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its length from the border. Alulae whitish, with pale testaceous 

 borders. Abdomen oval, not longer than the thorax. 

 Not common. (E.) 



56. radicum, L. Fn. 1840 (1761); F.; Fal.; Meig.; Mcq.; Zett. 

 Napobrassica, Bjerkander. Brassicce, Wied. Mas, cinereo-tomeritosa, 

 thorace non vittato, alis cinereis, abdomine subelliptico vitta lata dor sail 

 nigra. Long. 2^-3 ; alar. 5-6 lin. 



Male. Black, with dark grey tomentum. Sixth joint bare. Thorax 

 not striped. Wings grey; cubital and praebrachial veins slightly di- 

 verging from the pra3brachial transverse vein to half their length beyond 

 the discal transverse vein, whence they slightly converge to the border ; 

 discal transverse vein very slightly oblique, almost straight, parted by 

 nearly its length from the pra3brachial transverse vein, and by nearly 

 half its length from the border. Alulae whitish. Abdomen subelliptical, 

 with a broad black dorsal stripe, a little longer than the thorax. 



Generally distributed. (E. S. I.) 



57. defixa, n. Nigro-cinereo-tomentosa, alis subcinereis, thorace 

 abdomineque non vittatis. Long. 2^ ; alar. 5 lin. 



Black, with dark cinereous tomentum. Thorax and abdomen not 

 striped. Wings slightly grey ; cubital and praebrachial veins slightly 

 diverging from the praebrachial transverse vein to the discal transverse 

 vein, almost parallel from thence to the border ; discal transverse vein 

 nearly upright, hardly undulating, parted by very much more than its 

 length from the praebrachial transverse vein, and by hardly more than 

 half its length from the border. Alulae slightly greyish, with pale tes- 

 taceous borders. Abdomen oval, a little longer than the thorax. 



Not common. (E.) 



58. varia, Meig. Zw. v. 187. 182 (1826). Glaucescente-tomentosa, 

 alis limpidis, abdomine fusiformi, pedibus testaceis, tarsis nigris. Long. 

 2 ; alar. 4 lin. 



Black, with glaucous whitish tomentum. Head white ; frontalia black- 

 ish. Sixth joint of the antennae very minutely pubescent. Wings lim- 

 pid; cubital and pra3brachial veins slightly diverging from the praebra- 

 chial transverse vein to the discal transverse vein, almost parallel from 

 thence to the border ; discal transverse vein nearly upright, hardly un- 

 dulating, parted by much more than its length from the discal trans- 

 verse vein, and by a little more than its length from the border. Alulae 

 whitish. Abdomen fusiform, a little longer than the thorax. Legs 

 testaceous ; tarsi black. 



Not rare. (E.) 



59. futilis, n. Fulva, capite supra antennisque apice nigris, alis 

 subcinereis basi et antice subluridis, abdomine ovato, tarsis nigris. 

 Long. 4 ; alar. 8 lin. 



Tawny, testaceous beneath. Head black above. Palpi testaceous. 



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