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Black. Head tinged with grey, testaceous on each side of the face 

 and of the peristoma ; frontalia piceous ; palpi tawny, subclavate, black 

 towards the base. Antennae black; third joint deepening from the 

 base to the tip, which is truncated, full two-thirds of the length of the 

 second ; fifth longer than the fourth, the second hardly one-third of the 

 length of the sixth. Wings hyaline, slightly yellow at the base ; prae- 

 brachial vein forming an almost right angle at its flexure, near which 

 it is slightly curved inward, and is thence almost straight to its tip ; 

 discal transverse vein with the hind curve less distinct than the other. 

 Alulae white. First, second, and third segments of the abdomen tes- 

 taceous, excepting an irregular black dorsal stripe. 



Not common. (E.) 



5. ursina, Meig. Zw. iv. 245. 11 (1824) ; Desv. ; Mcq. ; Zett. 

 pilosa, Desv.; Meig.; Mcq. subpilosa, Mcq.; Meig. Nigra, fulvo-hirta, 

 capite fulvo-tomeutoso, palpis fulvis, antennarum articulo tertio secundo 

 paullo breviore, scutello apice fulvo, alis cinereis, abdominis lateribus 

 anticis fulvis, segmentorum marginibus anticis testaceis, tarsis basi 

 tibiisque ferrugineis. Long. 7 ; alar. 14 lin. 



Black. Head thickly clothed above and in front with black hairs, 

 behind and beneath with yellow hairs ; frontalia deep black ; palpi 

 tawny. Third joint of the antennae almost linear, rounded towards the 

 tip, a little shorter but hardly broader than the second ; fifth more than 

 twice the length of the fourth, the two less than one-third of the length 

 of the sixth. Thorax and abdomen thickly clothed with tawny hairs, 

 among which are a few black bristles. Scutellum tawny towards the 

 hind border. Wings grey ; prsebraehial vein forming a very slightly 

 obtuse angle at its flexure, near which it is curved inward, and is, thence 

 almost straight to its tip ; discal transverse vein straight, excepting a 

 very slight and short outward curve in front. Alulae dingy white. 

 Abdomen subovate, a little broader than the thorax, tawny on each 

 side towards the base ; segments testaceous on the fore borders. Tarsi 

 towards the base and tibiae ferruginous. 



Not common. (E.) 



6. lurida, F. S. I. 11. 441. 29 (1781); Gmel. ; Meig.; Mcq. 

 leucocoma, Meig.; Mcq. cucullia, Desv. lateralis, Desv. Nigro- 

 cinerea, facie alba, palpis flavis, antennis nigris, articulo tertio secundo 

 vise breviore, scutello fulvo, alis subcinereis, abdominis lateribus anticis 

 pedibusque testaceis, femoribus nigris. Long. 5-5^; alar. 10-1] lin. 



Greyish-black, clothed with yellow hairs, beset with black bristles. 

 Head a little narrower than the thorax, thickly clothed with pale yellow 

 hairs behind and beneath; frontalia dark, ferruginous, not striated; 

 face shining white. Lateralia testaceous. Palpi yellow. Antennae 

 black, not reaching the epistoma ; third joint deepening from the base, 

 rounded at the tip, hardly shorter than the second ; fifth full twice the 

 length of the fourth, the two less than one-third of the length of the 



