166 MUSCID^E. 



1. marginata, F. S. I. ii. 449. 74 (1781) ; Schr. ; Pz. ! Fn. xxxii. 

 22 ; Meig. ; Mcq. ; Zett. ; Loew. limbata, Grmel. crinicornis, Fal. ; 

 Schell. Ferruginea, thorace fusco confertim gultato, antennis pedibusque 

 ferrugineis, alls fuscis confertim guttatis, abdomine tibiis apice tarsisque 

 piceis. Long. 4-4| ; alar. 8-9 lin. 



Ferruginous, with cinereous toraentum. Head whitish-testaceous 

 beneath, piceous about the ocelli, and with a deep black spot on each 

 side of the front. Proboscis piceous. Palpi testaceous. Antennas 

 ferruginous, pilose ; third joint much shorter than the second ; arista 

 testaceous, thickly pubescent. Thorax thickly covered with very minute 

 brown dots, and a few of larger size. ScuteUum with a brown stripe. 

 Wings brown, with very numerous limpid dots ; fore border blackish- 

 brown ; discal transverse vein curved outward, nearly upright, parted 

 by less than twice its length from the prsebrachial transverse, and by a 

 little more than half its length from the border. Abdomen piceous. 

 Legs ferruginous ; femora, tarsi, and tips of tibia3 mostly piceous. 



Not common. (E.) 



2. rufifrons, F. S. I. ii. 449. 76 (1781); Gmel. ; Latr.; Meig.; 

 Mcq. ; Zett. reticulata, Fal. Fulva, thorace quadrivittato, alis cine- 

 reis confertim guttatis, abdomine nigro-vittato, tarsis fuscis. Long. 

 3-4 ; alar. 6-8 lin. 



Tawny. Head testaceous, and with whitish tomentum beneath, a 

 black dot about the ocelli, and another on each side of the front. Third 

 joint of the antennas shorter than the second; sixth stout, minutely 

 pubescent. Thorax with four indistinct darker stripes. Wings grey, 

 darkest in front, with very numerous limpid dots ; disc limpid between 

 the preebrachial transverse vein and the border ; discal transverse vein 

 oblique, slightly undulating, parted by nearly twice its length from the 

 praebrachial transverse, and by more than half its length from the bor- 

 der. Abdomen with a blackish dorsal stripe. Tarsi brown. 



Not rare. (E.) 



3. cucullaria, L. S. N. ii. 995. 103 (1763); F.; Gmel.; Fal.; 

 Meig. ; Mcq.; Zett.; Loew. rufa, Pz. ! Fn. liv. 17. Sundewalli, Fries. 

 Ferruginea, glauco-tomentosa, capite luteo, thorace subvitlato, alis sub- 

 cinereis, macutis nonnullis apices versus fuscis, abdomine pedibusque ful- 

 vis. Long. 3^; alar. 7 lin. 



Ferruginous. Head luteous, with a ferruginous stripe, and on each 

 side with brown spots, underside testaceous. Proboscis ferruginous. 

 Palpi whitish. Antennae ferruginous ; second and third joints of equal 

 length; sixth whitish, minutely pubescent, testaceous at the base. 

 Thorax with glaucous tomentum, indistinctly striped. Wings greyish, 

 here and there almost limpid, and with a few pale brown spots towards 

 the tip ; prsebrachial transverse and each end of the discal transverse 

 clouded with brown; discal transverse oblique, very deeply angular, 

 parted by more than its length from the prcebrachial transverse, and by 



