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9. puparum? F. E. S. iv. 326. 58 (1792); Meig. tricincta, Fal. 

 Nigra, cano-tomentosa, capite albo, palpis fulvis, antennis basi rufis, 

 articulo tertio secundo longiore, tliorace nigro-quadrivittato, scutelli 

 apice rufescente, alls cinereis, alulis albidis. Long. 4^-5 ; alar. 11- 

 12 lin. 



Frontalia piceous, widening in front ; bristles of the front descending 

 to one-fourth of the face ; face vertical ; facialia without bristles. Palpi 

 tawny. Antennae nearly reaching the epistoma; second joint red, 

 nearly thrice longer than broad ; third slightly convex above, beneath, 

 and at the tip, longer than the second ; fourth very short ; fifth rather 

 long ; sixth bare, stout for two-thirds of the length, nearly twice the 

 length of the third ; praebrachial transverse vein clouded with brown ; 

 cubital vein ending at a short distance in front of the tip of the wing ; 

 subcubital vein ending at beyond one-third of the length ; mediastinal 

 vein ending at much beyond half the length ; radial vein ending at 

 about seven-eighths of the length ; cubital vein ending near the tip of 

 the costal ; praebrachial vein forming a right but not sharply-defined 

 angle at the flexure, much curved inward between this and the tip ; 

 discal transverse vein with two slight curves, parted by hardly half its 

 length from the flexure of the praebrachial and from the border. Ab- 

 domen short, elliptical, tessellated ; first segment black. 



Eare. In Mr. Desvignes's collection. (E.) 



10. dispartita, n. Yiridi-nigra, cano-tomentosa, capite albo, an- 

 tennarum articulo tertio secundo vix longiore, thorace nigro-trivittato, 

 alis subcinereis, alulis albis. Long. 4| ; alar. 9 lin. 



Frontalia piceous, slightly widening in front ; bristles of the front 

 descending to one-sixth of the face ; face vertical ; facialia bristly for 

 one-eighth of the length. Epistoma pale testaceous. Lateralia red. 

 Antennas not reaching the epistoma ; second joint red at the tip, full 

 twice longer than deep ; third straight above, convex beneath, rounded 

 at the tip, hardly longer than the second ; fourth very short ; fifth short ; 

 sixth bare, stout for two-thirds of the length, much longer than the 

 third. Costal vein ending at some distance in front of the tip ; sub- 

 costal vein ending at much beyond one-third of the length ; mediastinal 

 vein ending at much beyond half of the length ; radial vein ending at 

 a little beyond five-sixths of the length ; cubital vein ending near the 

 tip of the costal ; praebrachial vein forming a right angle at the flexure, 

 which emits a very short branch, curved inward near this ; discal trans- 

 verse vein nearly straight, parted by much less than its length from 

 the border and from the flexure of the praebrachial, rather nearer to the 

 latter than to the former. Abdomen short-elliptical, much broader 

 than the thorax. 



Eare. In the late Mr. Stephens' s collection. (E.) 



11. intracta, n. Nigra, cano-tomentosa, capite albo, palpis fulvis, 

 antennarum articulo tertio secundo multo longiore, thorace nigro-trivittato, 



