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border. Halteres whitish. Legs tawny. Fern. Oviduct flat, lanceolate, 

 black, shining, shorter than the abdomen. 

 Generally distributed. (E. S. I.) 



18. cornuta, F. E. S. iv. 357. 186 (1792); Fal.; Meig; Curt.! 

 B. E. pi. 231; Mcq. ; Loew; Boie ; Zett. Tiridi-testacea, capite 

 luteo, thoracis disco cinereo-tomenloso nigro-trivittato, scutello flavo, alls 

 limpidis fasciis qualuor leslacels cinereo-marginatis, oviductu fulvo apice 

 nigro. Long. 3-4 ; alar. 6-7 lin. 



Greenish-testaceous. Head luteous. AntennaB paler; third joint 

 conical, longer than the second. Disc of the thorax witli grey tomentum, 

 and with three slender black stripes. Scutelluin yellow. Metathorax 

 black. Winys limpid^ with four grey-bordered testaceous lands ; first 

 irregular, shortened hindward; fourtli apical, mostly brown; cubital 

 and pra3brachial veins very slightly diverging between the transverse 

 veins, slightly converging between the discal transverse and the tip; 

 discal transverse oblique, nearly straight, parted by more than its length 

 from the prabrachial transverse, and by less than half its length from 

 the border. Halteres pale yellow. Legs testaceous. Fern. Oviduct 

 flat, lanceolate, long, tawny, with a black tip. 



Not rare in the south of England. (E.) 



19. Arctii, D. G. I. vi. 21. 16. pi. 2. f. 6-14 (1752) ; Fal. ; Meig. ; 

 Mcq. ; Loew ; Zett. -punctata, Schr. ; Loew ? solstitialis, Pz. 1 Fn. 

 ciii. 22. Jacece, Desv. dorsalis, Desv. ; Mcq. pusilla, Desv. cylin- 

 drica ? Desv. abdominalis, Desv. Testacea, thoracis disco fusco, alls 

 limpidis, fasciis quatuor testaceis cinereo-marginatis. Long. 1 ^-2 ; alar. 

 3-4 lin. 



Testaceous. Third joint of the antennas conical, much longer than 

 the second. Disc of the thorax brown. Metathorax black. Wings 

 limpid, with four irregular grey-bordered testaceous bands ; first irregu- 

 lar and extending along the veins to the base ; fourth apical ; cubital 

 and praebrachial veins parallel between the transverse veins, and nearly 

 parallel between, the discal transverse and the tip ; discal transverse 

 upright, slightly curved outward, parted by more than its length from 

 the praebrachial transverse, and by hardly half its length from the 

 border. Fern. Oviduct flat, lanceolate, rather long, black towards the 

 base. 



Generally distributed. (E. S. I.) 



20. solstitialis, L. Fn. 1879 (1761); F.; Gmel. ; Latr. ; Fal.; 

 Lain.; Meig.! Zw. v. pi. 49. f. 10; Mcq.; Zett.; Loew; Boie. 

 Dauci, F. ; Gmel. hastata, F. stylata, F. ; Gmel. ; Meig. Cirsii, 

 Schr. Leucacanthi, Schr. Jacobea, Pz. ; Fal. aprica, Fal. ; Meig. 

 cuspidata, Meig. ; Mcq. -pugionata, Meig. Atra, capite scutelloque 

 flavis, antennis luteis, alis albis fusco nonnunquam quadrifasciatis, pedi- 

 bus fulvis, oviductu longissimo. Long. 2^-4 ; alar. 5 lin. 



Black, shining. Head yellow ; vertex pale luteous. Antenna3 lu- 



