MYOPA. 



1. buccata, L. F. S. 1905 (1761) ; Scop. ; F. ; Pz. ; Fal. ; Meig. ; 

 Mcq. ; Zett. Ferruginea, capite antice subtusque albido, vertice fusco- 

 notato, thoracis disco nigro vittis duabus canis, alls subcinereis antice 

 subfuscis maculis tribus hyalinis, abdomine basi nigro apicem versus 

 cano-tomentoso. Long. 3-3 ; alar. 6-7 lin. 



Pale ferruginous. Head whitish in front and beneath ; vertex with 

 some brown spots. Proboscis piceous. Disc of the thorax black, with 

 two hoary stripes. Wings slightly grey, pale brown towards the fore 

 border, with three hyaline spots in the disc. Halteres pale, testaceous. 

 Abdomen black at the base, covered with hoary tomentum towards the 

 tip. 



Not rare. (E.) 



2. testacea, L. S. N. 11. 1006. 11 (1763) ; F.; Gmel. ; Pz. ; Fal. ; 

 Latr. ; Meig. ; Mcq. ; Zett. Ferruginea, capite supra fusco-maculato 

 antice et subtus albo, thoracis disco nigro cano-bivittato, alls subcinereis 

 basi subfiavis, venis transversis nigro-fusco nebulosis, abdominis lateribus 

 tomento cano maculatis. Long. 3-4^ ; alar. 6-9 lin. 



Ferruginous. Head with some brown spots above; white and 

 clothed with white hairs in front and beneath. Proboscis piceous. 

 Palpi testaceous. Antennae paler towards the tips. Disc of the thorax 

 black, with two hoary stripes. Wings pale grey, slightly yellowish, at 

 the base and along the adjoining part of the fore border ; transverse veins 

 clouded with blackish-brown. Sides of the abdomen with spots of hoary 

 tomentum, which forms a band near the tip. 



Common. (E. S.) 



3. ferruginea, L. F. S. 1907 (1761); F.; Gmel.; Fal.; Latr.; 

 Meig. ; Mcq. ; Zett. ; Pz. ! Fn. xxii. Z^.dorsaUs, F. ; Meig. ; Fal. ; 

 Latr. ; Zett. ephippium, F. -fasciata, Meig. ; Mcq. testacea, F. S. I ; 

 Gmel. grandis, Meig. ; Geoff. ; Schell. G. M. pi. 20. f. 1, 2. Ferru- 

 ginea, capite albo vertice luteo, thorace nigro-trivittato, alis subcinereis 

 basi flavis antice et apud venas subfuscis, abdomine longo lateribus to- 

 mento cano-maculatis. Long. 5^-6 ; alar. 9-10 lin. 



Ferruginous. Head pale, luteous above, with white tomentum be- 

 neath. Proboscis piceous. Antennae pale, ferruginous. Thorax with 

 three black stripes, the side pair short. Wings slightly grey, yellow at 

 the base, brownish in front and along the borders of the veins. Abdo- 

 men long ; third and following segments with hoary tomentum on each 

 side of the base. 



Not rare. (E.) 



4. fasciata, Meig. Kl. I. 286. 4 (1804); M.<x\. ephippium, F. 

 Ferruginea, capite antice subtusque albido, thoracis disco nigricante, 

 alis subcinereis basi subflavis, abdomine supra nigro, apice maculisque 

 lateralibus cano-tomentosis. Long. 4 ; alar. 7 lin. 



Ferruginous. Head whitish in front and beneath. Proboscis piceous. 

 Antenna? paler towards the tips. Disc of the thorax blackish. Wings 



