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

 by hardly half its length from the border. Halteres testaceous. Tarsi 

 brownish. 



Not rare. (E.) 



7. punctata, F. E. S. iv. 347. 147 (1794) ; Meig. ; Mcq. ; Zett. ; 

 Loew. Ferruginea, thorace subvittato, alls cinereis, guttis plurimu 

 apud venasfuscis, pedibus fulvis. Long. 2| ; alar. 5 lin. 



Ferruginous. Head yellow, pale testaceous, with white tomentum 

 beneath. Palpi yellow, clavate, with ferruginous tips. Antenna ferru- 

 ginous; third joint much longer than the second ; sixth black, with long 

 hairs. Thorax with indistinct darker stripes. Wings grey, with nume- 

 rous brown dots along the veins ; transverse veins clouded ; discal trans- 

 verse vein oblique, undulating, parted by much more than its length 

 from the praBbrachial transverse, and by more than half its length from 

 the border. Halteres testaceous. Legs tawny. 



Not common. (E.) 



8. umbrarum, L. Fn. 1864 (1761); Fal. ; Meig.; Zett. gem- 

 mata, Ahrens. Ferruginea, capite flavo fusco-guttato, antennis ferru- 

 gineis, thoracis disco fusco lateribus testaceo-guttatis, alls fuscis lim- 

 pido-guttatis, abdomine fusco, pedibus fulvis fusco-variis. Long. 2; 

 alar. 4 lin. 



Ferruginous. Head yellow; front with brown dots; face white, 

 shining. Antennae ferruginous; third joint longer than the second; 

 sixth black, with long hairs. Thorax with testaceous dots on each 

 side ; disc brown. Wings brown, darkest along the costa, thickly 

 covered with limpid dots ; discal transverse vein very slightly oblique, 

 very slightly curved outward, parted by full twice its length from the 

 praBbrachial transverse, and by half its length from the border. Hal- 

 teres pale testaceous. Abdomen brown. Legs tawny; femora with 

 brown bands ; tips of the tibiae and of the tarsi brown. 



Not common. (E. I.) 



9. fermginea, Fal. Sciom. 9. 9 (1820); Meig.; Mcq.; Zett.; 

 Loew. Testacea, antennis luteis, thorace ferrugineo-quadrivittato, alis 

 subfulvis strigis obscurioribus, venis transversis infuscatis, abdomine 

 pedibusque fulvis. Long. 2|-3^ ; alar. 5-7 lin. 



Testaceous. Head luteous, whitish beneath. Proboscis ferruginous. 

 Palpi whitish. Antennae luteous; third joint longer than the second; 

 sixth black, with long hairs. Thorax with four ferruginous stripes. 

 Wings slightly tawny, with indistinct darker streaks between the veins, 

 and frequently clouded with brown along the costa; transverse veins 

 clouded with brown ; discal transverse oblique, almost straight or 

 slightly curved outward, parted by nearly half its length from the 

 prsebrachial transverse, and by nearly twice its length from the border. 

 Halteres pale testaceous. Abdomen and legs tawny. 



Generally distributed. (E. S. I.) 



