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bital and praabrachial veins slightly diverging between the transverse 

 veins, parallel from the discal transverse to the tip ; discal transverse 

 nearly straight, very slightly oblique, parted by its length from the 

 prsebrachial transverse, and by hardly more than half its length from 

 the border. Fern. Oviduct depressed, obconical, ferruginous, black at 

 the tip, about half the length of the abdomen. 

 Generally distributed. (E. S. I.) 



10. marginata, Fal. Ortal. 7, 8 (1820); Meig. ! Zw. v. pi. 49. 

 f. 15 ; Mcq. ; Loew; Boie ; Zett. Linarits, Desv. Cervino-tomen- 

 tosa, capite flavo, antennis luteis, alls albis, maculis quatnor anticis 

 fasciaque una cinereis, abdomine cinereo-tomentoso fasciis testaceis, 

 pedibus fulvis, oviductu nigro. Long. If ; alar. 3 lin. 



Head yellow. Antennae pale luteous ; third joint nearly linear, 

 truncated at the tip, full twice the length of the second. Thorax with 

 fawn-coloured tomentum. Wings white, with Jive grey spots in front, the 

 third forming a band across the wing, covering the transverse veins, and 

 including one or two white dots ; cubital and preebrachial veins hardly 

 diverging between the praBbrachial transverse and the tip ; discal trans- 

 verse nearly upright, hardly curved outward, parted by little more than 

 half its length from the prsebrachial transverse, and by a little less from 

 the border. Halteres white. Abdomen black, with cinereous toraen- 

 tum ; hind borders of the segments testaceous. Legs pale tawny. Fern. 

 Oviduct short, flat, obconical, black, shining. 



Generally distributed. (E. S. I.) 



11. guttularis, Meig. Zw. v. 341. 44 (1826); Mcq. ; Loew; Zett. 

 capitata, Yal.Jlavipes, Desv. brunicosa, Desv. Fusco-tomentosa, 

 capite antennisque luteis, scutello et oviductu nigris nitidis, alisfuscis lim- 

 pido-guttatis, pedibus fulvis, femoribus nigris. Long. 1^-2; alar. 3-4 lin. 



Body with brown tomentum. Head luteous, testaceous beneath. 

 Antennas luteous ; third joint nearly linear, rounded at the tip, much 

 longer than the second. Scutellum and metathorax black, shining. 

 Wings dark brown, with a few white dots in the disc, and more along 

 the border; cubital and prsebrachial veins hardly diverging between 

 the praabrachial transverse and the tip ; discal transverse upright, nearly 

 straight, parted by less than its length from the prsebrachial transverse, 

 and by almost half its length from the border. Abdomen with a whitish 

 dorsal stripe, and with whitish bands on the hind borders of the seg- 

 ments. Legs tawny ; femora black, with tawny tips. Fern. Oviduct 

 lanceolate, convex, black, shining, much shorter than the abdomen. 



Not common. (E.) 



12. Absinthii, F. S. A. 322. 30 (1805); Meig.! Zw. v. pi. 50. 

 f. 12; Mcq.; Loew; Boie; Zett. pundella, Fal. millefolii ? Desv. 

 Alethe, Newm. Cinereo->tomentosa, capite pedibusque fulvis, anten- 

 nis luteis, alls albis, guttis nonnullis fasciisque duabus connexis albo-gut- 

 tatisfuscis, oviductu ferrugineo. Long. H-H ; alar. 2^-3 lin. 



