the third. Thorax oval. Wings large, obtuse, incumbent 

 and parallel in repose ; subapical areolet entire, rounded at the tip be- 

 hind ; axillary lobe indistinct. Alulae small. Halteres uncovered. 

 Abdomen petiolated, obclavate ; first segment very short ; second long, 

 very slender ; third and fourth dilated ; fifth small. Hind femora 

 thick, armed beneath with slender spines ; hind tibiae somewhat curved ; 

 hind tarsi slightly dilated. Male. Eyes approximate. Tip of the abdo- 

 men obtuse. Fern. Eyes more remote. Tip of the abbomen some- 

 what acute. 



1. clunipes, Fin. syrph. 12. 10 ; Mg. ! zw. iii. pi. 28. f. 5 ; Mq.; 

 Ztt. ; Lw. Nigra, epistomate fulvo, alis subcinereis, abdomine subtus 

 flavo, pedibus fulvis, femoribus posticis nigris, tibiis posticis piceo- 

 cinctis, tarsis posticis piceis ; Mas. abdomine fulvo-fasciato. Long. 

 2|-3 ; alar. 5-6 lin. 



Black. Epistoma and sides of the peristoma tawny. Wings slightly 

 grey. Halteres yellow. Abdomen mostly yellow beneath. Legs 

 tawny ; hind femora black, pale tawny at the base ; hind tibiae with 

 piceous ba^ids ; hind tarsi piceous. Male. Abdomen with a broad 

 ferruginous band. Var. /3. Antennae piceous. Var. y, male. Antennae 

 tawny. War. 8, fern. Abdomen with three ferruginous bands. 



Not common; partial to the flowers of the Wild Garlic. 

 (E. S. I.) 



Genus XXXI. ASCIA. 



ASCIA, Mgrle. ; Mg. zw. iii. 185 (1822) ; St. F. et Srv. ; Mq. ; Ztt.; 

 Edn. Syrphw p., Fb. ; Pz. Musca p., Shr. ; Gf. ; Gm. Merodon 

 p., Fb. Milesia p., LI. ; Fin. 



Antennae articulo quarto dorsali. Alee areola subapicali Integra apice 

 truncata, lobo axillari indist'mcto. Abdomen petiolatum. Femora 

 postica crassa. 



Head semicircular ; epistoma prolonged, acute and divided at the 

 tip ; peristoma long, narrow, straitened in front. Eyes parted. Pro- 

 boscis elongate. Labrum somewhat narrower towards the tip, where it 

 is notched. Lingua acute. Maxillae subulate, curved, half the length 

 of the palpi. Palpi as long as the labrum, cylindrical, capitate, beset 

 with some short bristles at the tips. Labium cylindrical. Antennae 

 4-jointed, porrect, nutant, somewhat shorter than the head; first 

 joint short, cylindrical, bristly; second compressed, cyathiform, as 

 long as the first ; third elliptical, compressed ; fourth setiform, seated 

 on the middle of the third. Thorax convex ; scutellum semicircular. 

 Winga obtuse, very finely pubescent, incumbent and parallel in repose ; 

 subapical areolet entire, truncated ; axillary lobe indistinct. Abdomen 



