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the prsebrachial transverse vein, and by much less than its length from 

 the border. Abdomen tapering, a little longer and narrower than the 

 thorax, with a black dorsal stripe ; second and third segments with two 

 black spots on each. Tibise ferruginous. 

 Not rare. (E.) 



75. stricta, n. Nigro-piceo-tomentosa, capite albo, alis cinereis, 

 pedibus piceis, tarsis nigris ; Mas, abdomine fusiform! ; Fcem. abdomine 

 obconico acuminato. Long. 1-li; alar. 2-2|- lin. 



Piceous-black. Head white. Sixth joint of the antennse minutely 

 pubescent. Wings grey ; cubital and prsebrachial veins diverging from 

 the prsebrachial transverse vein to the discal transverse vein, parallel 

 from thence to the border ; discal transverse vein straight, nearly up- 

 right, parted by much more than its length from the prsebrachial trans- 

 verse vein, arid by a little less than its length from the border. Alulae 

 whitish, very small. Abdomen a little longer than the thorax. Legs 

 piceous ; tarsi black. Male. Abdomen fusiform. Jem. Abdomen ob- 

 conical, acuminated. 



Not common. (E.) 



76. mollicula, Fal. Msc. 90. 126 (1825) ; Zett.nemomlis, Meig. ; 

 Mcq. Albido-tomentosa, capite albo, antennis articulo tertio testaceo, 

 thorace fusco-bivittato, alis limpidis, abdomine pedibusque testaceis, 

 tarsis nigris. Long. l|-2 ; alar. 3-4 lin. 



Black, with whitish tomentum. Head white; frontalia blackish. 

 Antennas black ; third joint testaceous ; sixth very minutely pubescent. 

 Thorax with two brown stripes. Wings limpid; cubital and prsebra- 

 chial veins slightly diverging from the prsebrachial transverse vein to 

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

 transverse vein nearly upright, straight, parted by nearly twice its length 

 from the prsebrachial transverse vein and from the border. Alulae 

 white. Abdomen testaceous, a little longer than the thorax. Legs tes- 

 taceous ; tarsi black. Male. Abdomen linear. Fern. Third joint of 

 the antennse brown towards the tip. Abdomen fusiform. 



Common near Darenth, in Kent. 



77. fungorum, D. G. ! Ins. vi. 42. 18. pi. 5. f. 1-7 (1752) ; Fal. ; 

 Meig. ; Zett. Canescente-tomentosa, capite argenteo, thorace vittis 

 quatuor indistinctis nigricantibus, scutelli apice ferrugineo, alis cinereis 

 basiflavis, abdomine depresso pedibusque fulvis, tibiis anticis piceis, tarsis 

 nigris. Long. 4 ; alar. 8 lin. 



Black, with grey tomentum. Head silvery- white. Sixth joint of 

 the antennse very minutely pubescent. Thorax with four indistinct 

 blackish stripes. Scutellum ferruginous at the tip and beneath, flings 

 grey, yellow at the base ; cubital and prsebrachial veins diverging from 

 the prsebrachial transverse vein to the discal transverse vein, parallel 

 from thence till near the border, where the cubital converges towards 

 the prsebrachial ; discal transverse vein oblique, slightly undulating, 



